Actress and singer Vanessa Williams returned to the Miss America stage Sunday night, three decades after she became the first black woman to win the crown but resigned following a nude photo scandal.
Now, after all these years, the Miss America CEO apologized to Williams on stage Sunday at the Miss America 2016 pageant for the way the scandal was handled.
Vanessa Williams and the declining scandal of nude photos
"I have been a close friend to this beautiful and talented lady for 32 years," CEO Sam Haskell told Williams. "You have lived your life in grace and dignity, and never was it more evident than during the events of 1984 when you resigned.
