- Although she has been on Wheel of Fortune (1983) regularly for 37 years, she did not host an episode until December 9, 2019, when regular host Pat Sajak took a three-week hiatus to recover from surgery. Before that, White and Sajak switched places for a single bonus round in 1996 when Sajak had laryngitis.
- Favorite TV game show other than WoF is Jeopardy! (1984).
- She was one of the first four contestants on an episode of The Price is Right (1972) in 1980. She did not get out of Contestant's Row.
- When she auditioned for Wheel of Fortune (1975), it was with 200 other women to replace Susan Stafford. It came down to her and a brunette, Vicki Iovine, who was also her friend. Merv Griffin selected her because he liked her chemistry with Pat Sajak and because he liked the way she turned letters.
- In 1992, she was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as "Television's Most Frequent Clapper". Averaging 720 claps per episode, she puts her hands together more than 28,800 times per season.
- She had posed for lingerie photos in her early days in Los Angeles, because she needed to pay her rent, but immediately regretted it. In 1987, Playboy bought the photos after Vanna had become famous on "Wheel of Fortune". She begged her friend Hugh Hefner not to publish the photos or put her on the cover, because she was afraid it would ruin her wholesome image and cost her her job. Hefner went ahead and published the photos anyway. Although, she didn't lose her job, she never spoke to him again, because the publicity embarrassed her. This incident inspired a joke on a 1988 episode of "Golden Girls" titled "Grab That Dough" where the lead characters are contestants on a game show, and Blanche mocks the game show hostess, "I thought the pictures of you in that sleazy, girly magazine was so tastefully done".
- As of 2019, it is estimated she has cumulatively walked more than 2,000 miles on Wheel of Fortune (1983) revealing letters.
- She has Puerto Rican, German and Italian ancestry.
- On May 15, 2002, Vanna files for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court from restaurateur George Santopietro, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple separated in November. Vanna is seeking joint custody of their two children.
- Vanna was immortalized in the song "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" by 'Weird Al' Yankovic on his album "Even Worse" (1988). They later had a scene together in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994).
- She used to list her occupation on Wheel of Fortune (1983) as "Letter Turner" (before the touch-sensitive game-board); now identifies herself as "TV Performer".
- The 5,000th episode of Wheel of Fortune (1983), with her and her co-host Pat Sajak, aired on February 28, 2009.
- She was a huge fan of Wheel of Fortune (1975) even before she worked there. In fact, she wrote a letter to them asking to be a contestant, but she was living in Atlanta at the time, and the show wrote back saying she can call them when she's in Los Angeles.
- She has never publicly mentioned her first film Gypsy Angels (1990), in which she cavorts in a G-string as a stripper, and there are fleeting glimpses of her breasts, and an erotic shower scene in which she is seen in silhouette. The film had a troubled production history and had a straight-to-video release in 1989, capitalizing on Vanna's fame, even though she finished her scenes nearly a decade earlier.
- In case she wasn't a hostess on Wheel of Fortune (1983), she has said that she would be a real-estate broker.
- Vanna White is half-Latina. Her biological father, Miguel Angel Rosich, was Puerto Rican. Plus, she and her biological father shared the same birthday (February 18).
- In 1987, disc jockey David Kolin, credited as Dr. Dave, released the 12-inch single "Vanna, Pick Me a Letter", a parody of the song "The Letter" about a contestant on the game show Wheel of Fortune (1983).
- She has a younger brother, whose nickname is Chip, but real name is Herbert.
- The Nintendo 64 video game "Paper Mario" features a minor character named Vanna T, who was likely named after Vanna White. She appears as the hostess for Chuck's Quismo's Quiz.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame from Television at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 20, 2006.
- Often described as the niece of actor Christopher George and Nick George, and thus also of Christopher's wife Lynda Day George. Vanna has said that, although Christopher was not a biological relation of hers, "my mother grew up with his family. Years later in L.A., he and his wife took me under their wing".
- Celebrity spokesperson for SpringAir mattresses since 1986.
- Gets her Christmas shopping done very early in the year (Spring/Summer).
- She was raised by her mother, Joan White, and her stepfather, Herbert White.
- Takes her computer with her "wherever she goes".
- Placed 4th runner-up at Miss Georgia USA in 1980.
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