Susan Barnett
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| Susan Barnett Beauty pageant titleholder |
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| Birth name: | Susan Barnett |
| Birthdate: | October 24, 1972 (age 34) |
| Birth location: |   Levittown, Pennsylvania |
| Title(s): | Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1990 Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996 |
| Major Competition(s): | Miss Teen USA 1990 Miss USA 1996 |
Susan Barnett (born October 24, 1972) is a news reporter and former beauty queen from Levittown, Pennsylvania who has competed at Miss Teen USA and Miss USA
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[edit] Pageantry
Barnett won the Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1990 title and competed in the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant broadcast live from Biloxi, Mississippi in July 1990. She was a finalist in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Bridgette Wilson of Oregon. In her "Parade of States" introduction, Barnett stated that after college she wished to travel the world and start a career in fashion merchandising.[1]
Six years later Barnett became Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996, the first former Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA to win the Miss title. She represented Pennsylvania in the Miss USA 1996 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas, but failed to place. The pageant was won by Ali Landry of Louisiana, who had also been a finalist in the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant.[2]
[edit] Journalism career
Barnett attended Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania and later graduated from the University of Delaware in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a Minor in History.[3]
Barnett began her television news career in Bridgeport, West Virginia where she worked as a reporter and anchor for the WDTV. [3] Her first morning news role was for WCIA-TV in Champaign, Illinois.[4] She joined the staff of CBS-owned KDKA in Pittburgh in 1999, and later worked as a morning co-anchor for that station.[3] In 2003 she was one of a team who received the "Golden Quill" award from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for Best Television Public Affairs/Documentary.[5] She then moved to Miami where she co-anchored the weekday morning newscasts at WFOR and its UPN sister station WBFS after joining the station in October 2003.[3]
Barnett is currently the co-anchor of the weekday edition of Eyewitness News This Morning on KYW-TV alongside Ukee Washington. Barnett joined the Eyewitness News team on January 2, 2006 after working as a weekday morning anchor & reporter for WFOR-TV in Miami.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Miss Teen USA 1990 Opening video (06:16), accessed 2006-09-04
- ^ Miss USA 1996 Coverage, Pageant News Bureau, 2006-09-04
- ^ a b c d Calabria, Joanne. "Bucks Co. Native Susan Barnett Comes Home To CBS 3", CBS 3 Philadelphia, 2005-12-13. Retrieved on September 4, 2006.
- ^ Owen, Rob. "Tuned In: KDKA anniversary show rich in history, nostalgia", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1999-09-30. Retrieved on February 22, 2007.
- ^ "2003 Golden Quill Awards", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003-05-13. Retrieved on February 22, 2007.
- ^ TVJobs.com "On the Move" Archive, accessed 2006-09-04
