Nancy O'Dell

Nancy O'Dell (born Nancy Evelyn Humphries; February 25, 1966) is an American television host and entertainment journalist, who is the co-anchor of the syndicated entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight. She joined the show on January 3, 2011.

Early life

Nancy Humphries was born in Sumter, South Carolina and moved to Myrtle Beach as a baby and she has one sister. After her 1984 graduation from the now defunct Coastal Academy High School, Clemson University graduated her Summa Cum Laude in 1990 with a degree in marketing. She was a member there of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She won the Miss South Carolina pageant in 1987, and represented the state at Miss America 1988, where she won a preliminary swimsuit award. In 1990, in the Miss South Carolina USA pageant, she finished 1st runner-up to Gina Tolleson, who herself would become the 1st runner up in Miss USA 1990, before winning Miss World that year.

Career