Tawny Little


Tawny Little, Miss America 1976 and Miss New York 1975, is an American television personality.

Early life and education

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

Career

She was a reporter and anchor at KABC-TV and co-hosted a number of shows such as "AM Los Angeles", "Eye on LA", "Hollywood Close-up" and "The Love Report." After leaving KABC, she was an anchor with KCAL-TV and later with UPN/13 Nightly News in Los Angeles through 1999. Little also appeared in a few films and television shows including Rocky II, T.J. Hooker, and Benson.

Personal life

She changed her name to Little after marrying her first husband Miles Little, a neurosurgeon in Los Angeles. After her divorce from Little, she married The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider. This marriage also ended in divorce.
In 1986, Little married Don Corsini, general manager of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, with whom she had two sons, Joseph John, "J.J.", and Chris. 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.