Shawn Killinger is quite a multitalented character — she is not only a reporter and journalist but a TV anchor as well as a media character, probably best known because of being program host of this American network specializing in tv home shopping broadcasts termed QVC. But besides this, Shawn is also widely recognized for becoming a former competitor in NBC’s reality game show called “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.”
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Shawn Killinger’s Early Life and Education
Shawn Elizabeth Killinger was born under the zodiac sign of Scorpio on the 2nd of November 1979, in Detroit, Michigan, USA and besides obviously being an American Idol, she is likewise of white ethnicity. Due to the nature of her dad’s occupation, at age 11, her family moved to Mexico City, Mexico, where she spent another four decades, during which she mastered the Spanish language. Further information on her family’s history has not been publically revealed to the current day.
Shawn Killinger’s Career
Upon returning to the States and graduating, Shawn settled in New York City, where she began to engage in broadcasting. The very first step in journalism happened when she entered the CBS Television Network, where she spent the following two years, serving as an author for the applications such as “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “CBS 60 Minutes“, and also the “Evening News with Dan Rather” too.
She then moved to Rochester, New York, into the FOX Network’s affiliated TV station, the WUHF-TV, for which she functioned as its general assignment writer. Shawn also disables her reporting abilities through various engagements for many other television channels, including the CBS’ affiliate WKMG-TV in Albany, New York, and Orlando, Florida, as well as through functioning since the co-anchor of their CBS’ Channel 6 news broadcast.
However, to some more massive prominence, Shawn Killinger arrived in 2005, when she was selected as one of 16 opponents out of tens of thousands nationwide, to appear from the NBC’s reality TV series “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.” The series was about company tycoon Martha Stewart and focused on the culinary arts, the media, fun, layout, and fashion, revealing her quest to find her perfect apprentice in the 16 candidates, split into two teams and competing against each other, using the job of fulfilling the different weekly quests.
Following the third week of this show, Shawn Killinger was dismissed allegedly because she stated, “Fake it ’til you create it,” which amuses Martha Stewart. Although she had been fired by the show empty-handed, this venture has helped Shawn Killinger considerably raise her fame.
In 2007, Killinger joined among the USA’s top flagship shopping stations — the satellite, satellite, and broadcast television system giant QVC. Ever since she has mastered the art of live entertainment and participation and eventually becomes one of their cover faces. She’s currently widely known for her everyday on-camera appearances. She hosts a four-hour live yet unscripted TV shopping air, managing to entertain an enormous audience, causing QVC’s annual sales to be worth millions of dollars.
Cancer
Though the media’s attention was captured by rumors that Shawn Killinger is experiencing cancer, these estimates were not formally confirmed. However, it’s been publicly acknowledged by a few sources that her dad was diagnosed with cancer, but has managed to overcome the disease.
Curious about Shawn’s private life and her marital status, aren’t you? Well, Killinger is a married woman– because since 2013, she’s been married to American businessman and expert adviser Joseph’Joe’ Carretta, who is now the Executive Director of the Sunrise Senior Living, the fifth largest assisted living provider in the states. The couple met on a dating website and shortly after began their relationship crowned with that which appears to be a joyful marriage.
However, they weren’t lucky enough to welcome their children, as Shawn suffered a miscarriage back in 2014, so they chose to adopt a baby girl in 2017. With her husband and his child and Joe’s two sons in his past affairs, Shawn Killinger currently resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Besides being a successful author and television host, Killinger is also famous for being a philanthropist — since 2008; she has been actively engaged in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, serving as a “Wish Granter” for kids afflicted by life-threatening ailments.
Shawn Killinger’s Salary & Net Worth
Have you ever thought about how much prosperity this hot American broadcaster has gathered so far? How rich is Shawn Killinger? Although the exact quantity of her wealth has not been publically revealed yet, it’s estimated the overall of Shawn Killinger’s net value authoritatively, as of late 2018, is more significant than $1 million, while annual revenue is estimated at $115,000, obtained through her professional on-camera reporting and journalism career, that currently spans nearly two decades.
Controversies
From the first 2015, alongside the fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, Killinger became a casualty of many online communities and their laughing stock for not being incredibly knowledgeable about the Moon. Namely, the two debated whether the Moon is a star or a planet for a while until they got the info that the Moon is the Earth’s natural satellite.
Shawn Killinger Look and Social Media Presence
Shawn sports a toned body with a height of 5ft 5ins (1.65 m) and pounds of around 110lbs (50 kgs), whereas her crucial figures are 33-24-33 that, as well as her short blonde hair, makes her look quite sexy and photogenic.
This 39-year-old American TV character can be regularly active on several popular social networking networks, such as Instagram. Her official accounts @shawnkillingerqvc, have gathered a total of nearly 100,000 followers and fans.
