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Dayna Devon
Devon at the 2007 Academy AwardsBorn March 20, 1966
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.Occupation TV personality
JournalistYears active 1980s-Present Spouse Brent Moelleken Dayna Devon (born March 20, 1966) is 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;[1] 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-TV (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 "Monty Python's Personal Best" (2006 PBS).
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Personal life
Devon graduated from Alamo Heights High School in the suburb of Alamo Heights located in San Antonio (her birthplace), where she was known by the name Dayna Holleron.
She is married to plastic surgeon Dr. Brent Moelleken and they live in Los Angeles. They have two children, a daughter, Emmi-Reese, born on September 2, 2005, and a son, Cole Brent, born on January 5, 2007.
In January of 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.
Notes
- ^ ExtraTV profile.
References
- Dayna Devon, Co-host, ExtraTV. Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
External links
- Dayna Devon at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
Categories:- 1966 births
- American infotainers
- Living people
- Texas Tech University alumni
- Alamo Heights High School alumni
- People from San Antonio, Texas
- People from Los Angeles, California
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