To some young women, being crowned Miss America would be the pinnacle of their life, their peak accomplishment.
To others the Miss America title is just the first of many notable accomplishments
Phyllis George won the title in 1971, representing Texas in the pageant.
Just four years later, she was hired by CBS Sports, to co-host The NFL Today.
And four years after that, she became First Lady of Kentucky when her husband John Y. Brown was elected Governor.
Later she became a successful chicken entrepreneur
And all of these things happened, she said , because her attitude never allowed her to say never period
That inspired her to call her 2002 book Never Say Never. A somewhat autobiographical book, it laid out ten things we can all do to achieve what he dream of.
So here now, from 2002, Phyllis George.
Phyllis George died in 2020 from a rare form of cancer. She was 70.