Vanessa Williams

Born

March 18, 1963 (age 63)

Known as

film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, model, beauty pageant contestant

Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. Thirty-two years later, Williams was offered a public apology during the Miss America 2016 pageant for the events.

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