• Vanessa Williams is a talented star
  • She has been married multiple times
  • Learn more about her love life here

Vanessa Williams is a hopeless romantic, no matter what the tabloids say. 

Miss America Winner, Vanessa Williams Overcame Controversy

Less than a year after becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America, her title was taken from her. Penthouse had announced they would run racy photos Williams had taken before she was crowned and Miss America believed the pictures conflicted with their image. 32 years later, Miss America CEO Sam Haskell made an apology for the events of 1984.

Vanessa Williams: Her First Husband

It was during this time of struggle she met her first husband, Ramon Hervey. He was a public relations specialist hired to help her career after the controversy around Miss America. 

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Ugly Betty star, Vanessa Williams Gave Love a Second Chance

In 1999, Vanessa married famous Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox and had a daughter. The pair, unfortunately, lasted only until 2004.

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Vanessa Williams and husband, LA Laker Rick Fox and children arrive for the premier of "Johnson Family Vacation" on March 31, 2004 in Hollywood, California.

3rd Times The Charm for Desperate Housewives Star Vanessa Williams

On a vacation in Egypt with her daughter, Vanessa met businessman Jim Skrip whom she fell hard and fast for. The two married after she was done filming for Ugly Betty in 2015.

"You never know what you'll find and where you'll find it," Williams said when speaking about her deep romance with hubby Skrip.