Sarah French

Sarah French (born 1985) joined the FOX 61 News Team in October 2008, as an Anchor/Reporter. Prior to Fox 61 WTIC-TV, Sarah worked for the Olympic News Service in Beijing, China, covering women’s artistic gymnastics for the 2008 Olympic Games, interviewing athletes such as Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin.

French was a beauty queen who competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss America pageants. She was born in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and then moved to Columbia, Missouri to attend college.

French won the Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in late 2003. It was her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant held in Palm Springs, California in August 2004. French did not place in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Shelley Hennig of Louisiana, but she did win the Miss Photogenic award. This award, chosen by a public internet vote, is given to the delegate who most "exemplifies beauty through the lens of a camera".

French, a 2004 graduate of Lakeside High School in Arkansas, later moved to Columbia, Missouri to study Broadcast Journalism at the University of Missouri. While there she won the Miss Mid-Missouri title and competed for the Miss Missouri 2006 title, which she won. French is one of only a few Miss Teen USA delegates to win a Miss America state title, and it is even more rare than she has held titles in different states.

During college, French worked as an Anchor/Reporter at the NBC affiliate station, KOMU-TV, in Columbia, Missouri. She worked as a one-man band, working as a photographer, reporter and editor. During college, French also worked as an intern for NBC Universal in Burbank, CA, where she assisted in the production of NBC’s annual Press Tour. While in Los Angeles, French was a host for NBC’s local television show, YourLA.

French competed in the Miss America 2007 pageant broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2007 and won the Miss America 2007 Smile Award. Her platform is "Health and Fitness for Life". She has been very interested in diabetes. "I chose my platform because diabetes runs on both sides of my family." She has also volunteered with the Special Olympics and has written articles for Life & Home Magazine, where she established a monthly health and fitness column.

As Miss Missouri, French worked as a spokesperson for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network, traveling the state giving motivational speeches and speaking with young students through a program called Right Decisions, Right Now.