Vanna White Throwback Photos

White — who began her career as a model — poses at home in 1985.

Vanna White smiles for a promotional Wheel of Fortune snap ahead of the show's 10th season in the 1980s. White — who turns 66 on Feb. 18, 2023 — joined the show in 1982.

White sits down for a chat with Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1986.

What a doll! White celebrates a fashion doll in her likeness at Lionel Kiddee City in New York City in 1992.

White dresses in her namesake color while receiving her star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame in 2006.

White and Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak celebrate the show's 25th anniversary with quite the cake in 2007.

"I think when [series creator] Merv Griffin chose both of us ... years ago, he saw something between us — a brother/sister-type relationship," White recently told PEOPLE. "He saw that we would be able to get along, I think. And we do. We are like a brother and sister team."

It's all sparkle for a Wheel of Fortune taping in N.Y.C. in 2007.

In her tenure, she's worn upwards of 7,800 different looks — none of which she's gotten to take home for keeps. "What happens is, the designers send their clothes to the studio, I wear them, and then they take them back, because most of them are samples," she told PEOPLE, adding that the shoes and earrings are her own.

White goes appropriately glittery for a taping in Las Vegas in 2013.

White and Sajak get all dressed up for a promotional photo.

H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y, V-A-N-N-A!