Dayna Devon
Dayna Devon | |
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Education | University of Texas at San Antonio |
Occupation | TV personality and journalist |
Dayna Devon (born March 20, 1970) is a native of San Antonio, Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio.[1] Known for her work as an American journalist, was the co-anchor, with Mark McGrath, of the television show Extra before Mario Lopez took over in 2008. She joined Extra in 1999 as the weekend anchor;[2] then became the weekday anchor in 2003.
Devon spent over 10 years in television news before joining Extra. She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA-AM radio in San Antonio. She subsequently was an anchor for KMID-TV (ABC) in Midland, Texas, and KLST (CBS) in San Angelo, Texas. In 1997, Devon joined the ABC's Memphis, Tennessee affiliate WPTY-TV as a reporter. The following year, she was promoted to anchor of the station's three news broadcasts. In 1998, Devon and her news team were awarded a "Best Live Broadcast" Emmy Award. Devon also appeared as an interviewer in John Cleese's episode of Monty Python's Personal Best (2006 PBS).
In January 2009, Devon became an on-air presenter on HSN, representing the Sensa Weight-Loss System. She also had a regular blog on hsn.com. In the fall of 2009, Devon moved to ShopNBC, regularly presenting Sensa systems in "Our Top Value" presentations.
As of January 2013 Devon is a cast member of the new TLC reality show Plastic Wives. Dayna Devon is married to Beverly Hills plastic surgeon .
In August 2016, she made appearances as one of the co-hosts of the Hollywood Today Live daily show seating next to Ross Mathews. She currently is a reporter for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles.
Notes[]
- ^ "Dayna Devon". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ ExtraTV profile.
References[]
- Dayna Devon, Co-host, ExtraTV. Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
External links[]
- Dayna Devon at IMDb
- 1970 births
- Alamo Heights High School alumni
- American infotainers
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles
- People from San Antonio
- University of Texas at San Antonio alumni