# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vanessa-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:57:02.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vanessa-williams"
name: "Vanessa Williams"
slug: "vanessa-williams"
description: "Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. 32 years later, Williams was offered a public apology during the Miss America 2016 pageant for the events."
tagline: "American actress, singer and former Miss America (born 1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanessa_williams_bryant_park_2007_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.28
  momentum:             0.1066955579631636
  historical:           28.197816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/vwofficial"
    handle:    "vwofficial"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vanessawilliamsofficial/"
    handle:    "vanessawilliamsofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialVanessaWilliams"
    handle:    "OfficialVanessaWilliams"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001853/"
    handle:    "nm0001853"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/75L9s8KVrhCNtBUkZFnDFW"
    handle:    "75L9s8KVrhCNtBUkZFnDFW"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://vanessawilliams.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "فانيسا ويليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ونسا ال. ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Williams"
    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Williams"
    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa Lynn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Βανέσα Γουίλιαμς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa L. Williams"
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    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa L. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ونسا ال. ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_L._Williams"
    title: "Vanessa L. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Lynn_Williams"
    title: "Vanessa Lynn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Williams"
    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "ונסה ויליאמס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Williams"
    title: "Vanessa Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vanessa L. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վանեսա Ուիլյամս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_L._Williams"
    title: "Vanessa L. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vanessa_Williams"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump