Vanessa Williams' Red Carpet Style

The actress and former beauty queen Vanessa Williams turns 50 today and we can't help but wonder how?!

Vanessa's career has been full of blockbuster movies, musicals on Broadway, and television shows including her recent appearance on the hit show, "Ugly Betty." All of this success means one thing, a lot of red carpet appearances!

We take a look back at some of Vanessa's most memorable red carpet looks in today's Top 9 at 9.

Vanessa Williams

"The Tap Dance Kid" Opening night - September 20, 1985
Credit: Ron Galella
American All-Star Tribute To Oprah Winfrey - September 1990
Credit: Ron Galella
Premiere of "Light It Up" - November 1999
Credit: Ron Galella
"Comin Home To Harlem" - The Inaugural Jazz At Lincoln Center - May 2002
Credit: RJ Capak
An Evening of Music From "Guys and Dolls" to Benefit the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center - February 2004
Credit: J. Countess
Third Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala - June 2005
Credit: Paul Hawthorne
3rd Annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund FRONT ROW fashion show - October 2008
Credit: Neilson Barnard
Samsung Touchscreen Refrigerator launch - June 2011
Credit: Cindy Ord
Dance Theatre Of Harlem 44th Anniversary Celebration - February 2013
Credit: Charles Eshelman