date. on that day i went on a diet for the first time. >> you go on a diet and then you turn into a beauty and you become miss america. >> did i. >> in 1989. >> miss america is gretchen carlson. , minute -- miss minnesota. >> what do you think when you have the little crown and walking out there. >> i'm thinking total relief because i had worked so hard for that. >> then you are miss america and go back to college. a lot of beauty contestants want to be in tv news. you hear that all the time. did you want to be in tv news was that a goal. >> no. you was going to be a lawyer. bloopers and practical jokes with ed mcmahon and dick clark they set me up as miss america. >> watch gretchen's face when he she realizes she has to fake it. >> gretchen, you are super bloopers and practical jokes. [ laughter ] >> and that's what catapulted me into television news because i got calls from tv agents after they saw me on that and said if you can do that,