Vanessa Williams is a singer, actress and author born in Upstate New York. In 1983, she made history as the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, an achievement that was overshadowed by racism and a media storm. Despite the controversy, Vanessa went on to carve out a celebrated career in entertainment. As a singer, she released 13 studio albums, earning multiple Grammy and Tony nominations. Beyond music, she is known for her iconic role as Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty and is currently treading the boards as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada musical in London’s West End.
Angela prepares a delicious tomato & vodka bucatini with crispy pancetta pangritata while Nick pours an Araldica Barbera D’Asti Superiore, recommended by the experts at Waitrose.
Vanessa Williams brings some Hollywood glamour to the Dish table for our 100th episode. Our trio talks New York City takeaways, Vanessa shares her family’s favourite pasta recipe and she explains how she and Stanley Tucci are connected beyond the world of show business.
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24 Comments
Talk about aging gracefully – she is utterly beautiful!
Classy!
Belgium fries. Double fried goodness!
British chips for sure. It’s the double fry of them. Though it is possible to get a bad one and I have.
Freedom Fries 🇺🇸
Chips are way too big. I hate steak cut fries i prefer shoelace
As a Belgian I will not stand for this erasure of my culture 🇧🇪
What about the real correct answer which is Belgian pomme frites!
It’s a French Fry not American Fry.
The applause 😂😂😂😂
CHAPS
Still so beautiful
Only the triple cooked one tho
You make me smile. Even on sad days, rainy days. Thank you.
Canadian was the correct answer. The chip truck under the blue water bridge.
British chips are like American steak fries, so you really can’t go wrong.
The underrated star of the fried potato world is actually the Eastern Canadian chip. Twice- or thrice-fried, with the skin on. It's also the only way to eat poutine.
Massive lie on that.
😂😂 "She hates our chips! She hates our chips! 😂😂
Vanessa Williams is such a hottie, she just looks so happy and full of life.❤
Same
A Frenchfry..or Belgian..
Wilhelmina Slater love her! ❤️
Vanessa is beautiful!