- Charmaine Hunt
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Charmaine Hunt is a Woman of the Year[by whom?] for the year 2007 and is notable for being a contestant on season 5 of the Reality TV series The Apprentice[1].
Charmaine Hunt was born on January 11, 1978 in Madisonville, Kentucky. Charmaine attended Western Kentucky University, where she received her Bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications. Charmaine held leadership positions in many organizations such as the Student Alumni Association, Kappa Delta Sorority, Panhellenic and the International Association of Business Communicators while in college. After college, Charmaine moved to San Diego, California to start a career in marketing and advertising sales for two years before moving to Scottsdale, Arizona to work with a mortgage firm for another two years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to begin her career in the real estate industry as an Area Manager for First American Home Buyers Protection, a Fortune 500 company. In the real estate industry, Charmaine was Salesperson of the Year[by whom?] in 2007, and has received the Sales Achievement and President's Circle Awards[by whom?]. She was also part of the 2006 Fundraising Chair for the Women’s Council of realtors, and was presented with the “Affiliate of the Year” Award from the chapter. Charmaine is currently the Special Events Chair for GNAR, and is responsible for their largest annual fundraiser, a golf tournament that raises money to build a home through Habitat for Humanity.
Charmaine was nominated Woman of the Year by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2007, and won the 10 week fundraising competition by raising almost $46,464. $46,464 is more money raised than anyone in the history of the local chapter.[2]
Charmaine was a contestant on season 5 of the Reality TV series The Apprentice in 2006. Charmaine had a strong showing[peacock term] in The Apprentice, lasting for most of the season until she was fired in week 10 for "weak leadership" and "poor project management"[cite this quote] as the project manager in that week's task at the Hair Cuttery[3]. After her firing, Hair Cuttery offered her a multi-unit franchise deal.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.nbc.com/The_Apprentice_5/candidates/bio_charmaine.shtml
- ^ http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page.adp?item_id=342939[dead link]
- ^ http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/charmaine-hunt-and-tarek-saab-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4115.php
- ^ http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/5/2/fired_apprentice_candidate_from_nashville_looks_to_new_opportunities
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Categories:- Living people
- 1978 births
- The Apprentice (U.S. TV series) contestants
- Participants in American reality television series
- Western Kentucky University alumni
- People from Madisonville, Kentucky
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