Sarah Louise Palin
American Politician, Commentator and Author
Date of Birth: February 11, 1964
Place of Birth: Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.
Sarah Palin youngest person and first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska from December 2006 to July 2009.
In 2008 presidential election she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice presidency.
Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue has sold more than two million copies. In this book "Going Rogue: An American Life" she details her private and political career, including her resignation as Governor of Alaska.
In earlier life, in 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant. She finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, playing flute in the talent portion of the contest and receiving both the Miss Congeniality award and a college scholarship.
After graduation, Palin worked as a sportscaster for KTUU-TV and KTVA-TV in Anchorage and as a sports reporter for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, fulfilling an early ambition.
Since January 2010, Sarah Palin has provided political commentary for Fox News, and hosted a television show, Sarah Palin's Alaska. Five million viewers tuned in for the first episode, a record for The Learning Channel.
From the time of Palin's Vice Presidential nomination in 2008, she was considered a potential candidate for the 2012 presidential election until she announced in October 2011 that she would not run.
