I always planned on being a performer. To take my life seriously is not a beauty queen issue. She appreciates the opportunities that come her way, she believes that things work out the way they should. Her philosophy is to utilize her gifts, develop those and not try to pass herself off as something she isn't. She has never recorded any of her own songs, though she's written a few.
People have gifts and great songwriters are great songwriters.
I certainly wouldn't want to prove a point recording a mediocre song that I wrote. In a similar vein, Vanessa has been offered several opportunities to do her own television series, but she has no interest at this point. She's excited by the prospect, though it will take her away from her three young children. Her parents, Milton and Helen Williams, help out when they can. Her mother retired from teaching in the public school system last June.