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Vanessa Williams has plenty of advice she’d give her younger self, knowing how far she’s come since being crowned Miss America back in 1984.
Williams gained recognition after becoming the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title 40 years ago, with her reflecting on the honour while chatting to ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante.
Williams shared of what she’d tell her younger self, who was 20 at the time, to prepare her for what was to come: “I had no idea I would become internationally famous overnight, for sure. I didn’t realize the scope of responsibility that I would have at 20 years old. And I would tell myself not to take everything personally.
“When you’re 20 years old and you’re just being yourself and people say, ‘Well, we hate you because you’re black, we hate you because you’re not black enough, we hate you because you’re not Southern. We hate you because you’re a beauty queen and you’re an archetype.'”
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The actress added of dealing with the criticism, “So many things I took personally and all those wounds and scars that you feel in your heart because you’re just trying to be yourself and you don’t know who you really are at 20. Those are the things that really sting and hurt.
“It took a long time to have grace with myself and realize that these are other people’s perceptions of you and you know who you really are. And one of these days you’ll get a chance to shine and they’ll see who you really are.
“Obviously, 40 years later, I’ve been able to be myself and show people, okay, yes, she can sing and dance and oh yeah, she is pretty intelligent. Oh, she has some drive, she has some
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