Williams wasn't just the reigning Miss America, she was also the first Black Miss America.
In 1983, Vanessa Williams left a mark on the world when she was delegated to the primary African American Miss America.
He'd secured the rights to nude photos of Marilyn Monroe without securing her consent.
To wit: the Pubic Wars an actual coined phrase, appearing in such august publications as the Wall Street Journal , which he won by showing short-and-curlies in the February 1970 Penthouse, a full eleven months before Playboy.