Tawny Little

Godin was born in Portland, Maine. She was raised in Yonkers, New York and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3] She became involved with the Miss New York pageant to raise tuition for Skidmore College but dropped out after she became Miss America.[3] She later studied at the University of Southern California.[4]

Little was a reporter and anchor with three Los Angeles television stations beginning in 1977 with KABC-TV.[4] At KABC-TV, she served as a reporter, news anchor and co-host with a number of shows such as "AM Los Angeles", "Eye on LA", "Hollywood Close-up" and "The Love Report."[4] After leaving KABC in 1992, Little joined KCAL-TV as a news anchor for "Prime 9 News"'.[5] Later, from 1995 to 1999, she became a co-anchor with KCOP-TV's "UPN News 13".[6][4] Little also appeared in a few films and television shows including Rocky II, T.J. Hooker, and Benson.

President Gerald Ford meets with Godin and her fiance Miles Little in 1976.

She was a contestant on The $128,000 Question starring Mike Darow back in 1977 on the subject Shakespeare. On her final win, she won $8,000.

She changed her name to Little after marrying her first husband Miles Little, a neurosurgeon in Los Angeles (1977-1981).[3] After her divorce from Little, she married The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider (1983-1986).[3] This marriage also ended in divorce.[7]

In 1986, Little married Don Corsini, general manager of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, with whom she had two sons, Joseph John, "J.J.", (born 1987) and Chris (born 1989).[7] She and Corsini divorced in 1999. She then married Los Angeles-based lawyer Rick Welch, with whom she had one son, Cole. They remained married until Welch's death in October 2014.[8]

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