Among the most famous was the 1984 issue which included nude photos of vanessa williams during her reign as the first black miss america. Getty images (2) 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 1983, vanessa williams became the first black miss america, but shortly afterwards, she had the honor stripped from her when rumors that nude pictures of her had been circulated among men’s magazine publishers to see which would pay the most The lucky winner happened to be bob guccione of penthouse. Vanessa williams, who relinquished her title of miss america last month after sexually explicit photographs of her with another woman appeared in penthouse magazine, said yesterday that she had. Vanessa williams resigns her miss america title july 23, 1984 in new york city
Nude photographs of miss williams and another woman surfaced, forcing her to relinquish her title
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