Elizabeth Dicker
Elizabeth Dicker is a community leader, event producer, and advocate with over 10 years of experience in modeling, pageantry, fashion, and nonprofit leadership. She is the Founder of the Angelic Halo Foundation and serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Jefferson Foundation’s Diva Pageant, where she helps oversee programs that provide scholarships and educational opportunities for individuals pursuing higher education. In her leadership roles, she also serves as an event coordinator for her sister’s Lighthouse initiative, where she helps organize community-centered events that bring resources and support to those in need.
Throughout her career, Elizabeth has built a strong reputation as a producer and director of live shows and fashion events, as well as a model coach and mentor dedicated to empowering young women. She has served on multiple boards, including the Harrisons Board, the Juneteenth Board, and the Presidential Volunteer Board, contributing her expertise in event planning, community engagement, and advocacy. Her creative work also extends into fashion design, where she has showcased her designs at events such as Newark Fashion Forward Fashion Festival Week, and she has served as a judge for pageants including the Municipal PragerUSA Pageant.
Deeply committed to service and social impact, Elizabeth is an active advocate for lupus, cancer, and domestic violence awareness. She regularly participates in community outreach initiatives, including painting and sit sessions with seniors and feeding the homeless alongside her children. One of her most meaningful achievements is being crowned the first Senior Miss Black America, a milestone that reflects her perseverance, representation, and dedication to inspiring others. Through all of her work, she remains focused on building connections between organizations, expanding awareness for important causes, and empowering others to pursue their goals with confidence and resilience.
• Business School Graduate
• Presidential Volunteer Award
• First Crowned Senior Miss Black America
• Women of Excellence Letter from Vaz Barak
• Harriet Tubman Award from Plot
• Citation from Hakeem Jeffries
• Citation from Past Mayor
• Citation from Someone in New York
• East Orange Pride Award from Mayor Green and LGBT Community
• Fashion and Art Expo Award
• Beyond Beauty Boutique Award
• Essex County Action Board Award
• Sisters of Anointed and Poignant Sisters Award
• Telemate Woman of God Award
• Jefferson Foundation Board
• Harrisons Board
• Juneteenth Board
• Presidential Volunteer Board
• Crowned Senior Miss Black America
• Sister's Lighthouse Board
• Lupus Foundation Butterfly Walkers
• Sister's Lighthouse (Domestic Violence)
• Cancer Walk (October 3rd)
• Paint and Sit with Seniors
• Feeding the Homeless
• Blankets and Food Distribution at Penn Station
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
When I was 14 years old and wanted to be a model, an agency owner's wife told me I couldn't be a model because I was too short and tried to push me toward commercial modeling instead. But her husband inspired me and told me something I've never forgotten: you can do anything you want to do in this life, and you don't let it stop you because of your height. You just continue to do it. I still remember where I was sitting, where he was standing, and where she was sitting. That moment and his words kept a light toward me, and it's something I will never forget. It gave me the strength to keep pursuing my dreams despite being told I was too short and despite the challenges I faced as a woman of darker complexion in an industry that seemed to favor lighter complexions.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge I see right now is getting broader awareness and participation for important causes like domestic violence. My sister's lighthouse foundation isn't as visible in the community as it should be. I've been doing walks for probably over 4 or 5 years, and it's not as well-attended as it should be. There's not many people out there. The issue is about collaborating, uniting, and connecting the bridge and the gaps together with different organizations. You can't keep everything in one box, in just your area. Right now, domestic violence is very serious because there's a lot of people that just passed and got killed recently in the last couple of weeks. You're always hearing something, that someone got killed by their domestic violence partner, they killed the children, killed them. That's why I'm working to connect organizations like my sister's lighthouse here with Dr. Fatima's Queens United Against Domestic Violence foundation out in Philly, so we can have a broader span. When they have walks, we go over there and bring out the people there, and when we have walks here, we bring all the women and people here to make it bigger and put the light on the awareness of domestic violence.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The most important values to me are perseverance, faith, and never giving up, even when things get incredibly hard. My parents used to say that God won't give you as much as you can bear, so if he's given it to you, you can bear it and you can get through it. I've been getting through everything by grace and mercy. When I was about to win Senior Miss Black America, I actually was going to give up on myself because so much was going wrong that day. I sat on that bed thinking about quitting, but then I realized I had my mentee there, a young lady I got into the Miss Black America pageant, and I thought: that's not a good example. You have to go down there, not only for yourself, but you got to show her, because if you give up, you're showing her that she should give up. So I went back down there, not knowing I was going to win. You just gotta stand strong and hold on to faith and know that you can do this. That moment taught me that perseverance and being an example for others, especially young women, is what matters most.
Locations
Angelic Halo Foundation
Irvington, NJ 07111