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Vanessa Williams

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
873 total appearances

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Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

probably halfway through the pregnancy, it was an opportunity to kind of just relax.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

So, I mean, there's many, I look through my recording history and look through my videos and go, oh, dreaming.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

That's when I got pregnant with Jillian.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

Okay.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

I was pregnant with Devin when I did work to do.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

I thought I had the flu, but no, I was actually pregnant.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

So I can like clock my pregnancy journey through all of my videos back in the day.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

Probably the biggest moment was singing live at the Academy Awards in 1996, singing Colors of the Wind that I had, you know, was on the airwaves in 1995 for Pocahontas for a Disney film.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

And the song winning, my parents being there in the audience.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

My dad was, I think, sitting next to Tom Cruise or something.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

So it was like the family was in the audience.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

I was wearing a gorgeous Versace gown, sang, you know, live and everything.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

being acknowledged by, you know, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for winning.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

Unfortunately, as the singer, you don't get the Academy Award, but it was still, the acknowledgement was amazing.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

And you're doing it live, and that's, it was amazing.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

It was amazing.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

So, I mean, I've done the Super Bowl, you know, which was...

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

Yeah, I did.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

I did the 1996.

Great Company with Jamie Laing
VANESSA WILLIAMS: Being the First Black Miss America Changed My Life - But Came at a Cost

That was a good year.