(a textile engineer) and Merle (a manufacturing executive maiden name, Olson) Norville married Karl Gert Wellner (an auction house executive), Decemchildren: Karl Nikolai, Kyle Maximilian, Mikaela Katharina. The photos later appeared (without Williams’ consent) in Penthouse magazine. Norville, Deborah 1958PERSONALFull name, Deborah Anne Norville born August 8, 1958, in Dalton, GA daughter of Zachary S. She was forced to resign her Miss America title in July 1984. (For the competition’s first 30 years, Black women weren’t even allowed to become contestants.) Scandal later erupted, however, when nude photos surfaced of Williams that had reportedly been shot when she worked for a photographer before her pageant days. On September 17, 1983, Williams made history by becoming the first African-American woman in the pageant’s 63-year history to capture the Miss America title. This led to more children’s pageants, among them the Little Miss America Pageant in New Jersey, which was the creation of the Palisades Amusement Park in 1961. After winning the Miss New York title, Williams went to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to participate in the Miss America pageant. Cheyenne s Junior Miss, Karen Morris, gave the entire State of Wyoming an unprecedented thrill when she was named America s Junior Miss for 1974 at the nationally televised program in Mobile, Alabama. Just three years after the Junior Miss System began, Little Miss Universe an international pageant for childrenbegan in Miami, Florida (Pageant Center, 2007, p. She attended Syracuse University, where she majored in musical theater. Vanessa Lynn Williams was born on March 18, 1963, and raised by music-teacher parents in suburban New York City. Despite the scandal, Williams later launched a successful singing and acting career, including a featured role on the television sitcom Ugly Betty. Less than a year later, on July 23, 1984, Williams gave up her crown after nude photos of her surfaced. On September 17, 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to win the Miss America crown.
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