What is Debra Maffett?
[[File:MissAmerica1983.jpg|alt=Debra Sue Maffett|thumb]] '''Debra Sue Maffett''' was the [[Miss America]] winner in 1983.<ref name=Time>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/3340914/photos-miss-america-2015/|publisher=Time|access-date=April 5, 2021|title=See Photos of Every Miss America Since 1921}}</ref><ref>[http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Miss-America-Winners-List-from-1921-to-2012.php Miss America Fates and Fortunes] Retrieved 2018-04-14.</ref> She crowned the first black Miss America, [[Vanessa Williams]], in 1984.<ref name=NYDN>{{cite news|work=New York Daily News|access-date=April 5, 2021|title=Vanessa Williams is crowned the first African-American Miss America in 1983|date=September 18, 1983|author=Don Singleton|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/african-american-usa-crowned-1983-article-1.2353418}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Miss America winners]]{{bio-stub}}