Vanessa Williams Receives Apology From Miss America Organization
Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell was crowned the new Miss America on Sunday night.
He said: “On behalf of today’s organization I want to apologize to you and your mother Miss Helen Williams”.
Harrison also says Haskell and Williams “are good friends”. And even last year’s Miss America dealt with a sorority hazing scandal, so the decision to remove Williams’ title 32 years earlier seems a little extreme by comparison.
The 95th annual Miss America competition was held on Sunday night at the Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Kevin O’Leary, Amy Purdy, Danica McKellar, Taya Kyle, Zendaya, Vanessa Williams, and country star Brett Eldredge all serving as judges.
Asked by The Associated Press to clarify her remarks afterward, Cantrell said, “It was kind of a funky question to ask me if Tom Brady cheated”.
The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/1MnADT3 ) the 22-year-old from Mount Olive lost to Miss Georgia, Betty Cantrell, who was crowned Miss America 2016.
Meanwhile, she is about to do the traditional pageant-winner’s frolic in the Atlantic City surf on Monday morning. “I did the flawless in that I might throughout my reign throughout 1983 to 1984″.
In the end, Williams won out and graciously accepted Haskell’s apology, saying his words were “so unexpected, but so lovely “.
“I give her a lot of credit and I know she’s come under fire in the last few hours, of winning, but people have to understand that’s a lot of pressure and you’re not going to make everyone happy”, she said. “I love the girls and I’m so honoured to be back”.
Miss Mississippi Hannah Roberts said that Kim Davis issuing same-sex marriage licenses as part of her Kentucky county clerk job doesn’t violate Davis’ religious freedom. Nearly ten months after Williams received her crown, Penthouse released some nude photos of the model taken before her nomination.