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Aug 23, 2021 · The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams. By Amy Argetsinger. August 23, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. Miss New York, Vanessa...
Jul 23, 2015 · July 23, 2015 10:30 AM EDT. I t might have been the lowest point in her life, as she told People in 1984, but the scandal that led Vanessa Williams to resign her post as Miss America also...
Nov 13, 2009 · On September 17, 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to win the Miss America crown. Less than a year later, on July 23, 1984, Williams gave up her crown after...
Vanessa Williams persevered, and went on to have a major recording career. Her runner-up, an African American woman from New Jersey named Suzette Charles, took over as the 1984 Miss America.
Jul 10, 2014 · In 1984, a Syracuse University junior named Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America—the first African-American woman to hold the title. Watch as Vanessa reveals how she prepared for the ...
Mar 27, 2021 · Vanessa Williams made history becoming the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, but the road ahead for her was not an easy one. Thirty-eight years later, Williams, 58,...
Jul 4, 2020 · Vanessa Williams, who is co-hosting A Capitol Fourth with John Stamos, talks to Good Housekeeping about her controversial Miss America Win and how it shaped her career. Plus, why it's so important ...
