Zuri Hall

Zuri Hall
Hall at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards after-party
Born	(1988-06-02) June 2, 1988[1][2] Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California[3]
Nationality	American
Occupation	Television host
Years active	2009–present[4]
Partner(s)	Mettin Copier[5]
Relatives	Maverick Hall
Website	zurihall.com

Zuri Hall (born June 2, 1988) is an American television personality. She is an on-air correspondent for E! News, and the former host of MTV's after-shows and reunions for the popular reality game show The Challenge.

Zuri has been a recurring guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live and has appeared on E!'s Fashion Police with Joan Rivers. One year after graduating from The Ohio State University on full academic scholarship, Hall won her first Regional Emmy in the "Outstanding Host - Talent" category.^[6]

Career

Television hosting

Hall competed against hundreds in the search for the next Face of MyINDY-TV and became the first female to win the position. At WNDY-TV in Indianapolis, she covered local events, starred in station PSAs, and interviewed celebrities.

She worked as an official MC for the Indiana Pacers' home games for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 NBA seasons. Hall previously emceed for the MiLB's Indianapolis Indians, the WNBA's Indiana Fever, and the 2011 Big Ten Tournament. She also served as the MC for the NCAA Women's Final Four entertainment events, and "Tourney Town" for three years - Indianapolis in 2011, Denver in 2012, and Nashville in 2013.

From December 2011 to December 2012, Hall was an on-camera host/producer of Living Dayton, a local, lifestyle talk show that airs on WDTN-TV (NBC affiliate).^[7]

In the summer of 2012, she was featured as a guest correspondent on BET's 106 & Park.^[8][9]

Hall was also the official MC for the Super Bowl Village, a 10-day-long entertainment for Super Bowl XLVI, in Indianapolis in 2012.^[10] There, she kept crows energized and entertained between performances and introduced national recording artists to the stage, including Patti LaBelle, LMFAO, and Mike Epps.

Hall anchored the evening news for CW33's 'Nightcap News' at KDAF-TV in Dallas, TX for much of 2013, before moving to NYC to accept a position at FUSE TV.

Before moving to MTV, Zuri co-hosted Trending 10 - a live, daily countdown show that aired on FUSE TV.^[11]

Until July 2015, Zuri worked for MTV, where she hosted The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II Aftershows and various network specials. In the summer of 2015, Zuri appeared alongside popular radio personality Charlamagne Tha God on his new MTV2 show, Uncommon Sense.^[12] In October 2015, she returned as the The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines Aftershow host.

Modeling and commercial acting

Hall started her on-camera career as a commercial actress. She has been featured in national spots for Value City Furniture, and commercials for Safe Auto, Meijer, and Ohio tourism.

While earning her B.A. in "Strategic Communication" at Ohio State University, Hall starred in numerous theatrical productions. Her print modeling work includes ads for Hollywood Casino (Penn Casinos) and a spread for the 2011 Bridal Issue of Capital Style Magazine.^[13]

She has been featured in numerous publications—including a profile piece for AXS TV, in Metromix Indy as a Local Celebrity, Ballers Block as a "game changer", AMPS Indy, and The Indianapolis Star.

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