Vanessa Williams Reflects On Facing Backlash For Being Crowned ‘Miss America’ 40 Years Ago: ‘So Many Things I Took Personally’

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Vanessa Williams Reflects On Facing Backlash For Being Crowned ‘Miss America’ 40 Years Ago: ‘So Many Things I Took Personally’
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.VWOfficial talks to ET Canada about facing backlash for being crowned 'Miss America' 40 years ago

Vanessa Williams has plenty of advice she’d give her younger self, knowing how far she’s come since being crowned Miss America back in 1984.

“When you’re 20 years old and you’re just being yourself and people say, ‘Well, we hate you because you’re black, we hate you because you’re not black enough, we hate you because you’re not Southern. We hate you because you’re a beauty queen and you’re an archetype.'”Vanessa Williams Gushes Over Her Current Guilty Pleasure On TV — ‘Succession’: ‘It’s Spectacular’

“Obviously, 40 years later, I’ve been able to be myself and show people, okay, yes, she can sing and dance and oh yeah, she is pretty intelligent. Oh, she has some drive, she has some endurance, she has some longevity. She’s professional. She shows up on time, she knows her stuff. And those are the things that follow you and proceed. And that’s part of your career.

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