I remember her holding her head up so high. I was so proud of her for saying "I'm bigger than this crown". She's one of my biggest inspirations. She shows that she can excel no matter what the adversity or the injustice.
I really believe being from New York helped her...if she was from a smaller town in a lesser known state - her career would have been over for sure. New York toughens you. I know - I once lived there.
With the tale she has how in the world can you say she never would have been successful. Small town or big city she still would have made it big. Plus she was tough enough to take what they did. You gotta be tough and she was.
+Chocolate Thunder Cherry LOL Poor CTC! LOL Just have a complement LOL and got slammed by some asshole! Don't sweat it CTC someone is hung up on hating. BUT DAMN IT WAS FUNNY!
@smoovechi1 AMEN! Lord knows so many people try. Vanessa is pure class. Had that been me that they asked to come back and judge, I would have given the Miss America pageant my ass to kiss.
@@shihlin1 It didn’t. She did Stompin’ at the Savoy, Eraser, Soul Food, Dance With Me, Shaft, and Johnson Family Vacation. Those are just a few of her credits.
In 2023, I am impressed that she has not gone the route of body alteration but being at peace with the natural process of aging. Vanessa clearly is a powerful person mentally and physically.
Vanessa Williams has a heart of gold. I do believe in forgiveness but I don't believe that means you spend time with people who have deliberately, willfully and cruelly hurt you. Just keep it moving. Glad Vanessa rose about it all because the pageant needed her - not the other way around that's for sure.
This is like the same situation Janet Jackson found herself in after her Super Bowl scandal. The only reason these incidents were regarded as such back then was that these people happen to be women and black at the same time. It's true, in the eyes of the general population they were considered a minority, who were given "exclusive chances" and were thus in some way expected to behave and be twice as perfect as anyone else.
They even messed up President Obama's inauguration event. They can't stop with the evilness. Sorry isn't enough. Sorry is tired when you keep doing it.
I love Vanessa Williams she a gorgeous woman with amazing talent she will always be miss America to me I'm so glad she has made a successful career and a famous mark in the world god bless her she deserves it
You go girl! I love her powerful strength of standing strong against all odds. Vanessa Williams and her mother are brilliant by writing a book about her journey. She deserves to be on that panel. I am sure other contestants did and do things behind closed doors too. But they just do not get caught. Some people were mad that she won . Because she was black. Her mother knows best. She said, that when she looked at the photos in Playboy her daughter's eyes did not look comfortable.
She did flourish!! I kept her on my radio as a tween girl in the late 80s/90s and I still looked up to her. I am soooo glad to have been able to witness her class act, drive and self-confidence through all these years.
She had talent then and she still has talent They couldn't take that away from her. I wonder what all of the other miss Americas are doing today. And who even remembers their name?😁
Vanessa and her family were treated so badly, yet she always held her head high. She never ran from it, she just carried on and proved she was much bigger than Miss America.
christinamilian91 I have no reason to be jealous of this woman. for what its worth she's a has been. i'm just saying you could put most people in in tv makeup and on a work out regimen and they will look decent. beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you don't have an argument from me.....just my opinion.
Champ Fisk Well you are the one who mentioned it and you are trolling on her vids so that pretty much tells me that you are jealous of her otherwise you wouldn't have clicked on her video, and it doesn't change a thing because she is gorgeous and Vanessa knows that she is gorgeous erm and that's why she won Miss America lol and 32 years later she is still a stunning as ever.... the funny thing is that there is 100 per cent chance she looks better than you and not to mention that the majority of people still would !!
christinamilian91 i'm convinced you're a bopper and also have delusions of grandeur. a groupie perhaps that worships celebrities. she may have one miss America, but ultimately the crown was going to be stripped due to some vulgar photographs. at any rate, doesn't really matter to me. keep striving and perhaps one day you'll be vanessa williams
Vanessa Williams will always be miss America in my eyes....love her music she has always been a strong intelligent beautiful black woman (Queen)she was one of my road models sorry she had to go through that...that was so wrong but I'm sure it just made her stronger and to see the world as it really is she's such a breath of fresh air her smile and those eyes...you've gotta love her💕God bless !!
I REALLY ADMIRE YOU MS. WILLIAMS! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE FIRST BLACK MISS AMERICA!!! You are a classy lady. I absolutely love how your Mom (second to God) is your greatest confidante. Please love, respect, and appreciate her while you can. My Mom died nearly two years ago and I MISS HER SO MUCH. Parents are our soft places to fall in this sometimes cruel world. Lastly, I find pleasant irony in the fact that you were stripped of your title clear back in 1984 but you have remained the sole winner of MANY former Miss Americas who has remained relevant/star power over many years, even in 2015. ROCK ON MS. Williams!
@@lettiegrant9447 Yes, you and anyone else can go and purchase a crown, but you will never equal Vanessa Williams, whose cultural influence brought the Miss America organization to its KNEES.
I remember the excitement of having our first Black Miss America. I also remembered how they shamed her when the pictures came out. But what I remember the most is how she came back like a Phoenix and re-invented herself.
I never knew that she was the first lady to win the title, I can't believe it was snatched from her, she should have kept it and she never gave up, amazing lady
She should never have been put in such a terrible position. She was ostracized and publicly humiliated by a hypocritical organization. Her classiness, talent and grounding along with her amazing family allowed her to triumph in the end. They asked her to return- she did not go begging to the MAO!
They did her wrong because she was blk. But she made up for that scandal. I don’t think she was the only one with a past but they hyped it up because she was a blk woman. Look at her now.
Ms Williams is definitely a source of inspiration to me. They put their knee on her neck, but she pushed them off, got up, and came back strong. I remember seeing her in her first music video, The Right Stuff. You could see the strength, the fight in her in that video. It jumped off the screen at you. I knew at that moment that she was gonna be ok.
Vanessa gets prettier with age like a very fine wine. The scandel was Petty but glad she overcame it all to Still have fame & success & a family . Just goes to show you can have it all. Vanessa you keep going for as long as you want. God Bless you & your loved ones.
The pictures were not even trashy or vulgar... Some were even beautiful. Half of today's music videos are but not these pics that made her give her crown back. SMH!
I was watching the Grammy awards in youtube and I saw you during Whitney awards and Celine Dion days in grammy I miss you Vanessa Williams. I miss 80st and 90st 🥲🤩🥺
The REAL MISS AMERICA. She has proven that she is the true definition of a DIVA! She is classier than anyone on the planet. She's a multi-talented STAR!
Those people now who are still harboring resentment against Vanessa didn’t want her to be Miss America in the first place...They ain’t fool’n me...You saw more flesh in some of the glamour magazines than Vanessa’s photos...The fact that she took them with another woman and society was still taboo about that...I had that issue of Penthouse...Wonder where I put it : /
One of the major things that I love ❤️ about Vanessa Williams. Then and Now is her Changability. Just like Betty White, Tina Turner, and Angelina Jolie.
I remember her holding her head up so high. I was so proud of her for saying "I'm bigger than this crown". She's one of my biggest inspirations. She shows that she can excel no matter what the adversity or the injustice.
aaaah, now we've got a first lady who aaaah, nude.... aaaah, what happens now?
Bryan Edney love your comment sweetie
I really believe being from New York helped her...if she was from a smaller town in a lesser known state - her career would have been over for sure. New York toughens you. I know - I once lived there.
With the tale she has how in the world can you say she never would have been successful. Small town or big city she still would have made it big. Plus she was tough enough to take what they did. You gotta be tough and she was.
Vanessa’s treatment was horrible but she overcame the pain and became a true icon of beauty, talent and perseverance
The only Miss America we still remember.
And most successful!
For real
Bushangels pfffft
So true...she’s the only one I remember because of her name and success. True comeback.
Facts on facts.
That is totally hot. She left in disgrace but returned in triumph. She is a wonderful example for all people
She never left in disgrace. She left in confidence. With her head held high.
Vanessa Williams will forever be Miss America!!!
That's right. Crown or no crown. Where are the hypocrits that took it from her. Who gets the last laugh?😁
She truly is bigger than the crown itself. She has won Miss America crown in the hearts of Americans and people of the world. 🎉❤
I love the respect and honor she shows her parents and how they have obviously been loving and supportive parents. Beautiful relationship. ❤
I agree, she needs her title back. The incident was done solely to sabotage her, they sabotage her because of the color of her skin.....
Chocolate Thunder Cherry That's not true, she sabotaged herself by doing it
Chocolate Thunder Cherry Also I see you may like 2pac.....when asked about his death she retorted "you reap what you sow"
Champ Fisk ok . . .
+Chocolate Thunder Cherry LOL Poor CTC! LOL Just have a complement LOL and got slammed by some asshole! Don't sweat it CTC someone is hung up on hating. BUT DAMN IT WAS FUNNY!
Vanessa Williams is black and white.
You can't keep a black woman down no matter what you do to her.
@smoovechi1 AMEN! Lord knows so many people try. Vanessa is pure class. Had that been me that they asked to come back and judge, I would have given the Miss America pageant my ass to kiss.
If only some wld learn "What NOT Wear" & shut - up as well.
Frfr❤❤❤❤❤
Not all women that are black will make pornographic pics either
Vanessa is bigger than Miss America will ever be. Proud of you Miss Williams..................XX
Full of grace, intelligence, wisdom, talent and beauty! ICON
She never faltered! I am so proud of her!!!
I'll always remember her for her incredible singing voice
So are they gonna act like she didn't have a fabulous acting career BEFORE Ugly Betty?!
Yes, but I hated the Wilhelmina character. It kinda limited her to being offered "b-tchy" roles.
thank you! SHE TOOK BROADWAY BY STORM in 1992.
@@shihlin1 It didn’t. She did Stompin’ at the Savoy, Eraser, Soul Food, Dance With Me, Shaft, and Johnson Family Vacation. Those are just a few of her credits.
I will always love me some Ms. Vanessa Williams! She is like a vintage wine!
In 2023, I am impressed that she has not gone the route of body alteration but being at peace with the natural process of aging. Vanessa clearly is a powerful person mentally and physically.
Vanessa Williams has a heart of gold. I do believe in forgiveness but I don't believe that means you spend time with people who have deliberately, willfully and cruelly hurt you. Just keep it moving. Glad Vanessa rose about it all because the pageant needed her - not the other way around that's for sure.
This is like the same situation Janet Jackson found herself in after her Super Bowl scandal. The only reason these incidents were regarded as such back then was that these people happen to be women and black at the same time. It's true, in the eyes of the general population they were considered a minority, who were given "exclusive chances" and were thus in some way expected to behave and be twice as perfect as anyone else.
They even messed up President Obama's inauguration event. They can't stop with the evilness. Sorry isn't enough. Sorry is tired when you keep doing it.
What I love most about her is that she is so intelligent.
She's a Class Act!
👍👍
taking clothes off for the titillation of the masses, not classy at all.... well maybe by 'the hood' standards is what you mean
I Love Vanessa she is a inspiration to women empowerment 🎉🤗😍♥️
What a beautiful lady she is! Such talent and the perfect example of how to rise when you have fallen.
Here story is an inspiring story of triumph and resilience. God bless her and her family.
I love Vanessa Williams she a gorgeous woman with amazing talent she will always be miss America to me I'm so glad she has made a successful career and a famous mark in the world god bless her she deserves it
it was cruel for the magazine to have published those photos. But they did the same to Madonna, just right after she got married.
This is about VANESSA WILLIAMS not Madonna.
You go girl! I love her powerful strength of standing strong against all odds. Vanessa Williams and her mother are brilliant by writing a book about her journey. She deserves to be on that panel. I am sure other contestants did and do things behind closed doors too. But they just do not get caught. Some people were mad that she won . Because she was black. Her mother knows best. She said, that when she looked at the photos in Playboy her daughter's eyes did not look comfortable.
It came out after they took her crown they named several before her had done terrible things much worse than posing nude.
It came out after they took her crown they named several before her had done terrible things much worse than posing nude.
The photos were in Penthouse (not Playboy) who paid for them and publish them without her consent. Sad. Despicable.
We love you Vanessa Williams!!!
Koroi 117 yes we do!!!
We all do
She will always be MISS AMERICA to me! And I love her BEAUTY, STRENGTH & RESILIENCE!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Success is the best revenge.. such an amazing women
She did flourish!! I kept her on my radio as a tween girl in the late 80s/90s and I still looked up to her. I am soooo glad to have been able to witness her class act, drive and self-confidence through all these years.
'Now a days people get famous that way on purpose' - Kim K
yeah, nipple slips and wardrobe malfunctions are the norm!
And she still received a gazillion opportunities after that!
Love you Vanessa!❤
She had talent then and she still has talent They couldn't take that away from her. I wonder what all of the other miss Americas are doing today. And who even remembers their name?😁
Vanessa and her family were treated so badly, yet she always held her head high. She never ran from it, she just carried on and proved she was much bigger than Miss America.
Wish there was no replacement after what happened to her. So she'll always be Miss America 1984.
Vanessa will always be the real Miss America
Such a stunningly beautiful woman
christinamilian91 No she's not, you can't see all that makeup covering certain things.....also she was vile about a man's death
Champ Fisk Are you jealous or just a troll? she is beautiful weather you like it or not chic !!
christinamilian91 I have no reason to be jealous of this woman. for what its worth she's a has been. i'm just saying you could put most people in in tv makeup and on a work out regimen and they will look decent. beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you don't have an argument from me.....just my opinion.
Champ Fisk Well you are the one who mentioned it and you are trolling on her vids so that pretty much tells me that you are jealous of her otherwise you wouldn't have clicked on her video, and it doesn't change a thing because she is gorgeous and Vanessa knows that she is gorgeous erm and that's why she won Miss America lol and 32 years later she is still a stunning as ever.... the funny thing is that there is 100 per cent chance she looks better than you and not to mention that the majority of people still would !!
christinamilian91 i'm convinced you're a bopper and also have delusions of grandeur. a groupie perhaps that worships celebrities. she may have one miss America, but ultimately the crown was going to be stripped due to some vulgar photographs. at any rate, doesn't really matter to me. keep striving and perhaps one day you'll be vanessa williams
Crazy how time can heal all wounds.*
Even better, time wounds all heels! Think about it!
Depends really.
I don’t think child molesters and murderers decades ago will be forgiven.
Penthouse Magazine should've been ashamed. I hope they're folding and bankrupt now.
The person who sold them died from cancer shortly after Vanessa scored a # 1 hit with Save The Best For Last.
MUSICENCYLOPEDIA Karma.
Penthouse is just a website now and they’re owned by XVideos a porn site so...
@@MUSICENCYLOPEDIA Wow, karma. And then the song......
Vanessa Williams will always be miss America in my eyes....love her music she has always been a strong intelligent beautiful black woman (Queen)she was one of my road models sorry she had to go through that...that was so wrong but I'm sure it just made her stronger and to see the world as it really is she's such a breath of fresh air her smile and those eyes...you've gotta love her💕God bless !!
I remember seeing the pictures when I was a kid. And their nothing compared to the Kardashians. Lol
Exactly. In America, unfortunately, there are two sets of rules...depending on what race you are. Just Sayin!
Really did any white Miss America in the 80's have nude photos put out while they were Miss America?
she didnt take the pix while she was Miss America.
I love vanessa williams
what???? you saw them as a kid? I'm grown and I haven't seen them and I don't want to!
I REALLY ADMIRE YOU MS. WILLIAMS! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE FIRST BLACK MISS AMERICA!!! You are a classy lady. I absolutely love how your Mom (second to God) is your greatest confidante. Please love, respect, and appreciate her while you can. My Mom died nearly two years ago and I MISS HER SO MUCH. Parents are our soft places to fall in this sometimes cruel world. Lastly, I find pleasant irony in the fact that you were stripped of your title clear back in 1984 but you have remained the sole winner of MANY former Miss Americas who has remained relevant/star power over many years, even in 2015. ROCK ON MS. Williams!
I just love VW so much. She really endured and succeeded. I admire her mental and emotional strength so much.
Who knew she was so talent.if she hadn't give up Miss America. Man this woman could dance, sing, act . In my younger days she was on fire.
She didn't give back her crown! She relinquished the title.
What good is a crown without the title? We can all go buy a crown. They never should have taken her title. Hypocrits.
@@lettiegrant9447 In the Hearts of her supporters, it means EVERYTHING. I am a supporter, and Vanessa will always be the first 'black' Miss America.
@@lettiegrant9447 Yes, you and anyone else can go and purchase a crown, but you will never equal Vanessa Williams, whose cultural influence brought the Miss America organization to its KNEES.
Shes so inspiring and she hasn't aged at all!!!!
She is the most popular successful miss America of all time
Absolutely Right!!! Get Yo Crown Vanessa... The Real Miss Black America!!!
2020 she is still beautiful and today that wouldn’t even be a scandal!!!
That's what makes me angry! And she was only 20 yrs old! She didn't know what she was doing!
Though I wished she never took those pictures, it is still injustice, just because she was/is black.
I remember the excitement of having our first Black Miss America. I also remembered how they shamed her when the pictures came out. But what I remember the most is how she came back like a Phoenix and re-invented herself.
I never knew that she was the first lady to win the title, I can't believe it was snatched from her, she should have kept it and she never gave up, amazing lady
Yes, baby! I'm like Vanessa... you can take my crown, but you will never take my throne.
Such a beautiful and gracious lady! Truth crushed to the ground will always rise!!! ❤
Justice for Vanessa.
What's great is afterwards their parents said Ok we still love you.
That's not always the case.
The definition of class.
I loved the parody “In living color” did for her! Was the ultimate clap back in the form of a parody/tribute!
never allow anyone to write your story . Vanessa you kick ass , happiness , success , looking Fablous . thats how its done!
She relinquished her crown to another beautiful black woman and had a brilliant career.....win-win.
Go 'head Queen Vanessa Williams! I love you smart, intelligent, and beautiful legend!
Beautiful woman let then hear you roar!! So proud of you hold your head high!!
As if ANYONE could take away the crown... no one is ever going to say she didn't deserve it
vanessa rules..stacey dash should learn from vanessa lol
Timeless beauty 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
She should never have been put in such a terrible position. She was ostracized and publicly humiliated by a hypocritical organization. Her classiness, talent and grounding along with her amazing family allowed her to triumph in the end. They asked her to return- she did not go begging to the MAO!
Vanessa Williams went to her parents first. Best comfort.
They did her wrong because she was blk. But she made up for that scandal. I don’t think she was the only one with a past but they hyped it up because she was a blk woman. Look at her now.
Vanessa Williams is always beautiful no matter her age!
Ms Williams is definitely a source of inspiration to me. They put their knee on her neck, but she pushed them off, got up, and came back strong. I remember seeing her in her first music video, The Right Stuff. You could see the strength, the fight in her in that video. It jumped off the screen at you. I knew at that moment that she was gonna be ok.
Vanessa Williams, a real life Wonder Woman. Beauty, Strength, Grace, Talent and Heart❤!
Vanessa gets prettier with age like a very fine wine. The scandel was Petty but glad she overcame it all to Still have fame & success & a family . Just goes to show you can have it all. Vanessa you keep going for as long as you want. God Bless you & your loved ones.
Hats off to Ms. Williams’ Mom and Dad for standing by her side! Awesome!
The pictures were not even trashy or vulgar... Some were even beautiful.
Half of today's music videos are but not these pics that made her give her crown back. SMH!
Shows how fucked up our society is.
Isn’t that funny how they took her crown away and tried to trash her name, but she ended up being the most successful Miss America winner.
Super classy. You would think she was royalty if you didn't know who she was.
Class does not only exists in royalty.
People could be terrible she’s one of the most gorgeous women on earth
Most memorable and in my opinion the most beautiful and talented Ms. America ever.
She sure was pretty amazing!
Quite versatile.
I've never seen somebody or something more beautiful than this lady
Drop dead Gorgeous woman. Her heart of gold, her deep intellect, and her beauty are all PRICELESS.
They couldn't handle the black girl magic back then,
it hit em too hard back in '83.
#BlackMissAmericasMatter
:D
Nice song l am really enjoyed. Thank you. Walt.
She doesn’t need a title to prove she’s beautiful. She’s an all-time American Beauty!
Vanessa Williams showed such Grace & Dignity ❤
I'm proud of her! Vanessa showed them l falled down but I got back up and did better! Yes!
Your still my miss America 🥰💕💕💕⚘😘😘😘
This woman has been winning ever since. She's an Icon. She's bigger than the Miss America pageant.
I love her and she is an example of a strong woman. White people always hating cus we got flavor and color
She is the face of Miss America they will never have a beauty like her ever again
I was watching the Grammy awards in youtube and I saw you during Whitney awards and Celine Dion days in grammy I miss you Vanessa Williams. I miss 80st and 90st 🥲🤩🥺
This changes everything. Intense Model Release Investigations began for all contestants.Hired
VANESSA WILLIAMS IS MOST SUCCESSFUL MISS AMERICA OF ALL TIME.
Vanessa Williams will always be Miss America in my eyes❤
And she's the only one people remember. Where are the others today? And who are they?😁
Vanessa you rock so much you bad look good!!! YOU GO GIRL!
Vanessa will forever be an icon
The REAL MISS AMERICA.
She has proven that she is the true definition of a DIVA!
She is classier than anyone on the planet.
She's a multi-talented STAR!
Those people now who are still harboring resentment against Vanessa didn’t want her to be Miss America in the first place...They ain’t fool’n me...You saw more flesh in some of the glamour magazines than Vanessa’s photos...The fact that she took them with another woman and society was still taboo about that...I had that issue of Penthouse...Wonder where I put it : /
My crush since i was a kid 😻😻😻 OMG she's so beautiful! 😩❤
One of the major things that I love ❤️ about Vanessa Williams. Then and Now is her Changability. Just like Betty White, Tina Turner, and Angelina Jolie.
So well rounded. Impressive woman.
Va Vanessa Va Vanessa Va Vanessa .Vanessa with a singing career. YasSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS