Photos: Vanessa Williams and the Miss America scandal

Vanessa Williams resigns her Miss America title
Protesters support Williams
Vanessa Williams at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Vanessa Williams celebrates being crowned Miss America
Vanessa Williams was first black Miss America
Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America
Vanessa Williams sings at the Miss America pageant
Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America
Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America
Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America
Vanessa Williams represents New York in the Miss America pageant
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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. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)