Vanessa Williams was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. She is an only child of both her parents. When Vanessa was a child she spent a lot of time playing with toys as any little girl would. In addition to toys she had crayons, paper, and books galore. She loved to paint, color, trace pictures, write and read books. Vanessa was a good student in elementary school and made great grades. When Vanessa was in middle and high school she became a class clown. That was the unofficial start of her comedy career. Everyone was drawn to Vanessa because of her ability to make them laugh. When it came to