American - Journalist | June 21, 1966 -
When people don't want to debate you on the smart issues of the day, it's just a lot easier to call you a dumb blonde from Fox.
Gretchen Carlson
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Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.
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If you Google me, you'll find plenty of 'dumb blonde' references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.
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Sometimes people look at television personalities and say, 'Wow, they've never had any problems.' And I really wanted people to know that hadn't been my path. I want people to know the real me underneath.
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I always wanted to have a really successful career, but I always wanted to be a mom, too.
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Hearing that I had a 3 percent chance of ever having kids was one of the more devastating moments in my life.
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We like to say Miss America is the classy one. It has a talent category. I would have been dead last in Miss USA - I'm five foot three, I'm not a model, and I never wanted to be one.
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For all of you out there who don't know what 'ignoramus' is, it's an ignorant lawyer.
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I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it.
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My advice to people who've lost their job: go back to the things that made you from the start.
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The future is wide open. I may actually go back and get that law degree someday.
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I might even pursue a career in politics. If I do, I will have had great practice dealing with the avalanche of daily criticism from working at Fox News and being a former Miss America. I'm ready for anything!
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