Vanessa L. Williams
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Vanessa L. Williams
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1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
1984 Officials of the Miss America pageant ask Vanessa Lynn Williams to quit after ''Penthouse'' publishes nude photos of her.
1984 Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in ''Penthouse'' magazine.