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Start of the 2004 Iditarod in Willow. Sue Frause photo.
I'm not sure if Wasilla, Alaska will end up on anybody's Bucket List of Places to Visit Before They Die, but this Alaska community of around 7,000 people is in the spotlight.
All because of its most famous hometown girl, Gov. Sarah Palin (R), who was picked by Sen. John McCain as his VP running mate for the 2008 Presidential Election.
Sarah Heath Palin was not only Miss Wasilla 1984, she went on to become the mayor of this sprawling Mat-Su Valley city.
I was in Wasilla in 2004 while attending the Iditarod. You can read more about it and see pictures in my Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog.
MORE BEAUTY PAGEANT STUFF: Sarah Heath Palin went on to compete in the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant, coming in second to Maryline Blackburn. She is a successful recording artist based out of Smyrna, Georgia.
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