Vanessa Williams
Sexy

The longest-running last laugh in the history of so-called disgraced American celebrities was had–hearty, melodious, and gorgeous–by stunning, smiling black beauty Vanessa Williams. Vanessa’s creamy-complected perfection of face; fantastically packed, flawless figure; and the subtle sexual simmering of her singing voice won her the Miss America pageant in 1984, the first black woman ever to do so. Vanessa was also the first black woman to have the crown stripped from the top of her dream-fulfilling head when Penthouse magazine printed nude, slightly kinky, mildly lesbianic photos taken of the reigning beauty queen during an earlier, adventurous, financially-strapped stage in her life. Vanessa refused to slink into the wormy woodwork of shame and regret. Confounding all expectations, she has firmly established her star in the firmament of fame as a singer and actress, with hit songs such as “Save the Best for Last,” best-selling albums like “The Comfort Zone,” and blockbuster movies including Soul Food (1997) and Shaft (2000). Shaft is also what you’ll grab when you watch Vanessa’s skintillating screen appearances. She’s topless with her hands over her nipples in The Odyssey (1997); she shows some grade-A cleavage in Futuresport (1998); she wears a short skirt that goes ALL the way up in Dance with Me (1998); and she’s wrapped in a sexy one-piece swimsuit in Johnson Family Vacation (2004). She’s also skimpy in the series Ugly Betty, Difficult People, and Daytime Divas, the last of which is especially revealing. Vanessa has yet to get truly nude on screen and it’s unlikely that she ever will.