[1]Vanessa Williams has said that winning Miss America Pageant hurt her brand, as a lot of people assume that if a person has a Miss anything in front of their name, it negates any sort of talent or intellect that they possessed.
The 50-year-old actress told HuffPost Live studios co-host Alicia Menendez that she did Miss America because she was a junior in college, and she got scholarships every year.
“I had no idea that I would win... in terms of means to an end, I don’t think it worked for me because my mean was I wanted to be where I am right now,” the Huffington Post quoted her.
When asked if the value of Miss America has changed in a world, she answered that it depended on what they are as an individual.
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