Chontell Lucas
CEO-Founder Sparkle Nation, LLC., Motivation Speaker, and Beauty Blogger in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Chontell Lucas is the CEO-Founder of Sparkle Nation. Sparkle Nation, is a ministry for women of all ages. This ministry inspires, informs, and empowers women to shine and SPARKLE in all areas of life. Its goal is to promote unity and gain a sense purpose. Sparkle Nation helps preserve that light so that it may shine even in the face of adversity. This will ignite others to begin to Glorify God. Sparkle, encourages everyone to live their very best life and Sparkle while doing it! This organization is for AGES 1-101 AND BEYOND!!! This requires the acceptance of self-worth, enabling women across the globe to SPARKLE for the NATIONS to see! She also continues to do workshops and host events for children, with her background in Elementary Education for over 10 years.
Born in Comanche, Oklahoma Chontell Lucas' passion for music was nurtured from a young age by her involvement in church, gospel music, creative writing, and local background artistry as a vocalist and writer. Chontell, has had the privilege to sing background for many local and well renowned artist across the globe such as Kim Burrell, Earnest Pough, Andre Crouch, Norman Hutchins, Dewayne Woods, Tunesha Crispbell and Beverly Crawford just to name a few. Not only does Chontell possess the gift of song but she definitely gives back to the community.
Chontell, is definitely a young lady who has conquered many adversities. She was involved in a life threatening accident October 2014, which left her on life support and other serious injuries. These injuries has also affected her vocal ability, leaving her vocal chords paralyzed. She continues to trust God and believe Him for total restoration. A miracle, a survivor, and most importantly she's a worshipper from the heart.
She is currently the reigning Ms. South Carolina Plus America 2016. She firmly believes that life is more than breathing. It's the motion of growth, learning, and truly becoming what God has called you to be. She won several awards on her pageant journey: Ms. Community Service Award, The Director’s Award, People’Choice Award, Ms. Congeniality Award, and Talent Award. She also traveled to Dallas, Texas to participate in the Miss Plus America Pageant System and received The Smile Award for Positive Social Media Influence and Best Overall Interview Score.
Chontell’s Platform for the Plus America Pageant is Sarcoidosis Awareness. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that affects multiple organs in the body, but mostly the lungs and lymph g