“It was a graver situation and more dangerous years ago-the change that was happening and the uproar because of the color of my skin. “I wrote a book about everything that I went through, and I spent a lot of time talking about the death threats, the FBI, the sharpshooters,” she says. When Penthouse published nude modeling photos of her that were taken in 1982, back when she was serving as a photographer’s assistant-they were unauthorized, and stolen-Williams was forced to resign as Miss America. She received loads of hate mail and even threats on her life. Williams, too, endured her fair share of misery after breaking the color barrier. Right after she was crowned Miss America, the idiots came out of the woodwork, making disgusting, racist remarks over the social network about how the beauty is “a terrorist,” disparaging her for being “a Muslim” (she’s not), the list goes on-just because of the color of her skin. The “bashing” Williams is referring to when it comes to Davuluri came via Twitter. I told her she was a trailblazer, and if she ever needed any advice to please call.” I had to deal with it at 20, and she’s dealing with the same issue at 24. “When I met her we were talking how coincidental it was,” Williams tells The Daily Beast.
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