Samantha Mohr (born September 13, 1961)
is an American
meteorologist and television personality from
Columbus, Georgia. Mohr was crowned
Miss Georgia 1985 and competed for the
Miss America 1986 title. She is currently on-air talent at
WXIA-TV in
Atlanta.
Broadcast career
After being crowned
Miss Georgia in 1985,
Mohr used her
scholarship winnings to study meteorology in
Houston where she interned at FOX TV station
KRIV. From there she went on to
KTVK/
Phoenix in 1989, where she was a morning meteorologist for ''Good Morning Arizona''.
After a dozen years in the desert,
San Francisco's CBS O&O
KPIX hired her as Chief Meteorologist, where she served from 2001 through 2007.
From the
Bay Area
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, she returned to Georgia to
The Weather Channel in 2007 on ''
Weekend View
''Weekend View'' was a weekend weather program on The Weather Channel that aired from 5-11 a.m. Eastern Time. Because of this timeslot, it can be considered the weekend equivalent to '' Morning Rush'', although it aired for six hours in comparis ...
'', which she co-hosted with Dao Vu and Bill Keneely.
was her next stop. During her two years at
CNN Center from 2013 through 2015, she also provided weather coverage for ''Weekend Express'' on
HLN.
Since June 2015, Mohr provides weekend weather for "
WXIA-TV/11 Alive" in
Atlanta as part of the "11 Alive StormTracker" team.
Pageant career
Entering her first pageant at the suggestion of a fellow UGA student, Mohr won the Miss Columbus 1985 title.
This win made her eligible to enter the
Miss Georgia pageant in June 1985.
Mohr won the competition on Saturday, June 22, 1985.
She earned more than $3,500 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant.
As Miss Georgia, her activities included public appearances across the state of Georgia. Mohr was Georgia's representative at the
Miss America 1986 pageant in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497. , in September 1985.
In computer modeling that successfully predicted that
Susan Akin
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...
would be named Miss America, Mohr's odds were set at 22 to 1.
Mohr was not a Top-10 finalist for the national crown. Mohr's reign as Miss Georgia lasted until she crowned her successor,
Marlesa Ball, as Miss Georgia 1986 on June 28, 1986.
Personal life and education
Mohr is a native of
Columbus, Georgia, and a 1985 graduate of the
University of Georgia. There she earned a bachelor of science degree in
speech pathology with a minor in
audiology. She is a 1989 graduate of the
University of St. Thomas St. Thomas University or University of St. Thomas may refer to:
*Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Colombia
*Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, Tucumán province, Argentina
*St. Thomas University (Canada), Fredericton, New Brunswick
*St. ...
in
Houston, Texas
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, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast meteorology.
She is currently a meteorologist at ''
WXIA 11 Alive'' in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
References
External links
Samantha Mohr official website
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Living people
1961 births
American beauty pageant winners
American television meteorologists
CNN people
Miss America 1980s delegates
People from Atlanta
The Weather Channel people
University of Georgia alumni
University of St. Thomas (Texas) alumni