American Lindsey Vonn says winning the World Cup title has had little impact on her life.

The 23-year-old from Vail, Colorado claimed the Crystal Globe as the United States achieved the double with Bode Miller securing his second overall men's title.

The last time Americans won both overall titles in the same year was in 1983 when Tamara McKinney and Phil Mahre dominated the World Cup series.

"I always thought it was going to change my life," Vonn told the New York Times.

"But I'm still the same person. I thought of all the people who had won, and I held them in such high esteem. I don't think of myself like that at all. I'm just little Lindsey.

"I still don't believe it. I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to."

Eurosport