32 Facts About Vanna White

Vanna Marie White is an American television personality and game-show hostess, best known as the co-host of the game show Wheel of Fortune, a position she has held since 1982.

Vanna White began her career as a model while studying fashion, competing in Miss Georgia USA in 1978.

Vanna White participates in real-estate investment, owns the yarn brand Vanna's Choice, and is a patron of St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Vanna White Marie Rosich was born on February 18,1957, near North Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina.

Vanna White is the daughter of Joan Marie and Miguel Angel Rosich.

Vanna White was raised by her mother Joan and by Joan's second husband, Herbert White Jr.

Vanna White headed to Los Angeles in 1979 to pursue an acting career, but in the summer of 1980, she returned briefly to South Carolina to see her mother, who was dying of ovarian cancer.

Vanna White did not make it on stage, but the clip of her running to Contestants' Row was rebroadcast as part of The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special in August 1996 and The Price Is Right Celebrates 50 Years in September 2021, and was featured on the special broadcast Game Show Moments Gone Bananas.

In 1980, Vanna White acted in a film that was not completed; it was edited and released in June 1990 as Gypsy Angels.

Vanna White starred as the title character, Venus, in the 1988 television movie Goddess of Love.

Vanna White served as guest timekeeper and provided interviews from the backstage area throughout the evening for WrestleMania IV.

Vanna White lent her voice to the Canadian animated television special The Real Story of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and the American animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Vanna White presented a set of luggage in a special guest appearance on The Price Is Right Celebrates 50 Years in September 2021.

In May 2022, Vanna White appeared as a special guest in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars where the contestants did a runway in tribute to her past looks.

Vanna White temporarily took over hosting Wheel of Fortune as master of ceremonies starting with the week of episodes that were slated to air starting on December 9,2019.

Vanna White hosted that taping day and the subsequent rescheduled taping the next day.

Subsequently, the show went on hiatus during Christmas week and then a week of previously taped "America's Game" episodes that Sajak hosted, before Vanna White returned to hosting on January 6,2020, for a final week; she was assisted by a "special guest", Pat Sajak's daughter Maggie.

Vanna White missed filming five episodes in August 2023 after contracting COVID-19.

Vanna White was temporarily replaced by Bridgette Donald-Blue but returned as hostess in October 2023.

Since 2021, Sajak and Vanna White hosted Celebrity Wheel of Fortune on ABC.

Vanna White extended her contract on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune again in July 2023.

Vanna White uses her income to invest in apartment buildings, and she likes flipping houses.

When Vanna White was five, her grandmother taught her how to crochet.

Vanna White had lost interest in the hobby over time, until on the Wheel of Fortune set, she noticed her pregnant hairdresser was crocheting a baby blanket for herself.

Vanna White told her that she previously crocheted and asked the hairdresser to help her relearn crochet.

Vanna White began her relationship with Lion Brand Yarns when she spoke about her love of crochet on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; the yarn company subsequently contacted her and negotiated a contract.

Vanna White is famous for her seamless revealing of letters on the game board, her smile, and her constant clapping in support of each episode's contestants.

Vanna White had appeared in all but 10 of Wheels 5,754 episodes to that point, during the show's modern syndicated run, which began on September 19,1983.

Vanna White gave birth to a son in 1994 and a daughter in 1997 from her marriage to Santo Pietro.

Since 2012, Vanna White has been in a relationship with contractor John Donaldson, whom she met through mutual friends.

Vanna White is sometimes described as the "niece" of actor Christopher George.

In 1993, Vanna White sued Samsung Electronics over an advertisement featuring a robot turning letters on a game show, alleging a violation of her personality rights.