Nicole Brewer
{{short description|American news reporter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| competitions=Miss America 2006 (Top 10)
| birth_place= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| education= Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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Nicole Brewer (born April 15, 1983) is an American news reporter. She is a former Miss Pennsylvania{{cite web|date=September 1, 2005|title=Nicole Brewer|publisher=Comcast|url=http://www.cmt.com/asm/events/miss_america/2006/comcast/contestant.jhtml?data=/shows/events/miss_america/2006/xml/contestants/pennsylvania.jhtml|access-date=2015-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929161531/http://www.cmt.com/asm/events/miss_america/2006/comcast/contestant.jhtml?data=/shows/events/miss_america/2006/xml/contestants/pennsylvania.jhtml|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=dead}} from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Early life, beauty pageant contestant and education
Brewer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a junior and senior in college, Nicole Brewer won two local pageant titles, including Miss Central Pennsylvania 2004 and Miss Allegheny Valley 2005.{{cite news|title=Local women to compete in Miss Pennsylvania|publisher=York Daily Record|first=Scot|last=Celley}} In her second attempt at the state title, she won the Miss Pennsylvania 2005 title on July 2, 2005, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|title=Crown: Millersville University graduate is a winner |publisher=Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal/Sunday News|page=01|date=2005-07-08|first=Samantha|last=Davis}} On January 21, 2006, Brewer competed in the nationally televised Miss America pageant, making it into the top ten final contestants, getting beat out by eventual winner Jennifer Berry of Oklahoma.http://www.misspa.org/history-of-the-crown.htm {{dead link|date=December 2017}}
Brewer graduated from Marple Newtown Senior High School, {{Citation needed|date=March 2016}} in 2001 and Millersville University of Pennsylvania in 2005, graduating with a B.S magna cum laude in speech communications.{{cite news|title=What happens in Vegas... |publisher=Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal/Sunday News|date=2005-12-04|first=Marty|last=Crisp|page=01}} During her college years, Brewer was president of the National Broadcasting Society. She also served as business manager for the university cable station.
Career
Brewer interned at WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and worked as a special assignment reporter for a community access cable television station in Greeley, Colorado.{{cite news|title=Visiting family: Miss Pennsylvania enjoys Greeley|publisher=The Greeley Tribune|first=Roxye|last=Arellano|date=2005-12-19|url=http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20051219/NEWS/112190056&SearchID=73232414744778}} She joined CBS 3’s Eyewitness News team on April 1, 2008 as the first local TV reporter who was reporting primarily for a website, CBS3.com, and as a contributor to Wake Up News on The CW Philly. Before joining CBS 3, Brewer had been a feature reporter and producer for the nightly news magazine Tempo at WLVT-TV, the PBS station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She won a 2008 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for her feature report for the Tempo episode "Kids and Gangs". She was also nominated by the Associated Press in 2009 for her feature, "Parents on Facebook". She has been a volunteer for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America organization.{{cite news|title=Nicole Brewer Joins CBS 3, CW Philly As Local TV's First Web Reporter|publisher=Philadelphia Ad Club|date=2008-03-23|first=Ad|last=Club}}
Brewer then became anchor for the weekend morning newscasts on CBS 3 and was weekday reporter for the station's morning shows.{{Cite web|url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/personality/nicole-brewer/|title = CBS 3's Nicole Brewer Bids Farewell}} In June, 2018, after a decade on air, she left her job at the station saying she wanted to spend more time with her family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/nicole-brewer-leaves-cbs3/|title=Nicole Brewer leaves CBS3 after 10 years|date=11 June 2018}}
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References
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External links
- {{facebook user|NicoleOnAir}}
- {{Twitter}}
- [http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/personality/nicole-brewer/ CBS 3's Nicole Brewer]
- [http://www.misspa.org Miss Pennsylvania official website]
- [http://www.cbs3.com CBS 3 Eyewitness News]
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Category:Television personalities from Philadelphia