India, March 11 -- A 70-year-old playwright, Denise "Mistah" Coles took home the crown at Brooklyn's first-ever all-ages, all-gender beauty pageant. Held on February 27, the event was organized by Simone Tetteh and Thomas Tomczak as a fundraiser for the Brooklyn Community Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to providing meals for those in need, reported the People.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the event, Tetteh and Tomczak explained that they wanted to do something more unique than a traditional fundraiser. "It was important for us to do something that reflected our community and the culture of the kitchen that we volunteer at-the volunteers as well as the greater Brooklyn area. We wanted to do something that felt really inclusive an...