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Dayna Devon (born March 20, 1965) is an American journalist.


Biography

Devon is a native of San Antonio, Texas, and a graduate of the
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. She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA-AM radio in San Antonio. She subsequently was an anchor for KMID-TV (
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) in Midland, Texas, and
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) in
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. In 1997, Devon joined the ABC's
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affiliate WPTY-TV as a reporter. The following year, she was promoted to anchor of the station's three news broadcasts. In 1998, Devon and her news team were awarded a "Best Live Broadcast" Emmy Award. In 2004 she appeared in the ''
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” as the N.D. Engineer. She was the co-anchor, with
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, of the television show ''
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'', until 2008. She joined ''Extra'' in 1999 as the weekend anchor, then became the weekday anchor in 2003. In January 2009, Devon became an on-air presenter on HSN, representing the Sensa Weight-Loss System. In the fall of 2009, Devon moved to ShopNBC, regularly presenting Sensa systems in "Our Top Value" presentations. As of January 2013 Devon is a cast member of the new
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reality show ''Plastic Wives''. She currently is a reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles. As such, she hosts the station's 7:00 PM local content segment with a lifestyle program called "LA Unscripted."


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