When Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America, her life instantly changed. Not only did the win bring her new responsibilities within the pageant world, but she also made history becoming the ...

Vanessa Williams remembers a Johnny Carson joke about her being first Black Miss America and reflects on the racist criticism she faced when she first won the crown in 1984.

The actress, 61, revealed that the late Johnny Carson made a “prejudiced” joke about her after she became the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1984.

When Vanessa Williams made history becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America at the 1984 competition, the then-20-year-old became the talk of the nation. Unfortunately, all of what ...

America’s Junior Miss, a scholarship competition based in Mobile, became Distinguished Young Women in 2010. The organization posted news of Williams-Reed’s death on Wednesday.