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Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine caused her to relinquish her title early and she was succeeded by...
Timeline of Events
1983
9.17.1983
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
1984
7.20.1984
Officials of the Miss America pageant ask Vanessa Lynn Williams to quit after ''Penthouse'' publishes nude photos of her.
7.23.1984
Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in ''Penthouse'' magazine.