Tawny Little, née

NEE

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 Tawny Elaine Godin (born September 15, 1956, Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

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), is an American television presenter and former Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 in 1976.

Career

Little was Miss America

Miss America

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 for 1976 and later became a well-known anchorwoman

News presenter

A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...

 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. In the past, Little worked at KABC-TV

KABC-TV

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, KCAL-TV

KCAL-TV

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 and KCOP, and has also co-hosted a local talk show called A.M. LA with Steve Edwards. She also made appearances in films such as Rocky 2 and Money Talks

Money Talks

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.

Personal life

She was formerly married to physician Miles Little, Dukes of Hazzard

Dukes of Hazzard

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star John Schneider

John Schneider (television actor)

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, and CBS

CBS

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 executive Don Corsini. She has two sons, JJ and Chris, with Don Corsini. She is currently married to Los Angeles-based lawyer Rick Welch, with whom she has one son, Cole. She was mentioned in passing in the song "Reagan der Fuhrer" by Orange County

Orange County, California

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band D.I.

D.I.

D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. Royer formed the group after he and former Social Distortion original member Rikk Agnew , left the original Mike Ness crew.Since forming in 1982, D.I. has had many line-up changes...

In three different versions, she's referred to as "Tawny Little," "Tawny Schneider" and "Tawny Who?"