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Hometown: Blue Ridge, Georgia
Occupation:
I drive a school bus for Special Education school children, from grade school on up to high school.
Family Members: My husband, my children Michelle, John and Lisa, and my parents Dick and Betty Geldner.
Pets:
My long-haired Chihuahua, Pebbles
Georgia Ann Vanator was a bit surprised when she came home from work one day to find an iWon camera crew parked in her neighbor's driveway. When the crew told her she had been randomly selected to participate in the iWon.com Annual $10 Million Giveaway, she immediately walked up to her house and told her husband. His response?
"Oh good."
"'Oh good?!'" Georgia says, laughing, "That's all he said! So I said to him, 'Wake up! This could be $10 Million we're talking about!'"
As it turns out, it was $1 Million they were talking about. On April 15th, Georgia was named the March $1 Million prize winner. A prize that, based on her reaction to hearing the news, she was more than delighted to win.
A Special Education school bus driver, Georgia enjoys her job because of the children she drives to and from school every weekday. "I love the kids, they're great. I have two that are in wheelchairs, and others who have special needs I need to take care of and watch over. With these children, you really get attached. If one of them is sick from school, I'll call their parents to see how they're doing."
As much as she enjoys the children, now that Georgia has taken home the March $1 Million prize, she is looking ahead to retirement.
Georgia moved from Indiana to the state that shares her name four years ago when her husband retired. "We moved here because we like the weather," she says. "My own children all still live in Indiana. We visit them 2 or 3 times during the summer, maybe in April during spring break, and again at Thanksgiving."
Taking walks with her husband and fishing in a little pond behind her house are two things Georgia especially enjoys about her home in Blue Ridge. She says she grew up "a country girl," and while in Indiana she owned horses and used to take her children to the 4-H Fair every summer. She also uses iWon.com nearly every day.
"I always check my weather, and I enjoy iWon Today, really love it -- I do that all the time, plus the survey. I answer the survey almost every day. I also like the way iWon recently changed their home page. Easy to find everything like My Weather and My Scores."
As for the big iWon $10 Million TV Show, Georgia arrived in LA having never flown in a large-size plane before. On her return flight, she experienced another first -- it was her first flight as a $1 Million prize winner!
TV Show:
"The Young & The Restless"
Movie:
"The King and I"
Actor:
John Wayne
Musician/Group: Alabama
Food:
Barbecue Ribs
Web Site:
iWon.com
Who would you like to say a special "Hi" to?
My mom and dad.
Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy crafts, and traveling -- especially to visit my children in Indiana.
After you won, who was the first person you told?
My husband and daughter.
Anything else you have won before: I've never come close to winning anything, ever.
What do you like most about iWon? I like everything!
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