nice girl but too fat to 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
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,