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[[Image:Sarah Palin.jpg|right|thumb|Sarah Palin]] '''Sarah Louise Palin''' (born February 11, 1964) is the [[conservative]] first-term Republican [[governor]] of [[Alaska]]. She is the youngest person to hold this honor as well as the first woman to do so in the state's history. Palin is Senator [[John McCain]]'s Vice Presidential running mate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]].

[[Image:Sarah Palin.jpg|right|thumb|Sarah Palin]] '''Sarah Louise Palin''' (born February 11, 1964) is the [[conservative]] first-term Republican [[governor]] of [[Alaska]]. She is the youngest person to hold this honor as well as the first woman to do so in the state's history. Palin is Senator [[John McCain]]'s Vice Presidential running mate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]].

==Personal Background==

==Personal Background==

Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964, when her parents came to teach school in Skagway. She graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982, has lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla. She received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. Palin entered beauty pageants to earn college money, but now admits the contests were demeaning. "They made us line up in bathing suits and turn our backs so the male judges could look at our butts," she told ''Vogue'' magazine."<ref>[[Vogue Magazine]]</ref> However, Palin remains interested in fashion and wears black [[Franco Sarto]] boots and [[Kazuo Kawasaki]] designer glasses.

Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964, when her parents came to teach school in Skagway. She received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. Palin, who graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982, has lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla. She reports she entered beauty pageants to earn college money.

 

She is married to [[Todd Palin]], who is part [[Yupik]] Eskimo, a lifelong Alaskan, a production operator on the North Slope, and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmobile race.  Sarah and Todd have five children: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig.

Palin is highly regarded among conservatives for acting on her [[pro-life]] beliefs in the case of her youngest son, Trig, who was diagnosed with [[Down Syndrome]] in the fourth month of her pregnancy. After researching the condition, she and her husband agreed to continue to pregnancy:

She is married to [[Todd Palin]], part [[Yupik]] Eskimo, who is a lifelong Alaskan, a production operator on the North Slope and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmobile race. They have five children: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig.  

: "[My husband Todd said,] we shouldn't be asking 'Why us?' We should be saying 'Well, why not us?' We've both been very vocal about being pro-life. We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential. I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?" [http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/05/gov-sarah-palin.html]

She further wrote:

She further wrote: