Long before Gal Gadot donned the costume and introduced the character to a whole new generation, Lynda Carter was 'Wonder Woman,' and she did the part proud! Not many people could get away with the costume that the character was required to wear, but as a former Miss World USA (picking up the prize in 1972) Carter had no concerns.
Carter had brains to go with her looks, and realized she had a short window to capitalize on her beauty and turn it into a career. As soon as she'd won the Miss World competition, she enrolled to take acting classes. She was rewarded with her first part two years later in an episode of police drama 'Nakia.' 'Starsky and Hutch' came next, and 'Wonder Woman' arrived in 1975. Carter had been acting for only three years, but she would spend the next four playing 'Diana Prince.'