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From: sebb@pyuxss.UUCP (S Badian)
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Subject: Re: Miss America
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 17:17:50 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 17:17:50 1984
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	People may say that it was immoral, wrong, a bad example
for Vanessa Williams to pose in the nude. It tarnishes the whole
image of Miss America. It's sort of strange. A few years ago
it was found out that Miss America had had extensive plastic
surgery(to her nose and breast? maybe just her nose?). What
kind of image is that? You can spend a lot of money so you
look wonderful and get this great honor. Somehow something
seems wrong with that also. 
	I think Ms. Williams has been shafted. It's not bad
to pose in the nude. I don't think anyone condemned Ruebens's
models for doing it. Now posing for Penthouse is not the 
greatest idea in the world(mainly because as woman you're
perpetrating the idea that women are sex objects). But I
haven't heard where she ever knew that those photographs would
be used in Penthouse. She was under the impression that they
would never be used because she hadn't signed a release.
I think people are coming down awfully hard on her. But
with her talent and looks she shouldn't have too much
trouble becoming very successful.

sharon badian