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WATCH: Woman Finds Out She Won $1 Million Sweepstakes While At Montco Office

"I feel like I'm dreaming," Diane Jehanian said, upon finding out she had won the Publishers Clearing House $1 million prize.

A West Chester woman was in for the surprise of her life on Wednesday afternoon when she found out that she had won a $1 million dollar prize from the Publishers Clearing House.

Diane Jehanian was announced Wednesday as the winner of the August, 2016 competition.

Jehanian received a large check at her workplace, the Main Line Spine Surgery Center, on Henderson Road in King of Prussia.

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The Clearinghouse said that their 'Prize Patrol' went to Jehanian's home in West Chester, but she wasn't there. Her husband, Greg, received the check on her behalf. They said he was "shocked."

Upon learning that Jehanian was at work, the Prize Patrol then drove to King of Prussia to surprise her in person.

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Both Jehanian and her husband were in disbelief at the news.

"I feel like I'm dreaming," she said, laughing, when the Prize Patrol arrived at her work. "This will be my anniversary gift to my husband."

Publishers Clearing House was founded as a prize-based game marketing company in 1953.

Image via screenshot from Publishers Clearing House

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