If I were Vanessa Williams, I think I'd be damned bitter about Paris Hilton's popularity.
Miss America
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Anil, I've been thinking about this post for the last half-hour, and it's still, uh, pretty strange, y'know.... ;-)
Yeah, but Vanessa Williams was just posing as a lesbian. Video camera or no, Paris Hilton loves to suck cock.
R. Kelly's popularity ... now *that* is something worth pondering.
John, I think like you, but Google indexed it very well;)
Seems to me Vanessa did alright for herself. Or at least, better than... let me think... every other Miss America ever.
Ahem:
Mary Ann Mobley
Actually, the most successful alum was probably Phyllis George.
But I think Vanessa has to have gotten over her scandal, as much as one can, a long time ago. Multi-platinum albums, hit films, an Image Award and all.
It is odd, though, or at least telling, to look at how few of the winners have their own Wikipedia pages.