Mary Lou Retton made history at the 1984 Olympics as a groundbreaking gymnast, but she’s back in headlines following her May ...

Tabitha Pool of Ann Arbor Huron and Micaela Kelly of Martin Luther King High School had great careers in high school and in ...

I’ve watched America fight Middle East wars for almost my entire life. I was barely 11 on Sept. 11, 2001, when a new reality shaped my generation — explaining why ...

Miss Wisconsin just got a little more melanin. The pageant has crowned its first-ever Black woman winner in its history. Willow Newell, a 22-year-old from Racine, Wisconsin, took home the title during ...

Vanessa Williams has detailed the 'betrayal' she felt over the nude photo scandal that ended her 1984 Miss America reign. The actress, 61, made history when she became the first black woman to win ...

Explore three career paths and meet the winner of Miss Black America 1984. This episode introduces three career paths: becoming an FBI agent, starting a small business, and working as a claims ...

NEW YORK – Vanessa Williams continues to conquer new frontiers. Williams became the first Black Miss America at the pageant in 1984. She then navigated a media controversy surrounding ...

In 1970, a Black woman named Cheryl Brown won Miss Iowa and made it to Miss America as a contestant. But to many, Williams’ win in 1984 was a pinnacle accomplishment for the pageant community.

Vanessa Williams revealed that Johnny Carson made a “prejudiced” joke about her Miss America pageant win in 1984.

In a new interview, Vanessa Williams opened up about the nude photo scandal that rocked her world and eventually resulted in her resignation as Miss America.

40 years ago today, Williams was stripped of her Miss America crown. Here's how she got the last laugh. Bettmann Archive; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Vanessa Williams in 1984 and 2024 On July 23, 1984, ...

Vanessa Williams opens up in this week’s cover story about finding decades of success 40 years after her Miss America crown was stripped away following a nude photo scandal.