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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 the famous pageant when she was 20-years-old.
However, she was forced to give up her crown after 10 months her former boss photographer Tom Chiapel sold nude pictures he’d taken of her in 1982 to Penthouse magazine for $50K without her consent.
Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, in an episode set to air on Saturday, Vanessa recalled: ‘The photographer that took these did not have a release and sold them behind my back.
‘I’m doing a documentary that is in the works. It was betrayal, it was not good.
‘It made me who I am and in retrospect there would have been nothing that I could have done to navigate better.’
Vanessa Williams, 61, has detailed the ‘betrayal’ she felt over the nude photo scandal that ended her 1984 Miss America reign (pictured last week)
The actress, 61, made history when she became the first black woman to win the famous pageant when she was 20-years-old (pictured)
She added: ‘I thank my parents who were so supportive and also the community who said “we’re here and we believe in you.”
‘It was a lot to deal with at 21 years old. I only had four weeks left to go in my reign and this all came out of the blue – it was a lot to manage.’
Officials gave Vanessa 72 hours to resign after Miss America’s sponsors threatened to pull out, but she was allowed to keep her crown and scholarship money.
Two months later, the 11-time Grammy nominee filed a $500M lawsuit against Chiapel and Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione, which she dropped a year later.
She said she was always confident the dust would eventually settle.
Elsewhere, Vanessa discussed if she would like to return to Ugly Betty, after starring as Wilhelmina Slater in the ABC sitcom from 2006 – 2010.
She said: ‘I would love to do it. I don’t know what world it would be as America [Ferrera] is obviously an adult now.
‘I don’t know if she takes over Mode magazine and what happens to Wilhelmina and Mark, I don’t know. I loved that cast.’
Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, in an episode set to air on Saturday, Vanessa recalled: ‘The photographer that took these did not have a release and sold them behind my back’
She appeared on the show alongside Danny Dyer, host Jonathan Ross, Harris Dickinson, Keely Hodgkinson and Gordon Ramsay (L-R)
‘It made me who I am and in retrospect there would have been nothing that I could have done to navigate better,’ she added (pictured in December)
Officials gave Vanessa 72 hours to resign after Miss America’s sponsors threatened to pull out, but she was allowed to keep her crown and scholarship money (pictured in 1984)
Vanessa was nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Ugly Betty.
She is currently portraying Miranda Priestly in the West End musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada.
The play follows aspiring journalist Andy Sachs, played by Georgie Buckland, as she scores a job at the prestigious Runway magazine headed by Miranda.
The production showcased preview performances at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in July and August prior to opening on the West End in October.
The Jonathan Ross Show, Saturday at 9:30PM ON ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
