Samantha Mohr

Samantha Mohr
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Samantha Sue Mohr
(1961-09-13) September 13, 1961
Education University of Georgia
University of St. Thomas
Title(s) Miss Columbus 1985
Miss Georgia 1985
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America 1986
Official website

Samantha Mohr (born September 13, 1961)[1] is an American meteorologist and television personality from Columbus, Georgia. Mohr was crowned Miss Georgia 1985 and competed for the Miss America 1986 title. She is currently on-air talent at WXIA-TV in Atlanta.

Broadcast career

After being crowned Miss Georgia in 1985,[2] Mohr used her scholarship winnings to study meteorology in Houston where she interned at FOX TV station KRIV. From there she went on to KTVK/Phoenix in 1989, where she was a morning meteorologist for Good Morning Arizona.[3] After a dozen years in the desert, San Francisco's CBS O&O KPIX hired her as Chief Meteorologist, where she served from 2001 through 2007.[4][5]

From the Bay Area, she returned to Georgia to The Weather Channel in 2007 on Weekend View, which she co-hosted with Dao Vu and Bill Keneely.[6][7][8] CNN International was her next stop. During her two years at CNN Center from 2013 through 2015, she also provided weather coverage for Weekend Express on HLN.[4] Since June 2015, Mohr provides weekend weather for "WXIA-TV/11 Alive" in Atlanta as part of the "11 Alive StormTracker" team.[9]

Pageant career

Entering her first pageant at the suggestion of a fellow UGA student, Mohr won the Miss Columbus 1985 title.[7] This win made her eligible to enter the Miss Georgia pageant in June 1985.[10][11] Mohr won the competition on Saturday, June 22, 1985.[12][13] She earned more than $3,500 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.[13]

As Miss Georgia, her activities included public appearances across the state of Georgia. Mohr was Georgia's representative at the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 1985.[10][14] In computer modelling that successfully predicted that Susan Akin would be named Miss America, Mohr's odds were set at 22 to 1.[15] Mohr was not a Top-10 finalist for the national crown. Mohr's reign as Miss Georgia lasted until she crowned her successor, Marlesa Ball, as Miss Georgia 1986 in June 28, 1986.[16]

Personal life and education

Mohr is a native of Columbus, Georgia, and a 1985 graduate of the University of Georgia. There she earned a bachelor of science degree in speech pathology with a minor in audiology. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast meteorology.

She is currently a meteorologist at WXIA 11 Alive in Atlanta, Georgia.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Happy birthday". The Gainesville Sun. Gainesville, FL: The New York Times Company. September 14, 1985. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bowker, Makenzie (September 14, 2013). "Miss America's triumphant return to Atlantic City!". HLN. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Carman, John (April 4, 2001). "Reporter Sugerman Has Heart Surgery". SFGate. Retrieved August 13, 2015. Samantha Mohr, a weathercaster at KTVK-TV in Phoenix for 12 years, will be the weather anchor on Channel 5 for the 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m. weekday newscasts, beginning June 11.
  4. 1 2 "Experience". Atlanta, GA: SamanthaMohr.net. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Morris, Joan (July 28, 2007). "Locating video of Page, Ford film a dearest wish". Contra Costa Times. Walnut Creek, CA: MediaNews Group. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "People in Business: UP CLOSE / SAMANTHA MOHR, co-host of the Weather Channel's "Weekend View": Sunny outlook Storm systems and pre-dawn news briefings? It's all part of the fun for Samantha Mohr". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta, GA: Cox Enterprises. December 23, 2007.
  7. 1 2 Okamoto, Sandra (July 25, 2010). "Miss Columbus Pageant celebrates its 50th anniversary". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, GA: Knight Newspapers. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fates & Fortunes". Broadcasting & Cable. New York, NY: Reed Business Information. September 17, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ Krammes, Kelly (June 4, 2015). "Samantha Mohr joins the 11Alive Storm Trackers". WXIA-TV. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "New Miss Georgia". Star-Banner. Ocala, FL. June 24, 1985. p. 5A. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Forever Miss Georgia Title Holders". Miss Georgia. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mohr than just a pretty face". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta, GA: Cox Enterprises. June 25, 1985.
  13. 1 2 "Miss Columbus winner of Miss Georgia pageant". Rome News-Tribune. Rome, GA: News Publishing Company. June 23, 1985. p. 1-A. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ McGrath, Anne (September 12, 1985). "Miss America contestants promise no skeletons". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, SC: The New York Times Company. Associated Press. p. A9. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Professor's computer picks Miss Mississippi". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, NC. Associated Press. September 10, 1985. p. 1D. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Valdosta State grad is Miss Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta, GA: Cox Enterprises. June 29, 1986. Marlesa Ball, Miss Southeast Georgia, who twice brought down the house with a vocal rendition of "Amazing Grace," was crowned 1986 Miss Georgia Saturday night.
  17. ↑ Eck, Kevin (June 5, 2015). "Samantha Mohr Returns to WXIA". adweek.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ Kelly Krammes, WXIA, June 4, 2015, USA Today, Samantha Mohr joins the 11Alive Storm Trackers, Retrieved August 13, 2015
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Camille Bentley		 Miss Georgia
1985 		Succeeded by
Marlesa Ball
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