The Miss America pageant offered a formal apology to Vanessa Williams on Sunday night?s telecast, more than 30 years after the actress was forced to resign her title in 1984 following the unauthorized publication of nude photos from 1982 in Penthouse magazine.
Williams took the stage for a performance of ?Oh How the Years Go By? before being joined onstage by Miss America CEO Sam Haskell, who told the Grammy and Tony-nominated star, ?You have lived your life in grace and dignity, and never was it more evident than during the events of 1984 when you resigned. Though none of us currently in the organization were involved then, on behalf of today?s organization, I want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made you feel any less the Miss America you are and the Miss America you always will be.?
Visibly moved, Williams responded that Haskell?s words were ?so unexpected but so beautiful. I did the best that I could in my reign as Miss America in 1983-84? and thanked Haskell.
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