By Samantha Henig and Arlyn Tobias Gajilan
Before John McCain named her as his running mate, Sarah Palin held many titles. Alaska’s governor was known, as a teenager, as 'Sarah Barracuda' for her tenacity on her high school basketball team. She then went on to win the titles of Miss Wasilla and Miss Congeniality in local beauty pageants. Alaska Magazine and Wonkette named her 'America’s Hottest Governor,' and Palin has dubbed herself a 'hockey mom.' So who is the real Sarah Palin? A look at the life and career of the Republican Party’s first female vice presidential nominee.
