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Vanessa Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first African American winner of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, however, a scandal arose when Penthouse magazine bought ...
On July 23, 1984, Vanessa Williams resigned as Miss America after lewd photos of her were published in Penthouse magazine. She was the first black Miss America and the first to resign.
May 6, 2018 · By Alex Morris. Photo: Danny Kim/New York Magazine. 1984. Vanessa Williams, the first African-American to win the title Miss America, also became the first in the pageant’s 63-year history to ...
Background information about the controversial photos of Vanessa Williams published in Penthouse Magazine in September 1984 15th Anniversary Issue. (Wikipedia) Williams competed in the Miss Syracuse (University) beauty pageant when a campus musical she was in was canceled in 1983. After winning the Miss Syracuse title, Williams won the Miss New ...
Aug 24, 1984 · NEW YORK -- Vanessa Williams, who relinquished her Miss America crown when Penthouse magazine published sexually explicit photos of her, also had posed nude for another photographer, a Penthouse ...
Sep 14, 2015 · Getty Images ; NBC. Singer and actress Vanessa Williams returned to the Miss America pageant 32 years after she was stripped of her crown in a controversy over nude photos. The pageant’s ...
