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Birth Name:
Vanessa Lynn Williams
Birth Place:
Tarrytown, New York, United States
Date of Birth:
March 18, 1963
What Race or Ethnicity?:
African American
The American singer-songwriter and actress became famous by being the first African American to win the Miss America Pageant. Williams grew up in a the mainly White middle-class suburb of Millwood, New York.
In the interview below the journalist stated Vanessa’s mixed heritage including African American, Welsh and Native American.
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she is afro-american woman. leave her alone
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Sheee Seem more white for me then black
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you can tell vanessa has dutch in her background by looking at her
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Mixed looks different always. Look at Halle Berry, she’s half white but yet Vanessa Williams looks more mixed than her. Just because you look a certain way doesn’t mean your more a or less. We as Americans need to not be so judgmental about race. Honestly mixed people should be called creole, no one talks too much about it cause most people don’t know about it. French in black, spanish and black and also indian. Look it up on the internet.
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