Wilhelmina Slater

Wilhelmina Slater
Ugly Betty character
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	Hello Goodbye (episode 4.20)
Created by	Silvio Horta
Portrayed by	Vanessa Williams
Information
Full name	Wanda Slater (birth name) Wilhelmina Vivian Slater (full name)
Nickname(s)	Willie (by Marc)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Editor-in-chief of Mode (2007, 2008, 2010-present) Former Supermodel (1981-1988) Co-editor-in-chief of Mode (with Daniel Meade, 2008-2010) Creative director at Mode (1988-2007, 2008-2010) Personal assistant (to Fey Sommers; Mode; 1981)
Family	Senator Slater (father) Victoria Smith-Slater (mother) Renee Slater (sister)
Children	Nico Slater (daughter) William Slater-Meade (former to-be-believed son, with Bradford)

Wilhelmina Vivian Slater (born Wanda Slater) is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. She is played by Vanessa Williams, who received a supporting actress award at the 2007 and 2008 NAACP Image Awards, a Best TV Villain award at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards and a supporting actress nomination at the 59th, 60th, and 61st Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of the character. Her name is similar to Wilhelmina Cooper, a successful model who eventually established her own modeling company in the 1960s. In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named her one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. In July 2012, She was on the #25 list of TV's Greatest Villains of All Time.

Wilhelmina is a conceited, self-absorbed diva and former supermodel who lives for two things: MODE and Botox. During the first two seasons she held the position of Creative Director of MODE magazine, having been with the magazine since at least 1981, when she was named Wanda and was Fey Sommers' personal assistant. When Fey became pregnant after a tryst at Studio 54, Wanda promised to keep her pregnancy a secret in exchange for being transformed from "mousy assistant Wanda to supermodel Wilhelmina". Her numerous romantic conquests include Mick Jagger and Andre Agassi, and it is implied the father of her daughter is the Prince of Dubai. Wilhelmina had numerous cosmetic surgeries, all paid for by Fey, to turn her into a beautiful woman. In 2007, her daughter Nico is sixteen years old, implying that she was born in 1991. If Wilhelmina is the same age as the actress who plays her, then Wilhelmina would have been around twenty eight years old when she had her first daughter. Nico is rumored to be the daughter of a Dubai prince, and Wilhelmina told Daniel Meade that Nico threw up on Giorgio Armani in 1994. Along with this, Wilhelmina has stated in an interview for MODE that rumors previously flew about her sleeping with "everyone from John F. Kennedy to Madonna", and clarifying the rumors by stating that "only one of them is true".