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Oct 21, 2010 · Among the most famous was the 1984 issue which included nude photos of Vanessa Williams during her reign as the first black Miss America.
Sep 22, 2020 · Vanessa Williams and Traci Lords September 1984 Penthouse Issue. Long Reads Features. 'A Felony Just to Own': The Sleazy Story Behind Penthouse ’s Most Controversial Issue. One scandal would’ve been enough. By Lili Anolik | Sep 22, 2020. IMAGE PHOTO: Mike Kim/ Getty Images.
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...
Sep 14, 2015 · Vanessa Williams stepped down in 1984 as the first black Miss America after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. She went on to have a successful singing and acting career and...
Jul 24, 1984 · Miss Williams, the first black Miss America, stepped down Monday under pressure from pageant officials after the sexually explicit photos of her and another woman were printed in Penthouse.
Apr 10, 2024 · About two months before the end of her reign, Williams received word that nude photos of her were going to be published in Penthouse. She had no control over the photos, had given no consent to the magazine to run them, but apparently that wasn’t going to stop them.
Nov 24, 2009 · On July 23, 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history, after Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish nude...
