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Oct 21, 2010 · NEW YORK (CBS) Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione, who died Tuesday in Texas, put the magazine squarely in the center of many controversies during his publishing career. Among the most...
Apr 10, 2024 · About two months before the end of her reign, Williams received word that nude photos of her were going to be published in Penthouse. She had no control over the photos, had given no consent to the magazine to run them, but apparently that wasn’t going to stop them.
Sep 15, 2020 · Williams had already been through the wringer and then some by the time she found out, in mid-July 1984, via a New York Post reporter, that she was about to become Penthouse's cover girl, an...
Sep 14, 2015 · Vanessa Williams stepped down in 1984 as the first black Miss America after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. She went on to have a successful singing and acting career and...
Sep 28, 2022 · Vanessa Williams' personal story about the scandal that forced her to resign the Miss America crown in 1984 is in the works for TV.
Jul 23, 2015 · On this day, July 23, in 1984, then-21-year-old Williams handed over her crown — making her both the first black Miss America and the first to give up the title — after Penthouse announced that...
When nude photos of Vanessa Williams surfaced in 'Penthouse' magazine, the scandal forced her to resign as Miss America. Vanessa describes her biggest fear during the ordeal and what stopped her from filing a lawsuit against 'Penthouse.'
Sep 28, 2022 · Williams faced a wave of racist, anti-woman nonsense that culminated in her being blamed for Penthouse publishing nude photos of her without her permission. This double violation saw her crown...
Jun 22, 2024 · Vanessa Williams, the first African-American to win the title Miss America, also became the first in the pageant’s 63-year history to resign the crown after news broke that nude photos of her...
Feb 19, 2024 · Vanessa Williams’ experience with Penthouse magazine possesses striking parallels to more recent scandals involving female celebrities and stolen images. Her journey spotlighting themes of abuse, violation, and overcoming remains highly relevant today.
