Vanessa Lynn Williams (amezaliwa Machi 18, 1963) ni mwimbaji, mwigizaji, mtayarishaji, mwanamitindo wa zamani, na Mlimbwende wa Marekani kwa mwaka wa 1984 - kutoka nchini Marekani. Mwaka wa 1983, amekuwa Mwamerika-Mweusi wa kwanza mwanamke kupewa taji la Miss America. Juma saba kabla mwisho wa taji lake, lakini, kashfa ikatokea pale jarida la "Penthouse"  liliponunua picha za utupu zisizoruhusiwa za Williams. Akavuliwa taji na kukabidhiwa mshindi wa pili wa taji hilo Bi. Suzette Charles wa New Jersey. Williams akarudi tena akiwa na kazi kama mburudishaji, na kupata teuzi kibao za Grammy, Emmy, na  Tony Award. Mnamo September, 2015 katika shindano la Ulimbwende la America 2016, Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Miss America  Sam Haskell alimuomba radhi Williams (ambaye awali alisimama kama jaji mkuu) wa kulazimisha kujiuzuru kwake mnamo 1984. Singleton, Don (1983-09-18). Vanessa Williams is crowned the first African-American Miss America in 1983. New York Daily News. Iliwekwa mnamo 2015-09-14. "Vanessa Williams's ancestry revealed: One great great grandfather escaped slavery... the other was a politician who left 'a legacy more precious than gold'", Daily Mail, February 6, 2011.