Award-Winning Celebrity Anchor and Former Miss America Gretchen Carlson to visit The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
By Anonymous — Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
WHO: Gretchen Carlson is an award-winning journalist and host of FOX News Channel's The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson. She previously co-hosted Fox & Friends for eight years and served as a correspondent and co-anchor on the CBS Saturday Early Show. She was crowned Miss America in the 1989 Miss America Pageant. WHAT: Gretchen holds nothing back in Getting Real, as she addresses the judgments she faced first as Miss America—including judge William Goldman labeling her "chunky"—and later as a woman building a career in the competitive world of broadcast television. Reflecting on her marriage to star sports agent Casey Close and her time as a working mother, Gretchen brings to life the joys and the challenges of raising children while pursuing a career at CBS and FOX. Gretchen reveals that faith, conviction, and family buoyed her as she pursued her dreams and continued to challenge those who tried to dismiss her as a beauty queen. WHERE: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library WHEN: Friday, June 26th, 2015 at 7:00 pm |