Kim Watkins
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Kim Watkins is the co-host of Channel Ten's morning show 9am with David and Kim which replaced the long running Good Morning Australia hosted by Bert Newton.[1] In 2007, she also hosted the series Saving Babies for Channel Ten. Watkins has three children including identical mono-amniotic mono-chorionic twin girls[2], Cameron and Ripley, and third daughter, Ziggi.
Watkins, an amateur motor racing driver, has driven in a number of celebrity events including the celebrity race before the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. Starting from second on the grid, behind three times Australian Superbike champion Shawn Giles, Watkins finished in third place behind winner, Giles, and AFL footballer, Alastair Lynch. Watkins said, "I am absolutely ecstatic with third...This is one for all the Mummies out there" .[3]
[edit] Career
Watkins began her career at aged 12 as the co-host of Channel Nine's children's show You Asked For It.[4] In 1989 Watkins began a six year stint at Channel 7 in Brisbane working as a news reporter and a morning show host. While at Seven, she also worked on the 1992 Olympic Games. In 1995 she joined Channel Nine, working as a reporter on many shows including Good Medicine, Australia's Most Wanted, Money, and giving updates for the Wide World Of Sports telecast of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [5]
In April 2005, Watkins took Channel Nine to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, following a maternity leave dispute in which Watkins was reported to be "unhappy with the work she was assigned when she returned from maternity leave after giving birth to her third child."[6] Watkins and Channel Nine reached an agreement and she left Channel Nine, signing as a presenter with Channel Seven's Beyond Tomorrow. [7] She then switched networks to co-host the Channel Ten new morning show 9am with David and Kim. Some of the stories she recorded for Beyond Tomorrow were screened after she had started working on 9am with David and Kim. [8]
[edit] References
- ^ * AAP, "Meet the Berts", Sydney Morning Herald, January 12, 2006
- ^ Elsworth, Sophie, "Kim's just kidding around", The Advertiser, February 21, 2007
- ^ Superbike champ takes out Celebrity Challenge Driveguide April 3, 2006
- ^ Nicholson, Sarah, "Square eyes", The Courier-Mail, February 28, 2007
- ^ The Guide, "Woman of substance heads south", The Courier-Mail, January 26, 2006
- ^ Vermeer, Tony, "Watkins settles network dispute", Sunday Telegraph, May 1, 2005
- ^ Edmonds, Mike; Dennehy, Luke; Adams, Chloe; "Kim goes beyond", The Herald-Sun, November 15, 2005
- ^ Gadd, Michael, "New Kids on Ten Block", The Newcastle Herald, January 27, 2006
[edit] External links
- Hoffmann, Luise, Kim and Kerri-Anne's TV faux pas, ABC Brisbane, May 15, 2007
- Mum In Profile - Kim Watkins, essentialbaby.com.au, September, 2006
- Kim Watkins, Channel Ten biography
- *Kim Watkins at the Internet Movie Database
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