Vanessa Williams: 'Ugly Betty' Beauty Talks Botox and Sings Ballads

By Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com

Singer/actress Vanessa L. Williams has inked a new recording contract with Concord Records.

'The Right Stuff' singer will release new music produced by longtime collaborator Keith Thomas on Concord Records in September 2008.

The 44-year-old former Miss America's last studio album, 'Everlasting Love,' was released in January 2005 on Lava Records.

Williams, who was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the ABC hit series 'Ugly Betty,' was featured on 'The Barbara Walters Special' on Oscar night, where she spoke candidly about getting Botox injections.

"I certainly do Botox, which I definitely think that almost every woman that I know has [done]," she said. "And it's a miracle drug, no cutting, nothing –– and I love it. But I also want to act too ... so I don't do it to freeze my face," she told Walters.

Vanessa L. Williams and three of her kids

The 11-time Grammy nominee added that it takes more than Botox to maintain her beauty.

"I have a trainer in New York and L.A. that I go to all the time," the Tarrytown , New York-native continued. "And I have a yoga instructor that comes to my house. I have food that's delivered, so when I am on the set I can pass by the craft service table and go eat my healthy, well-balanced food."

Williams, who has been recognized as as one of Glamour magazine's 'Women of the Year,' People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People in the World,' Entertainment Weekly's 'Entertainer's of the Year' and Harper's Bazaar's 'America's 10 Most Beautiful Women,' is also a spokesperson for the acne management line, ProActiv Solution.

According to the New York Post, the twice-married, mother of four will earn $3 million a year for five years, as well as develop a cosmetics line for Guthy-Renker (the makers of ProActiv Solution) for a deal that totals $20 million.

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