<a href="http://www.rotten.com/today" target="_blank">Oh this date in 1984</a>, Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, resigns after Penthouse magazine announced that it will publish lesbian photographs of her in its September issue. Prior to entering the Miss America contest she had certified committing no acts of "moral turpitude". <span class="comment">Well, there's ONE way to launch a career on Broadway!…
SOURCE: www.rotten.com at 12:00AM on July 23, 2001