Williams, Vanessa L.

Vanessa L. Williams
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Vanessa L. Williams

Name	Williams, Vanessa L. Gender: F
born on	18 March 1963 at 11:28 (= 11:28 AM )
Place	Millwood, New York, 41n12, 73w48
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	27°21' 29°25 Asc. 09°46'

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Biography

American actress, singer and beauty contest winner. In the spring of 1983 she entered a Miss New York contest then the following year on to the Miss America contest. A gorgeous woman with brown hair and flashing green eyes, she won, the first black Miss America. When Penthouse magazine published pictures of her nude, she was deposed .

Raised in the middle-class suburbs, she was the daughter of parents who were both music teachers. After her beauty contest debacle, she moved to Los Angeles to establish herself as a singer and actress. Williams met publicist Ramon Hervey II prior to her last press conference as the former Miss America, 7/23/1984. He helped her rebuild her shattered career with an '88 hit album, "The Right Stuff." In 1987 she sold her talent to a record producer who put out an LP and she had a big hit single, "Save the Best for Last,"1992. Since then she has won ten Grammy nomination and has played in TV movies and films.

By 1994 she was starring on Broadway in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and did an admirable turn opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the thriller, "Eraser," 1996.

Engaged in October 1986 to Hervey, they married on 1/10/1987; they had three kids and she is a devoted mom. They divorced in February 1996 and make every effort to remain cordial for the sake of the kids. In 1996 she met screenwriter Chris Solinine, 34, in Turkey on the set of "The Odyssey," and they soon became a couple. Williams married Rick Fox, the forward for the L.A. Lakers, 9/26/1999 in a Manhattan church. They both enjoyed secretive smiles, knowing that they had been married this summer on an undisclosed Caribbean Island, that no one had known about. Her two daughters by Hervey served as flower girls, her son Devin and Fox's son, Kyle, from a previous relationship, acted as ring bearers. On 5/01/2000, she and Fox had a daughter, Sasha, New York City.

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Events

• Work : Prize 1983 (Miss New York beauty contestant)

• Relationship : Meet a significant person 23 July 1984 (Ramon Hervey II)
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1987 (Release of first album)

• Relationship : Marriage 10 January 1987 (Ramon Hervey)
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1992 (Hit single "Save the Best For Last")

• Relationship : Divorce dates 1996 (From Ramon)

• Relationship : Meet a significant person 1996 (Met Chris Solimine)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 26 September 1997 (Release of movie "Soul Food")
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• Relationship : Marriage 26 September 1999 at 12:00 noon in Manhatten, NY (Second marriage, Rick Fox)
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• Family : Change in family responsibilities 1 May 2000 (Daughter Sasha born)
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Source Notes

Romy Ransome quotes her, an inquiry when Williams was a beauty contest winner.

(Aqil in AA 6/1993 gave 10:30 AM as "published information. Her mother is a native of the town where I live." LMR wrote to Aqil in 9/1993 for elucidation; no reply.")

Categories

• Traits : Body : Appearance gorgeous

• Traits : Body : Race (Black)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Parenting : Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (One step-son)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Vocation : Beauty : Beauty Queen/ King (Miss N.Y. and Miss America)

• Vocation : Beauty : Model (Playboy centerfold)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Beauty contestant winner and Emmy nominations)