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Vanessa Williams Reflects on Miss America Nude Photo Scandal 40 Years Later
Vanessa Williams looked back on having her world upended when scandal forced her to relinquish her Miss America crown
Mike Marsland/WireImage.com Vanessa Williams exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about 25 things you might not know about her — including her current celebrity crush, hidden talent and biggest pet peeve. The Grammy-nominated singer is on the verge of releasing Survivor, her first album since 2009, and she will portray Meryl Streep ’s Miranda Priestly in a London stage adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, set to open in 2024. The Miss America Organization publicly apologized for its response to the scandal in 2015, with Chairman and CEO Sam Haskell III saying, “You have lived your life in grace and dignity and never was it more evident than during the events of 1984 when you resigned.”
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