Watch: Vanessa Williams Returns To Miss America Pageant, Performs & Receives Formal Apology From The CEO

The 2016 Miss America pageant is going down live tonight (September 13) from Atlantic City, NJ and as I previously told you Vanessa Williams was slated to return to the show over 30 years after winning the title in 1983. After a nude photo scandal, Vanessa later resigned from her title and it became a huge controversy.

Well tonight Vanessa returned to the show as the lead judge and not just that, she performed “Oh How the Years Go By” and also received a formal apology on air from the CEO of the
organization Sam Haskell. Watch the historic moment below.

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