Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives), and she has become, more or less, America’s b-list sweetheart. She’s had starring roles on just about every ABC dramedy of the past 15 years (e.g. Yet, she was reinstated this year because even the “Miss America” people realized that, in this day and age of Gaga and Miley and … Trump, that maybe zapping the title of one of the few contestants to actually have a viable career (Grammy/Tony-nominations, Top 40 hit songs, a freaking Disney theme) was kinda dumb? Yet, can she still be considered “Miss America” when she was de-crowned after her Penthouse pictorial scandal mid-way through her reign? One of the most (only?) successful (post-pageant winners) of “Miss America” … Lee Meriwether notwithstanding? Vanessa Williams is an interesting figure in pop culture.
