{"id":1747,"date":"2007-12-18T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T07:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2007-12-18T00:19:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T07:07:41","slug":"remember-vanessa-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1747","title":{"rendered":"Remember Vanessa Williams?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in Australia when I heard the news that the reigning Miss America was forced to resign her title when nude photos of her were published in the September 1984 issue of Penthouse magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eric Danville notes: "The photos were salacious, scandalous, and just may have been the best thing that happened to her career. A few years after the media frenzy died down, Williams established the most successful career of any former Miss America, with a string of hit songs, films, and stage roles. Her music and acting skills got her nominated for Grammys, Tonys, and Emmys. She’s won the Billboard Music Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Theater World Award. Most recently, the former nude model was honroed with…a Teen Choice Award."<\/p>\n

Heck, if Vanessa can do it, I can do it.<\/p>\n

Eric writes: "The September 1984 issue of Penthouse is a bona fide collector’s item, and not just because of Vanessa’s photos. The Pet of the Month in that issue was none other than the underage Traci Lords, who gave the photographer a phony driver’s license to prove she was over 18 and, when the truth came out, ignited a scandal herself. So it’s a collector’s issue that no one can collect, because owning a copy is a federal crime."<\/p>\n

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