Vanessa Williams received death threats after becoming the first black Miss America in 1983. 'I won (Miss Syracuse), Miss New York State and Miss America all within six months, so I went from my junior year (at Syracuse University) to all of a sudden, I was the first Black Miss America in 1983. Sad response: Vanessa Williams received death threats after becoming the first black Miss America in 1983; seen in Atlantic City'A lot of people don't like to be confronted with diversity, and I was the symbol of that, so I had to prove that I was smart enough. Six weeks before I was finishing my year (as Miss America), I resigned.' 'I mean, I know Tina Turner back in the day made wigs really popular back in the '60s and '70s.

Source: Daily Mail December 04, 2020 19:13 UTC