Phyllis George

Phyllis George

Infobox Person
name = Phyllis Ann George


image_size=130px
caption = Phyllis George signing autographs at the Miss America 2008 pageant
birth_date = birth date and age|1949|6|25
birth_place = Denton, Texas
death_date =
death_place =
other_names = Phyllis George Brown
known_for =
spouse= Robert Evans
(1977-1978)
John Y. Brown, Jr. (1979-1998)
occupation = Sportscaster

Phyllis Ann George Brown (born 25 June 1949) is an American businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971.

Biography

George was born in Denton, Texas. She attended the University of North Texas for three years until crowned Miss Texas in 1971. At that time, Texas Christian University awarded scholarships to Miss Texas honorees. As a result, Phyllis left UNT and enrolled at TCU for several weeks until winning the Miss America crown later that fall. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha women's fraternity.

George has worked as a television host and sportscaster (most notably, CBS' "The NFL Today"). She hosted a 1979 documentary called, "Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown".

George was previously married to Robert Evans and to former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown, Jr., with whom she had two children, including television reporter Pamela Ashley Brown, and served as Kentucky's First Lady. She is also the author of several books. George was the founder of the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and is an avid folk and traditional arts collector.

George hosted "The NFL Today" pregame show on CBS in the 70's and early 80's with Brent Musburger, Irv Cross and later Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder. She was one of the first females to have a nationally prominent role in television sports coverage.

George resurfaced in 2000 when she played a minor character in the hit movie, "Meet the Parents". It was one of the rare (if not the only) film roles she ever played.

On January 28, 2007, reporter Howard Fineman said on "The Chris Matthews Show" that George had moved back to Kentucky and was considering entering politics with either a run for governor in 2007 or a Senate race against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2008. She is a founding board member of the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship.

"CBS Morning News"

In 1985, CBS settled on Phyllis George to serve as a permanent anchor for their morning news program. George was given a three-year contract following a two-week trial run.

Business interests

George has founded two companies in her business career. The first of which was Chicken By George which revolutionized the retail chicken industry in the 1980s. In the mid 1990s George sold the company to consumer giant Hormel Foods. In 2003 George created Phyllis George Beauty which markets a line of cosmetics and skincare through television shopping network HSN.

ee also

* "The NFL Today"

External links

* [http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1970/1971.asp Profile of Phyllis George on the Miss America website] (accessed 7 March 2008)


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