Susan Barnett
Susan Barnett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Barnett October 24, 1972 |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1990 Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996 |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Hazel |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Teen USA 1990 (Top 6) Miss USA 1996 |
Susan Barnett (born October 24, 1972) is an American television news anchor. She spent five years at KYW-TV as co-anchor of the 5, 6, and 11 P.M. newscasts and is a former beauty queen from Levittown, Pennsylvania who competed at Miss Teen USA 1990 and Miss USA 1996.
Pageantry
[edit]At age 17, Barnett won the Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA title and competed in the 1990 Miss Teen USA pageant, broadcast live from Biloxi, Mississippi on July 16, 1990. She placed first in the swimsuit competition and was a Top 6 finalist in the nationally televised pageant, 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 her state in the 1996 Miss USA pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas, obtaining the 15th highest preliminary score. The pageant was eventually won by Ali Landry of Louisiana, who had also been a semifinalist along with Barnett in Miss Teen USA 1990.[2]
Journalism career
[edit]Barnett attended Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a Minor in History.[3]
Barnett is a six time Emmy Award winning Journalist. She began her television news career in Bridgeport, West Virginia where she worked as a reporter and anchor for WDTV.[3] Her first morning news role was for WCIA in Champaign, Illinois.[4] She joined the staff of CBS-owned KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh in 1999 as the morning and noon co-anchor.
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 left Miami to join KYW-TV in Philadelphia on January 2, 2006.[6] In April 2008, she became the full-time weekday evening co-anchor, replacing Alycia Lane. Barnett's contract expired at the end of March 2013 and left the station for good a month later. In 2016 and 2017, she has done television commercials for Pennsylvania-based law firm Kline and Spector.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Barnett is married to Greg Persichetti, a dermatologist and surgeon.[8] They have two sons,[8][failed verification] and one daughter.[citation needed]
Barnett currently lives in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Miss Teen USA 1990 Opening video (06:16), accessed 2006-09-04
- ^ Miss USA 1996 Coverage, Pageant News Bureau Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, 2006-09-04
- ^ a b c Calabria, Joanne (2005-12-13). "Bucks Co. Native Susan Barnett Comes Home To CBS 3". CBS 3 Philadelphia. Archived from the original on July 26, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-04.
- ^ Owen, Rob (1999-09-30). "Tuned In: KDKA anniversary show rich in history, nostalgia". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ "2003 Golden Quill Awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2003-05-13. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ TVJobs.com "On the Move" Archive Archived 2006-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2006-09-04
- ^ Kline & Specter Television Commercial - Philadelphia. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- ^ a b "The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia". Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
External links
[edit]- 1972 births
- Living people
- Television anchors from Philadelphia
- Philadelphia television reporters
- 1990 beauty pageant contestants
- 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates
- KDKA people
- University of Delaware alumni
- People from Levittown, Pennsylvania
- Miss USA 1996 delegates
- Journalists from Pennsylvania
- American women television journalists
- 21st-century American women