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  1. Sep 14, 2015 · That was far from the case in 1984, when Vanessa Williams resigned as Miss America after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her that had been taken before her 10-month reign.

  2. Jul 23, 2015 · But they did leave the studio, partly because she was identifiable: photos of Miss America in compromising positions, some of them involving another nude woman, were worth their weight in...

  3. 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. She was forced to give up her crown in the fuor...

  4. 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...

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  5. Sep 8, 2015 · By July 1984 she became the first Miss America to resign her crown, all over some nude photos from 1982 that were published in Penthouse without her consent. Though in 1984 Williams called the...

  6. Jul 24, 2024 · After winning the Miss America pageant in 1984, Williams was pressured to step down after nude photos of her were published without her consent by Penthouse magazine. In September 2015, when ...

  7. Jul 13, 2014 · For it was nude pictures of Williams, taken two years prior to being crowned Miss America, that Penthouse announced it was publishing in its September 1984 issue, that caused 10 months in...