Sandra Force is a flight attendant and former elementary school teacher who won the Miss Tennessee USA pageant in 1968.
Sandra Force | |
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| Born | 1944 or 1945 (age 79–80) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Tennessee USA 1968 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 1968 |
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Force represented Tennessee in the Miss USA 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida. She placed in the semi-finals for the national title.[1] Force graduated from Mississippi College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in art and education then moved to Dallas, Texas.[2]
Force left her job as a Dallas school teacher in 1971 to join Southwest Airlines as one of its original flight attendants.[3][4][5] She appeared on the cover of Esquire Magazine in February 1974.[2][6] As of February 2014[update], Force was one of five original flight attendants still working for Southwest.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Hall of Fame". Miss Tennessee USA. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b c West, Richard (February 21, 2014). "Flashback Fridays: Esquire Magazine Creates Iconic Southwest Image". Nuts About Southwest. Dallas, TX: Southwest Airlines. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Freiberg, Kevin; Freiberg, Jackie (February 17, 1998). Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success. Broadway Books. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-767-90184-0. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Bailey, Jeff (May 15, 2006). "On Some Flights, Millionaires Serve the Drinks". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Clifford, Geraldine J. (September 19, 2014). Those Good Gertrudes: A Social History of Women Teachers in America. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-4214-1433-1. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "Their rich history at Southwest". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, FL. May 30, 2006. p. 6A. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
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