Williams -- Being 'Miss Anything' Is a Setback

16. She's the luckiest b-tch out there. We only know her because she was the only Miss America to have her title stripped, cuz she stripped before in some pictures that published in Penthouse. Name recognition. But you can't find a copy of the mag, because it also had pics of Traci Lords before it discovered that she was an underage porn star. That issue of Penthouse got pulled as it was child porn.

Miss Anything-- how about Miss I'm the luckiest woman around?

Posted at 1:21PM on May 21st 2009 by really

17. She wouldn't even be famous if not for her stint at Miss America. What a moron.

Posted at 12:05PM on May 21st 2009 by Amanda Lynn

18. Quit using the I'm a black woman excuse. I'm a white woman and Vanessa makes more money than me I'm sure. BLACK WOMAN?? With those green eyes someone has some explaining to do. JUST SAYING Still love Vanessa

Posted at 12:09PM on May 21st 2009 by cautious

19. It's pageanty in general that let's everyone know that TMZ neophytes are incapable of spelling or using a spell checker.

Those little red lines under pageanty indicate you should correct the spelling to pageantry. Duh!

Posted at 12:41PM on May 21st 2009 by kernel1956

20. Spoken like someone who would not have made it to "celebrity" status without the pageant. Remember where you came from V!

Posted at 12:43PM on May 21st 2009 by UpstateNYer

21. So basically jennay, you are telling us that Carolyn Sapp, Shawntel Smith, Debra Moffett and Kaye Lani would have been bigger than Vanessa Williams had they had a scandal when they won Miss America? Bitch please!

Posted at 1:17PM on May 21st 2009 by Quetou

22. I still spank it her Penthouse pix...hot hot hot!

Posted at 1:17PM on May 21st 2009 by Stevo

23. Why do we even have these pagaents anymore? Everytime a winner is crowned, you EXPECT the pictures to come rolling out at this point.

Ive pretty much lost all faith in what "Miss America" is supposed to stand for in the first place. Sign of the times, I suppose.

Posted at 1:34PM on May 21st 2009 by the short chick in the back

24. If you saw Vanessa's photos you know they were WAY more graphic than Miss California's pics. I do agree that pageants need to go, they're from a by gone era.

Posted at 8:17PM on May 23rd 2009 by jaye

25. What the hell do any of you ordinary people know? You wear plastic!

Posted at 2:19PM on May 21st 2009 by Willie

26. Why does TMZ ALWAYS post " biblically correct' before Carrie Prejean's name? A couple times, its funny to see, but all the time? Give it a rest already. Just my opinion.

Posted at 2:30PM on May 21st 2009 by Sweet Life

27. If she had not had the Miss America title taken away due to the scandal, she would still have been remembered as being the first black Miss America-at the time, this was a major big deal. V got a lot of death threats and had to use a bodyguard during most of her reign. I can't see this sort of thing happening these days in the pageant world, but sadly I'm sure it still does. BTW, when I knew Vanessa, she would always tell me and my friends, "Sucess is the best revenge!"

Posted at 4:23PM on May 21st 2009 by Rob

28. Can't wait when Carrie Prejean's lesbian movie comes out.

Posted at 6:38PM on May 21st 2009 by YaYes

29. Haha, was the beauty pagent a setback for a serious vice presidential candidate? Sarah Palin for President?

Posted at 2:24AM on May 22nd 2009 by bemybaby

30. Vanessa Williams scandal with the intimidating shots was not pretty. She did an amazing thing and pulled herself up despite of it. Her experience with Miss America did notthing but hurt her career.

Most people do not take beauty pageant winners seriously. They think they are people who do not have anything important to do with their time. I get a kick out of watching them, sometimes, but none of my friends will watch them with me. They think they are a mindless joke. For the most part, I guess I do also.

Posted at 10:25PM on May 22nd 2009 by Bambi