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| title       = [[Miss Tennessee USA]] 1968
| nationalcompetition = [[Miss USA 1968]]
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[[File:SANDRA FORCE1.png|thumb|Sandra Force at work]]
'''Sandra Force''' is a flight attendant and former [[elementary school]] teacher who won the [[Miss Tennessee USA]] pageant in 1968.

Originally from [[Memphis, Tennessee]], Force represented [[Tennessee]] in the [[Miss USA 1968]] pageant held in [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]]. She placed in the semi-finals for the national title.<ref name="mstnusahof"/> Force graduated from [[Mississippi College]] in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in art and education then moved to [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name="swal40221"/>

Force left her job as a Dallas school teacher in 1971 to join [[Southwest Airlines]] as one of its original flight attendants.<ref name="nuts43"/><ref name="nytm060515"/><ref name="gertrude"/> She appeared on the cover of ''[[Esquire Magazine]]'' in February 1974.<ref name="swal40221"/><ref name="sptm060530"/> {{As of|2014|02}}, Force was one of five original flight attendants still working for Southwest.<ref name="swal40221"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="mstnusahof">{{cite web |url=http://www.misstennesseeusa.com/halloffame.html |publisher=[[Miss Tennessee USA]] |title=Hall of Fame |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="gertrude">{{cite book |first=Geraldine J. |last=Clifford |title=Those Good Gertrudes: A Social History of Women Teachers in America |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |page=318 |isbn=978-1-4214-1433-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEVjBAAAQBAJ&q=%22sandra+force%22&pg=PA318 |date=September 19, 2014 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="nuts43">{{cite book |first1=Kevin |last1=Freiberg |first2=Jackie |last2=Freiberg |title=Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success |publisher=[[Broadway Books]] |page=43 |isbn=978-0-767-90184-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAJJbNyilakC&q=%22sandra+force%22&pg=PA43 |date=February 17, 1998 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="nytm060515">{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Bailey |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=On Some Flights, Millionaires Serve the Drinks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/business/15millionaires.html |page=A1 |date=May 15, 2006 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="sptm060530">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |location=[[St. Petersburg, FL]] |title=Their rich history at Southwest |page=6A |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hplSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5227%2C5284423 |date=May 30, 2006 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="swal40221">{{cite web |first=Richard |last=West |work=Nuts About Southwest |publisher=[[Southwest Airlines]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=Flashback Fridays: Esquire Magazine Creates Iconic Southwest Image |url=http://www.blogsouthwest.com/flashback-fridays-esquire-magazine-creates-iconic-southwest-image/ |date=February 21, 2014 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|United States}}
*[http://www.misstennesseeusa.com/ Miss Tennessee USA official website]

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| before=Nancy Brackhahn
| title=[[Miss Tennessee USA]]
| years=1968
| after=Suzie Richardson
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[[Category:People from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Southwest Airlines people]]


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