When the contestants for the 2016 Miss America pageant take the stage in Atlantic City on Sunday night, they'll be greeted by two blasts from the past -- and a new social media feature. Singer and actress Vanessa Williams, the first African American to be crowned Miss America, will be the contest's lead judge 31 years after she was forced to resign her title over nude photos of her published in Penthouse magazine. Williams went on to become the pageant's most famous winner and her cultural cachet has arguably exceeded the contest that brought her to the national spotlight. The pageant's iconic song -- the one that opens "There she is, Miss America" -- will also return to the show for the first time since 2012. The pageant, which made its television debut more than six decades ago, is scheduled to be broadcast live on Sunday starting at 9 p.m. EDT on ABC.
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