Vanessa Williams
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And she's like, is there scholarship money?
Because I'd gotten scholarships the previous years.
And I said, yes, do it.
So my parents didn't even come to the pageant.
My friend played, one of my good friends played piano.
I got like a bathing suit down at our local Sibley's department store and won.
So then I was on my way to the States.
That was in April, on my way to the States in July.
And my friend played the same song, same piano, whatever.
And I won that.
So all of a sudden, from April to September, I now was in a national contest.
And I, again, still thought I was coming to London and I won the whole thing.
So at 20 years old, I'm like, now what am I due to do?
And my world completely changed.
And is it fate or like that?
I don't know.
How did I get here?
And it took me a long time to kind of realize like, hey, that was part of my history.
Stop trying to...
You know, use it as a, because I remember talking to my acting teacher and I was like, I just want to be taken seriously.