GOV. SARAH PALIN WAS SECOND CHOICE IN '84 BEAUTY CONTESTTwenty-four years before making history as the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin came in second place at the Miss Alaska pageant in 1984.
Since then, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council before becoming mayor of the town -- the state's fastest-growing with a population of 6,715 -- in 1996.
Palin won the governorship in 2006. She is the state's youngest and first female governor.
The 44-year-old Idaho-native is the mother of five children, the youngest of whom was born in April and has Down Syndrome. Both Palin and McCain both have children in the military.
"Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president," the McCain campaign said in a statement Friday. "Governor Palin has the record of reform and bipartisanship that others can only speak of. Her experience in shaking up the status quo is exactly what is needed in Washington today." Usmagazine |
