Vanessa williams doesn’t know how she survived the whole “hullabaloo” of her nude photo scandal “there was a tremendous amount of onus, pressure, shame, judgment,” she recalled to people magazine in a video profile wednesday “i took all that on as a 21 year old You can fail quietly, but that was a worldwide fail.” Forty years after a nude photo scandal forced vanessa williams to relinquish her miss america crown, she can look back on the experience with some perspective and pride. In a new interview, vanessa williams opened up about the nude photo scandal that rocked her world and eventually resulted in her resignation as miss america.
Vanessa williams opens up in this week’s cover story about finding decades of success 40 years after her miss america crown was stripped away following a nude photo scandal. That was the headline of penthouse magazine’s september 1984 issue which showed nude images of vanessa williams, the first black miss america who was compelled to give up her crown just ten.
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