Adriana Sabrina Diaz (born 1984 in

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) is an American television

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for CBS News.

Early life and education

Born to Dominican immigrants, at the age of 17 she won the title of

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2003. She competed at

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2003, held in Palm Springs, California. That pageant was won by

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. Diaz won the Miss New York USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. She competed for the title of

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on April 21, 2006. The pageant was won by

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. Diaz attended Stuyvesant High School in NYC and has a master's degree in Public Affairs and Public Administration from Columbia University.

Career

Diaz is a CBS News national correspondent based in

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, Illinois, USA. Previously, Diaz was the Beijing-based correspondent for CBS News and has worked as a digital journalist in the network's headquarters in

. Prior to that, Diaz had worked for ''

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'', a youth-oriented news program. She was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. Diaz has also filled in as anchor on the

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news.

References

External links

Miss New York USA website

American television reporters and correspondents American women television journalists CBS News people School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Stuyvesant High School alumni Miss USA 2006 delegates 2003 beauty pageant contestants 21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates American people of Dominican Republic descent People from the Bronx 1984 births Living people American expatriates in China {{US-pageant-bio-stub