“I needed to catch them slightly distracted to be able to do my photos.” Dörr spent hours following a cadre of preteen girls as part of the nationwide Young Miss Brazil contest. “It wasn’t easy,” Brazilian photographer Luisa Dörr said. In fact, it may be a more difficult task to get a Young Miss not to strike a pose.
She swings her hair around to one side, stretches her neck into a long line, and delicately cocks a hand on her hip. In front of the lens, she transforms herself into a supermodel. Walk into the room with a camera, and she’ll grab you by the hand, tugging you into position. "I want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made you feel any less than the Miss America you are and the Miss America you always will be.It’s not hard to get a Brazilian “Young Miss” to pose for the camera. "Though none of us currently in the organization were involved then, on behalf of today's organization, I want to apologize to you and to your mother, Miss Helen Williams," Haskell said. "You have lived your life in grace and dignity, and never was it more evident than during the events of 1984 when you resigned. "I have been a close friend to this beautiful and talented lady for 32 years," then-CEO Sam Haskell told Williams, according to CNN. The organization later apologized to Williams 32 years later onstage at the 2016 pageant. This led to her being forced to give up her title, which she later described as one of the lowest points of her life.
The photos had been taken while she worked as a photographer's assistant. Vanessa Williams may have gone on to have a hugely successful career, but in the 1980s, she was at the center of a pageant scandal of her own.Īfter becoming the first African-American woman to be named Miss America, nude photos of Williams surfaced in Penthouse magazine. Vanessa Williams has made quite a comeback.
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