Holding Her Head High
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Williams enjoyed a successful pop music career, scoring a smash hit with 1992’s “Save the Best for Last,” which stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and earned Williams a Grammy nomination. She later started an acting career, appearing in movies like “Eraser” and “Soul Food,” and starring in hit TV series such as “Ugly Betty” and “Desperate Housewives.” But the story of Vanessa Williams’ relationship with the Miss America pageant wasn’t over yet…