The Crown Confidence Alchemist
Where Resilience Becomes Radiance
From bestselling books to empowerment events, Nakisha J. Gregory weaves confidence and community, one crown, one story, and one bold step at a time. Her journey demonstrates that adversity can become brilliance and that every woman carries the ability to define beauty on her own terms.
Drawing on her experiences as a Navy Veteran, Lupus Warrior, and International Best-Selling Author, Nakisha has built a platform that reaches far beyond a stage or a page. It resonates across the globe. Known as The Crown Confidence Alchemist, she transforms personal trials into pathways of triumph, guiding women to uncover their inner strength and live with intention.
Her acclaimed Crowned Confidence Trilogy stands as both memoir and manual, blending testimony with tools that guide readers toward self-acceptance, courage, and unapologetic confidence. Alongside these works, Nakisha leads her monthly Crown & Connect Virtual Workshops, part of the Straight OUTTA Hair Series, creating safe, interactive spaces where women can share, heal, and grow together in real time. These offerings, combined with her dynamic speaking engagements, transformational coaching, and the global Crown Confidence movement, showcase her dedication to building communities where women feel seen, valued, and celebrated.
Nakisha’s mission is not simply to inspire from afar but to walk beside others, helping them reclaim their voice, embrace their shine, and step fully into their divine purpose with power and grace.
Mrs. Hawaii Classique Globe 2026 Delegate
This mission is more than words; it is the life Nakisha J. Gregory lives every day. Carrying her story from the runway to the community, from bestselling books to bold conversations, she embodies the very message she shares with others. With every stage she graces and every platform she builds, Nakisha continues to amplify a vision of strength, courage, and possibility.
She is honored to serve as Mrs. Hawaii Classique Globe® 2026 Delegate, representing the Aloha spirit on the global stage in Palm Springs, California, and using this opportunity to shine a light on women who choose bravery over fear and power over silence. Her platform, Crowned Confidence: Unveil Your Crown, Embrace Your Shine, reflects her journey of losing her hair to lupus and embracing her bald crown as a symbol of liberation and identity.
Nakisha’s commitment to this work is also why she is proud to serve as part of The WIN Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping women overcome trauma, rebuild self-worth, and reclaim their voice. For Nakisha, this mission is deeply personal, her story fuels her passion to ensure no woman walks alone in her struggle. By aligning her platform with The WIN Foundation’s vision, she strives to transform pain into purpose and create a global sisterhood rooted in healing, confidence, and hope.
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Founder of Baldie Brigade Apparel LLC
Nakisha is also the Founder & Chief of Community Engagement of Baldie Brigade Apparel LLC, a lifestyle brand proving that being bald is not a limitation, it’s liberation. More than just clothing, Baldie Brigade Apparel is a movement and community that uplifts, unites, and empowers individuals to embrace their crowns with pride. Through bold fashion statements, empowering events, and global outreach, the brand creates safe spaces for conversations around beauty, identity, and self-expression, reminding the world that confidence is the ultimate accessory.
As an Alopecia Empress, her journey began when she developed Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) caused by lupus—what many would see as loss, she chose to embrace as a crown of strength and identity. Her platform, Crowned Confidence: Unveil Your Crown, Embrace Your Shine, reflects this powerful transformation and stands as a reminder that beauty is not defined by hair but by courage, boldness, and the power to embrace one’s true self. Today, as The Crown Confidence Alchemist, Nakisha inspires women worldwide to transform struggles into confidence, step fully into their shine, and walk boldly in the fullness of who they are.