‘Wheel of Fortune’s’ Vanna White has never been anyone’s sidekick

Vanna White is an American icon—not in the hyperbolic way you see listed across media, but in the real, actual way. As one-half of Wheel of Fortune’s onscreen duo, she is the keeper of the puzzle board, once making letters come to life with the flip of a block. Now, the words are digital and require only a tap, and after 37 years in front of the camera, she’s confident that she has walked thousands of miles, all in the name of revealing words that equate to thousands and thousands of dollars in incredible cash and prizes.