Lissette Gonzalez is the morning weather presenter for WFOR-TV CBS4 and WBFS-TV My 33 in South Florida, USA.[1] Prior to that, she was the weather presenter for KTLA 5 Prime News, on weeknights at 10 PM in Los Angeles, CA. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida.
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She held the title of Miss Florida 1998 and was second runner-up in the Miss America 1999 pageant where she won over $50,000 in scholarship money. During the contest, she was awarded several special scholarships including the Bernie Wayne Talent Award and the Preliminary Swimsuit Award. Her local title before winning the Miss Florida crown was Miss Miami. Gonzalez is a graduate of the University of Miami where she double majored in broadcast journalism and music-vocal performance. She is of Cuban-American heritage.
During the Miss America contest, Gonzalez displayed her singing talent and claims that she entered the contest in pursuit of a career in singing. While in New York she was in an off-Broadway musical titled "4 Guys Named Jose and una Mujer Named Maria" where she played the lead Maria, she received rave reviews from The New York Times, The New York Post and Entertainment Weekly. She also had the opportunity to record with Grammy-award winning producers in Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. She also featured in the September 2008 issue of the Miami-based Selecta magazine , interviewed about her fashion sense.
Gonzalez worked at KTLA 5 from March 2006 to July 2007, after which she returned to Miami and began working with CBS4 and My 33. Prior to joining KTLA, she held a number of different positions such as reporting for EXTRA, Weekend Edition, Extra en Espanol, Livin' Large, La Vida a lo Grande, "Miami Hoy, FYE Music Network and The Sports Authority Network. She also had broadcast experience as a freelance reporter for Telemundo 51 and NBC 6 in the Miami area. In addition to her duties on Prime News, she was the host of KTLA's TraffiCast, a weekday webcast providing the latest details on Southland traffic and weather. As a Latina, she was usually assigned to host shows and events with Spanish and Latin related topics such as the KTLA special, "Access LA: 'De Todo' Latin Explosion. She has also been assigned to do red carpet coverage and has covered the Southland's hottest spots such as The Imagen Awards and The National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards. Her weather segment on KTLA has won her recognition by the Associated Press with awards such as the Mark Twain APTRA Award for Best Weather Segment, which was given by the Television-Radio Association of California, Nevada and Hawaii.
While at KTLA in Los Angeles, Gonzalez was active with the community. She served as the host in events such as the annual Breath California awards ceremony and compered the National Latin Business Women's Association of Orange County's annual awards ceremony. She has also volunteered at KTLA events like the KTLA Toys for the Holidays and KTLA Kids' Day.
Gonzalez continues to sing professionally. She has stated that her favorite song is "At Last". Other than singing, her hobbies include dancing, hiking, jogging, rollerblading and going to the movies.[2]
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