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always thought she should have been the chick in Devil in a Blue Dress
Vanessa Williams recalls 'hurtful' backlash from the Black community after her historic Miss America win
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Vanessa is trying to rewrite history with this. Even back in 2015 when the Miss America Pageant apologized to her, while she was doing TONS of interviews, she never once said a thing about colorism issues/backlash from Black people. But she always pointed out the racism/death threats from whites.
Zero respect for this shit she's doing, now.
www.npr.org
abcnews.go.com
www.mylifetime.com
Right after her win in '83
This article is from 2020...no mention of colorism
www.independent.co.uk
Another 2020 article...no colorism
pagesix.com
I can go on. Bottom line, it's ALWAYS been the nude photo scandal that was the issue
Zero respect for this shit she's doing, now.
Miss America Pageant Apologizes To 1983 Winner Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams was forced to resign as Miss America in 1984 after nude photos of her were published in a magazine.
www.npr.org
Vanessa Williams: Time Is Right for Miss America Pageant Return After Scandal
Decades after being crowned the first African-American Miss America, then becoming the first to resign, Vanessa Williams says the time is right to return to the pageant.
abcnews.go.com
September 17, 1983: Vanessa Williams Was the First African-American Woman Crowned Miss America
Although breaking the Miss America color barrier proved rocky, Williams stands as a role model for perseverance.
www.mylifetime.com
Right after her win in '83
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/19/...iss-america-victory-is-a-means-to-an-end.html
This article is from 2020...no mention of colorism
Vanessa Williams recalls receiving death threats as first black Miss America
‘I was smart enough. I was talented enough,’ says actor
www.independent.co.uk
Another 2020 article...no colorism
Vanessa Williams recalls death threats as first black Miss America
“A lot of people don’t like to be confronted with diversity, and I was the symbol of that …”
pagesix.com
I can go on. Bottom line, it's ALWAYS been the nude photo scandal that was the issue
Elzo69Renaissance
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Most Black women 30 & under, though?
Really?
She looks THAT good to you at 57?
There’s thousands of super fine 30 & under black women out there.
I can remember the sentiment she's talking about. She's not just pulling it out her ass. I was a kid and was confused on why her being lightskinned made it any different to some.
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there are quite a few bad 30&under black women out here no doubt...... but they ain't Miss America bad.
Yea. I was jus gone let the homie do him....cuz I googled "vanessa Williams 2020" and she look busted af (I mean she 57).
But hey, whatever floats ur boat
Nobody was shitting on her in 1983 for being lightskin and winning Miss America. Black folk were proud because she was the first Black woman to win the crown. Nobody was trippin on her color in '83.
Black folk were still biggin' up lightskins in the 80s. The 90s began to usher in more love for darker Black people on a mainstream level.
Black folk were still biggin' up lightskins in the 80s. The 90s began to usher in more love for darker Black people on a mainstream level.
We’re talking about the 57 year old Vanessa, though.
The Vanessa from 1983, yeah.... Now, THAT’S a different story.
How old were you in 1983?
Uh, no. Yes, blk were happy she won. But there was a sentiment among blk ppl that she only won "cuz she was light skin"
I can vividly remember sayin back in the day that she only won cuz of her skin tone, they aint giving no dark skin blk woman that crown.
Not going back and forth with any of you.
I said what I said.
Have a great day.
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I said what I said.
Have a great day.
Fixed typo
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I wasn't shittin on her or trippin on her color in 83. Where you get that from?
Definitely woulda got her super pregnant
Vanessa is trying to rewrite history with this. Even back in 2015 when the Miss America Pageant apologized to her, while she was doing TONS of interviews, she never once said a thing about colorism issues/backlash from Black people. But she always pointed out the racism/death threats from whites.
Zero respect for this shit she's doing, now.
Miss America Pageant Apologizes To 1983 Winner Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams was forced to resign as Miss America in 1984 after nude photos of her were published in a magazine.
Vanessa Williams: Time Is Right for Miss America Pageant Return After Scandal
Decades after being crowned the first African-American Miss America, then becoming the first to resign, Vanessa Williams says the time is right to return to the pageant.
September 17, 1983: Vanessa Williams Was the First African-American Woman Crowned Miss America
Although breaking the Miss America color barrier proved rocky, Williams stands as a role model for perseverance.
Right after her win in '83
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/19/...iss-america-victory-is-a-means-to-an-end.html
This article is from 2020...no mention of colorism
Vanessa Williams recalls receiving death threats as first black Miss America
‘I was smart enough. I was talented enough,’ says actor
Another 2020 article...no colorism
Vanessa Williams recalls death threats as first black Miss America
“A lot of people don’t like to be confronted with diversity, and I was the symbol of that …”
I can go on. Bottom line, it's ALWAYS been the nude photo scandal that was the issue
That's not because she shut her mouth about the latter party for 40 years it made her traumatic experience less harmful or true for either.
We all know how African American gossipers acts against light skinned sisters... heck, we just all know how African American gossipers acts against every successful brother or sister. And what I used to hear from people here in Canada or from France and Belgium onlime weren't better. Why do you think the likes of Yannick Noah and Omar Sy used to shut up for very long about black community issues?? Or that Normand Bratwaithe in Canada has NO affiliation whatsoever with black folks here except for taunting us or being mocked about his part black heritage (and to be honest, he want it. Nigga's a well-reputed Coon and a Sambo type comedian) .
Don't let me start with Gabourey Sidibe, David Kaluuya and Anna Diop...
That one with that hippie-haired Beckie sniffing her bootyhole or poonami is CRINGE AF.
Ikr?
The type of shit she lived in '83 haven't changed in 38 years... just check at Black "anti-colourist" Feminist Twitter and drop a photo of Halle Berry, Alicia Keys, Cardi B or Alexandra Ship's head...
