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Vanessa Williams
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March 18, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Biography:The roller coaster career of actress and singer "Vanessa L. Williams" provides an excellent example of fortitude, resilience, and real talent winning out over adversity. In 1983, the dark-skinned, raven-haired, green-eyed Williams made history when she was the first black woman to be chosen Miss America. For a time she was the country's darling as she toured about, attending to her royal duties, but when Penthouse magazine published graphic nude photographs that she had posed for years before, Williams lost her crown, two million dollars in product endorsements, and the lead in a Broadway show; suddenly, America's sweetheart found herself the subject of moral outrage, criticisms, and sniggering jokes. But though her career and reputation were in shambles, Williams kept her dignity and faith, and continued on, first making her name as a successful R&B singer (one of her songs went gold, "Save the Best... Full Biography
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Vanessa Williams celebrates the release of her new CD at Greenhouse and an unveiling of a bracelet...
Vanessa Williams arrives for the premiere of "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" at the...
Vanessa Williams arrives for The Museum of Television & Radio presents The Twenty-Fourth Annual...
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater on "Ugly Betty" Unapologetically ambitious and cutthroat,...
Vanessa Williams attends Sam Fine's "The Basics of Beauty" DVD launch party at the Warren-Tricomi...
Vanessa Williams performs in New York on June 2, 2009.
Vanessa Williams visits "Good Morning America" on April 6, 2009.
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