Miss New York, Vanessa Williams, right, poses with Jo Ann Miller, who was Miss New York
in 1973, at a champagne reception honoring Williams in August 1983. A month later,
Williams would arrive in Atlantic City, N.J., to compete for the 1984 Miss America crown.
Her presence was immediately noticed by pageant insiders, who quickly revised their
predictions about who might win. (Ron Frehm/AP)
By Amy Argetsinger
Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
From “There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America,” ©
2021 by Amy Argetsinger, to be published by One Signal
Publishers/Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc.
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