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Jul 23, 2015 · On this day, July 23, in 1984, then-21-year-old Williams handed over her crown — making her both the first black Miss America and the first to give up the title — after Penthouse announced...
Aug 30, 2023 · In 2015, over 30 years after Vanessa Williams was publicly humiliated and stripped of her Miss America crown, the organization finally apologized for the role its executives played in...
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Sep 14, 2015 · CNN — Better late than never. Actress and singer Vanessa Williams returned to the Miss America stage Sunday night, three decades after she became the first black woman to win the crown...
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Sep 14, 2015 · Williams, who was a judge at this year's Miss America pageant on Sunday in Atlantic City in the US, won the coveted pageant title back in 1983, but was stripped of her crown when Penthouse magazine published unauthorised nude photos that had reportedly been taken the year before.
Sep 14, 2015 · In 1984, Vanessa Williams was forced to resign as Miss America. Last night she finally got her apology.
Jul 23, 2021 · On this day, July 23, in 1984, then-21-year-old Williams handed over her crown — making her both the first black Miss America and the first to give up the title — after Penthouse announced that it would publish raunchy photos she had posed for two years earlier while working as a photographer’s assistant.
Sep 14, 2015 · Mel Evans/AP. A new Miss America was crowned Sunday night in Atlantic City, N.J., but it was a moment with a Miss America from 32 years ago that stole the spotlight. Vanessa Williams...
