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Bream reporting on the results of the 2012 congressional elections in Iowa
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Shannon Noelle DePuy December 23, 1970 Sanford, Florida, U.S. |
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Occupation | Television news anchor, reporter, beauty pageant contestant |
Employer | Fox Entertainment Group |
Spouse(s) | Sheldon Bream |
Website | www |
Shannon Bream (born Shannon Noelle DePuy, December 23, 1970) is an American journalist for the Fox News Channel. She is Fox News's Supreme Court reporter as well as the anchor of America's News Headquarters on Sundays from 12:00–2:00 p.m (Eastern) and America's Election Headquarters weekdays from 2:00–3:00 p.m (Eastern). Bream is also an occasional substitute anchor for Special Report with Bret Baier, Fox News Sunday.
Born in Sanford, Florida, Bream is the only daughter of Marie Norris, a teacher, and Ed DePuy, a Leon County Commissioner. She attended North Florida Christian High School in Tallahassee and graduated in the class of 1988 at the age of 17. While in school, her first job was helping her mother renovate houses by scraping the paint off window panes.
Bream attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia; while attending Liberty University, she entered the Miss Virginia pageant. Bream won the title of Miss Virginia in 1990. She participated in the Miss America 1991 pageant and was one of the ten finalists. Her scholarship award covered much of her education.
After graduating from Liberty University in 1993 with a degree in Business, Bream returned to Tallahassee and attended law school at Florida State University. She interned with Florida Congressman Bill McCollum, in the US House of Representatives. McCollum would later become the Florida Attorney General. While at law school at Florida State, she won the Miss Florida USA pageant (1995) and competed in the Miss USA 1995 pageant finishing in fourth place. She is one of only a few women to have competed in these two national pageants representing different states.