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" I wasn't naive, but at the end of my Miss America year, when two different executives attacked me during what I thought were informational interviews about jobs, I was shocked. I didn't see it coming, and the worst thing about it was the shame I felt, as if I'd done something wrong. "

Gretchen Carlson

Shame

Done

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Gretchen Carlson

Pieces

Romantic

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Degree

Open

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You

Google

" I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America. "

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America

Myself

" I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it. "