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Victoria Beckham Upstaged Bride on 'Ugly Betty' Years Before Son's Wedding Dance

Published: 01/21/2026
It's no wonder Victoria Beckham allegedly ruined her son Brooklyn's wedding by making it all about her ... she did the same thing years earlier on "Ugly Betty"! Victoria was, of course, playing a heightened version of herself on the ABC sitcom, but still! It seems to be very much a case of life…
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Former Miss New York Contestant -- Decrowned For Going Topless ... 'I Deserve An Apology Too'

Published: 09/15/2015
A former Miss New York contestant forced to give up her crown by the Miss America Organization after appearing topless in a film wants an apology similar to Vanessa Williams'. Jennifer DeLora was crowned Miss Ulster County, New York in 1986 and was about to compete for the Miss New York crown when…
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Vanessa Williams -- Apology Accepted ... Miss America Smooths Things Over

Published: 09/13/2015
Vanessa Williams and the Miss America Pageant just kissed and made up, more than 30 years after Williams was forced to hand over her crown. The show opened Sunday night with Miss America CEO Sam Haskell apologizing to Williams and her mother Helen. Haskell noted that while none of the execs still…
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Miss America Pageant -- Meltdown Over Vanessa Williams Apology

Published: 09/11/2015
The Miss America execs preparing for the live show on Sunday are in crisis mode over Vanessa Williams' appearance ... and it all has to do with the nude, girl-on-girl pics that caused her to get dethroned 31 years ago. Sources connected with the pageant tell TMZ, Vanessa agreed to appear at the…
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Vanessa Williams RIPPED By 'Tiaras' Mom Over Abortion

Published: 05/02/2012
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones ... especially when that house is an abortion clinic ... so says a "Toddlers & Tiaras" mom who's PISSED Vanessa Williams went off about pageant parents in a recent interview. FYI -- Williams recently appeared on "Anderson" and when asked about the child…
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Vanessa Williams -- I Was Molested as a Child

Published: 04/17/2012
Vanessa Williams says she was sexually abused as a 10-year-old girl ... and believes the traumatizing experience caused her to become "highly sexualized" at an abnormally young age. Williams dropped the bombshell in her new book, "You Have No Idea" ... explaining how an 18-year-old woman molested…
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Vanessa Williams -- Good Genes or Good Docs?

Published: 03/11/2012
Vanessa Williams has got the right stuff. Here's the 26-year-old back in 1989 (left) -- and 23 years later, the 49-year-old at an event in L.A. (right). Despite being being forced to relinquish her title, she'll always be Miss America.
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Kim Kardashian & Vanessa Williams -- Travel Buddies

Published: 11/12/2011
Vanessa Williams and Kim Kardashian were at the Atlanta airport early this morning, hopping a flight back to Los Angeles after shooting scenes for Tyler Perry's movie, "The Marriage Counselor." Vanessa and Kim make a fun pairing ... both had to overcome sex scandals early in their careers before…
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Vanessa vs. America: Who'd You Rather?

Published: 07/22/2010
Former "Ugly Betty" stars Vanessa Williams and America Ferrera reunited at the same event in West Hollywood. Question is ...
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The Guy in 'Dance with Me': 'Memba Him?

Published: 03/02/2010
In 1998, Puerto Rican singer Chayanne became famous to American audiences by starring opposite Vanessa L. Williams in the movie "Dance with Me." Guess what he looks like now!
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Vanessa Williams Is Over Nudie Beauty Scandals

Published: 05/14/2009
Vanessa Williams was pressured into resigning her Miss America post in 1984 for the same thing Miss California just got away with -- gettin' nekkid on camera -- so we figured she'd be ticked Carrie Prejean kept her crown.... The original nudie beauty queen stonewalled us, but if you watch the…
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Miley Cyrus -- Disgraced Beauty Queen?

Published: 11/13/2008
Here's "Hannah Montana" sensation Miley Cyrus (left) -- and former Miss America and "Ugly Betty" star Vanessa Williams (right). One of them is a 45-year-old African-American woman. We're just sayin'.
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