#TBT Vanessa L. Williams In Penthouse

Remember when it was so unbelievable that Miss American might have nude photos of herself and when those nude photos got published, she would be stripped of her title? Looking at these old photos of Vanessa Williams, it’s impossible to see what the big deal was.  

Back in 1983 Vanessa Williams became the first African-American Miss America, but her title would be short lived. It was only seven weeks into her reign when Penthouse magazine bought and published several nude photographs of Williams. The Miss America Pageant officials pressured Williams to give up her crown, which she did shortly after the photos came out. I mean, it’s really hard to believe that it took Miss America 63 years to crown an African-American woman (the pageant started in 1920) or that nude photos were such a big deal in the 80s. In our world today, this would hardly be a big deal. Trust me, in the future it will be odd if Miss America, politicians, actors, teachers, lawyers—hell, anyone really—don’t have nude pictures of themselves. While Williams may have lost her title she went on to have a pretty successful career in acting and music. In fact she’s been nominated for many Grammy, Emmy, and even Tony Awards.

A beautiful woman being nude in a photo isn’t a controversy and it’s hard to believe at one time it was. Vanessa William nude is like a work of art, everyone should look at it and everyone should love it.  

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