"Politician <strong>Sarah Palin</strong> moved to Alaska from Idaho when she was only a few months old. In 1972, her family settled in Wasilla, where she attended the local high school, headed the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and was <a href=""https://web.archive.org/web/20080902033141/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/debpeterson/story/23D7A0CF8A2E3A61862574B50011DB30?OpenDocument"" rel=""nofollow noopener"" target=""_blank"" data-ylk=""slk:named Miss Wasilla"" class=""link rapid-noclick-resp"">named Miss Wasilla</a> in 1984. The former governor of Alaska—and former vice presidential candidate—has always been proud to call Alaska home. ""Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, 'Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?'"" Palin told <strong><a href=""https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/sarah-palin-answers-what_n_130706.html"" rel=""nofollow noopener"" target=""_blank"" data-ylk=""slk:Katie Couric"" class=""link rapid-noclick-resp"">Katie Couric</a> </strong>in 2008. ""Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America."""