Julie Donaldson

Pageant titleholder bio
photo =
title=Miss Florida USA 2001
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2001
location= Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
birthname= Julie Anne Donaldson
eye color= Blue
hair color= Blonde
Ethnicity=White/Caucasian

Julie Anne Donaldson is a beauty queen from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, in addition to working as a sportscaster on the New York City based network SportsNet New York.

Donaldson won the Miss Florida USA title in the state pageant held in Orlando, FL in July 2000. [cite news|title=Ponte Vedra Beach woman crowned Miss Florida USA |url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:6ZcmSazTYWYJ:www.polkonline.com/stories/071600/sta_miss-florida.shtml+%22julie+donaldson%22+%22miss+florida+usa%22&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=20|date=2000-07-16|accessdate=2006-11-24|publisher=PolkOnline.com (Google cache)] She had previously placed first runner-up to Kristin Ludecke in the previous year's pageant. [cite news|title=Kristin Ludecke of Eustis Crowned Miss Florida USA 2000|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55122357.html|publisher=Business Wire|date=1999-07-10|accessdate=2006-11-24] Donaldson competed in the Miss USA 2001 pageant won by Kandace Krueger of Texas, but did not place. In July 2001 she passed on her title to Shannon Ford.

In 2006, Donaldson joined SportsNet New York at the network's inception. She has made numerous reports from various sporting events covered by SNY, and hosts "Mets Weekly", a weekly program recapping New York Mets games, trades, injuries, and other features.

Donaldson has most recently worked as a TV host for Miami Heat's "Heat TV". [ [http://www.sny.tv/announcers/sny_sports_news.jsp SportsNet New York's Sports News Team profiles] . Retrieved 2006-11-24.] Prior to that, Donaldson went on to co-host"Sports Rap" on FOX Sports Net Florida. Donaldson has also co-hosted "Softball 360" on FOX Sports Net National, as well as on Information Television Network co-hosting the PBS series "Healthy Body Healthy Mind".

In February 2008 Donaldson was hired as the Boston Red Sox beat reporter for Boston NBC affiliate WHDH-TV 7.

Donaldson is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Domestic assault

In July 2008, Donaldson testified in Boston Municipal Court hearing that she and two female guests had been assaulted at her apartment on June 27 by her then boyfriend Ivan Lattimor, a professional Slamball player for the Rumble [cite web | url = http://www.slamball.it/index.html | title =Rumble Team Page |author= |work = Rumble | date = | accessdate = 2008-07-09 ] . Donaldson testified that Lattimor, who she had dated since November 2007, had previously assaulted her at least four other times and detailed incidents at the Super Bowl in Arizona, and after a Boston Celtics game against the Miami Heat on March 30. Donaldson touched and says she will require eye surgery to correct the resulting nerve damage. Lattimor, who was arrested after the June 27th incident and charged with three counts of assault and battery and one count of indecent assault, was ordered to be held without bail until his trial in September. [cite web | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/07/09/reporter_says_boyfriend_attacked_her/ | title =Reporter says boyfriend attacked her: Tearfully details four violent episodes |author= Mark Shanahan |work = Boston Globe | date = 2008-07-09 | accessdate = 2008-07-09 ] [cite web | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/07/boyfriend_of_be.html | title =Reporter’s beau back in jail: Three assaults alleged |author= Jessica Heslam |work = Boston Herald | date = 2008-07-10 | accessdate = 2008-07-10 ] Lattimore has a prior criminal record with at least two other domestic violence convictions. [cite web | url = http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1106131&format=&page=2&listingType=media#articleFull | title =Boyfriend of beaten sportscaster ordered jailed until trial |author= Mark Shanahan |work = Boston Globe | date = 2008-07-09 | accessdate = 2008-07-09 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.missfloridausa.com/ Miss Florida USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]
* [http://www.sny.tv/announcers/sny_sports_news.jsp SNY.tv: Announcers: SNY's Sports News Team]
* [http://www1.whdh.com/newsteam/?id=BO73499 WHDH-TV 7] biography