The Hair and Makeup Team Behind 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' on Making Oscars History

With Viola Davis’s fifth career nomination for portraying the so-called ugliest woman in show business, hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson are the first African American women nominated in the hair and makeup category.

Ma Rainey' Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Makes Oscars History With Makeup & Hairstyling Win

Ma Rainey' hair team reflects on making Oscars history

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Makes Oscars History With Makeup & Hairstyling Win

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Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson First Black Women Up for Hair, Makeup Oscar

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' makeup and hair team make Oscars history - Good Morning America

Mia Neal & Jamika Wilson Make HER-story as First Black Women to Win Makeup & Hairstyling Oscar for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'