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From 1921 - 1984, all pageant winners had been Caucasian. According to Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990, “up into the 50s and 60s, [it was not just a] white-only, but a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant-only organization. So there was no representation of any diversity." Kim Aiken, Miss America 1994, talks about having watched the pageant growing up. She states, "I admired these women. I wanted to be like them. I never thought I could be them. So, the year that Vanessa Williams was crowned. She was me." Watch American Royalty and see how the diversity within the pageant began to change even more with the crowning of Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1984. iTunes: bit.ly/3JOTEkr Apple TV: bit.ly/3HHLUOP Amazon Instant Video: bit.ly/3IdLYpu Vudu: bit.ly/3xEE0B0 Vimeo: bit.ly/40Epmak Also available on all the below cable providers in their VOD offerings: US CABLE PROVIDERS: Dish DirecTV Comcast Spectrum Charter Cox Verizon Fios Frontier Suddenlink Media...

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