- Her full name is Wanda Vivian Slater
- Her name is based on model named Wilhelmina Cooper, who set up her own modelling company during the 1960s
- Willie has been at Mode 1981 when she was under her former alias 'Wanda Slater' and acted as Fey Sommer's personal assistant
- After Fey Sommer's death, Wilhelmina was supposed to be the next in line to replace her- only for her to be overlooked in favour of the 'then' inexperienced playboy Daniel Meade for the editor in chief position
- She is a former supermodel and daughter of a U.S senator
- In the first 2 seasons, she was the creative director at Mode but by season 3 was promoted by her arch nemesis, Claire Meade to Co-Editor-in-Chief next to Daniel
- She has a daughter named Nico
- Wilhelmina once tried to destroy Mode by relaunching the magazine under a new title 'Slater'
- She tried to blackmail Christina by hiring her as a surrogate to giving birth to her child, so she can use the baby as a pawn to gain full control of Mode
- She was once made editor-in-chief of Mode by Daniel's sister Alexis- only to be demoted to being a creative director after fallen sales of the 'new look' Mode
- She cannot live without botox
Vanessa Williams
- Her full name is Vanessa Lynn Williams
- She was born on March 18, in Tarrytown New York
- She was crowned the first Black Miss America in 1983 but Vanessa later relinquished the title after nude photos of her were published in a magazine, which later created a media storm
- Before she became an accomplished singer and actress, she was also a dancer
- So far she has released 8 studio albums and 28 singles to date
- Her movie credits include under the sun- her debut- as well as Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man, Eraser, Shaft, Soul Food, Hanna Montana Movie and Dance with me
- Vanessa received a Hollywood walk of fame star in 2007
- She TURNED DOWN the role of a troubled wife in the 2001 movie, Monster's Ball- which later went to Halle Berry
- In real-life, she is best friends with Debbie Allen
* Facts collated from IMDB, Wikipedia
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