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'Wheel' Finds First $1 Million Winner

Newlywed floral designer from Santa Monica, Calif. first to win Wheel of Fortune's $1 million dollar bonus round.

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/14/2008 4:00:00 PM

Michelle Loewenstein -- a 24-year-old newlywed and floral designer from Santa Monica, Calif. – is Wheel of Fortune’s first ever $1 million winner since the show introduced the “One Million Dollar Bonus Round” at the start of this season. 

This season, Wheel of Fortune increased its top cash prize ten-fold since it started the $100,000 Bonus Round seven years ago. The show has since given away a $100,000 cash prize to 16 lucky winners.

Loewenstein is now the biggest money winner in the show's 26-year history. The Edison, N.J., native solved the Bonus Round puzzle —“Leaky Faucet” – on 08-08-08, a day she considers lucky.  

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