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Lanise began her career in 1987 at then-ABC affiliate WMWI-FTV (now a CBS O&O) in her hometown of Green Bay as 5 p.m. anchor and reporter. White left for another ABC affiliate, Milwaukee's WXWI (though that station was a Fox affiliate from 1994 until 2010 before switching back to ABC) in the summer of 1989, where she became the noon and 4:00 p.m. anchor. | Lanise began her career in 1987 at then-ABC affiliate WMWI-FTV (now a CBS O&O) in her hometown of Green Bay as 5 p.m. anchor and reporter. White left for another ABC affiliate, Milwaukee's WXWI (though that station was a Fox affiliate from 1994 until 2010 before switching back to ABC) in the summer of 1989, where she became the noon and 4:00 p.m. anchor. | ||
− | In 1989, WXWI launched the market's first 4:00 p.m. newscast (''Channel 10 Eyewitness News at 4:00'', now ''(ABC 10) Milwaukee's 4:00 Action News'') and Bill Randolph, WXWI's news director at the time, prompted at the suggestion of Randolph's close friend, David Imperial, Sr., the president of WXWI's then-owner Imperial Broadcasting, wanted to pair White and eventual co-anchor [[Kathy Roberts|Kathy | + | In 1989, WXWI launched the market's first 4:00 p.m. newscast (''Channel 10 Eyewitness News at 4:00'', now ''(ABC 10) Milwaukee's 4:00 Action News'') and Bill Randolph, WXWI's news director at the time, prompted at the suggestion of Randolph's close friend, David Imperial, Sr., the president of WXWI's then-owner Imperial Broadcasting, wanted to pair White and eventual co-anchor [[Kathy Roberts|Kathy Fountain]] for the September 1989 debut WXWI's 4:00 p.m. newscast. At the time, in the male-dominated world of Milwaukee television news, this was a first time two women co-anchored a newscast and eventually spread to WXWI's eventual sister stations now owned by NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations. Both White and Fountain would eventually reunite on the American version of [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]]. |
===Vote for the Girls moderator=== | ===Vote for the Girls moderator=== | ||
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Following the death of [[Nermal Everman]] in July 2015, White filled in on the [[Vote for the Girls (Australia)|Australian adaptation]] of ''Vote for the Girls.'' Her final pick, [[wikipedia:Mahalia Simpson|Mahalia Simpson]] finished fifth place on the [[wikipedia:The X Factor (Australia season 7)|seventh season]] of [[wikipedia:The X Factor (Australian TV series)|''The X Factor Australia'']]. | Following the death of [[Nermal Everman]] in July 2015, White filled in on the [[Vote for the Girls (Australia)|Australian adaptation]] of ''Vote for the Girls.'' Her final pick, [[wikipedia:Mahalia Simpson|Mahalia Simpson]] finished fifth place on the [[wikipedia:The X Factor (Australia season 7)|seventh season]] of [[wikipedia:The X Factor (Australian TV series)|''The X Factor Australia'']]. | ||
− | In a seminar by [[Ava Zinn]] on July 3, 2015, it was revealed that Lanise White will remain on the Vote for the Girls panel in the United States and Australia, and Zinn prompted at the suggestion of her former NoSirGifts colleague [[Melvin Runecraft]] and the success of the White/[[Kathy Roberts| | + | In a seminar by [[Ava Zinn]] on July 3, 2015, it was revealed that Lanise White will remain on the Vote for the Girls panel in the United States and Australia, and Zinn prompted at the suggestion of her former NoSirGifts colleague [[Melvin Runecraft]] and the success of the White/[[Kathy Roberts|Fountain]] anchor team on on WXWI's 4:00 p.m. newscast would translate to [[White–Roberts rivalry|a great Vote for the Girls moderator rivalry]]. |
− | Because both White and Roberts are from the same market of Milwaukee, White was moved from the pink team to the purple team due to White's dismal 11-47-1 moderator record in the sixth season of Vote for the Girls. | + | Because both White and Roberts are from the same market of Milwaukee, White was moved from the pink team to the purple team due to White's dismal 11-47-1 moderator record in the sixth season of Vote for the Girls. Although, both White and Roberts are both females and are on different teams with White on the Purple Team (with duo moderators Ava Zinn & [[Kymberly Alvaraz]], [[Kathi Jameson|Kathi]] & [[Karly Ryder, Jr.|Karly Jameson (formerly Karly Ryder, Jr.)]], and solo moderators [[Kendra Ray]] and [[Julia Passalt]]) and Roberts on the Pink team (with duo moderators Holly Everman & [[Perri Johnson]], [[Tracia Ward]] & [[Hillary Matthewson]], and solo moderators [[Thia Tola]] and [[Kellie Rock]]); this moderator rivalry differs from the [[Zinn–Everman rivalry (United States)|Ava Zinn-Holly Everman rivalry of Marion/Muncie, Indiana]] and [[Ward–Jameson rivalry (United States)|Tracia Ward-Kathi Jameson of Chicagoland]] as Zinn and Jameson are both transgendered women on the purple team are respectively competing against bisexual women Everman and Ward on the Pink team. This resulted in White becoming the third woman after Kymberly Alvaraz and Karly Ryder-Jameson (as Alvaraz and Ryder-Jameson are respectively in a long-term relationship with Zinn and Jameson) in addition to becoming the first female solo moderator is on a transwoman's team. |
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− | Although, both White and Roberts are both females and are on different teams with White on the Purple Team (with duo moderators Ava Zinn & [[Kymberly Alvaraz]], [[Kathi Jameson|Kathi]] & [[Karly Ryder, Jr.|Karly Jameson (formerly Karly Ryder, Jr.)]], and solo moderators [[Kendra Ray]] and [[Julia Passalt]]) and Roberts on the Pink team (with duo moderators Holly Everman & [[Perri Johnson]], [[Tracia Ward]] & [[Hillary Matthewson]], and solo moderators [[Thia Tola]] and [[Kellie Rock]]); this moderator rivalry differs from the [[Zinn–Everman rivalry (United States)|Ava Zinn-Holly Everman rivalry of Marion/Muncie, Indiana]] and [[Ward–Jameson rivalry (United States)|Tracia Ward-Kathi Jameson of Chicagoland]] as Zinn and Jameson are both transgendered women on the purple team are respectively competing against bisexual women Everman and Ward on the Pink team. This resulted in White becoming the third woman after Kymberly Alvaraz and Karly Ryder-Jameson (as Alvaraz and Ryder-Jameson are respectively in a long-term relationship with Zinn and Jameson) in addition to becoming the first female solo moderator is on a transwoman's team | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
− | Lanise White married her college sweetheart | + | Lanise White married her college sweetheart in 1983.<ref>??</ref> They met in 1980. They had no children. |
===Affair with Daniel McClannahan=== | ===Affair with Daniel McClannahan=== | ||
− | On | + | On November 13, 2015, Lanise White announced that [[Danni McClannahan|Daniel McClannahan]] would become White's signifcant other beginning on January 1, 2016. The deal, which was part of a long-term relationship agreement was driven by White's moves from the pink team to the purple team on the American version of ''Vote for the Girls''; [[Leonard Lai]] had been considering filing for divorce from McClannahan, but McClannahan reportedly baled at Lai's demands for ailmony before Lai's October 26, 2015 death.<ref>??</ref> This led to White reaching a deal with McClannahan, which White was eager to land since the she [[wikipedia:bisexuality|is a bisexual]] woman. This marked the second time a Vote for the Girls purple team moderator has taken a significant other away from her spouse, the first being [[Ava Zinn]] when she [[Ava's Virginity Auction|sold her virginity]] to [[Kymberly Alvaraz]] a year earlier. <ref name="LLAI_DIVORCE"></ref> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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{{Vote for the Girls USA}} | {{Vote for the Girls USA}} | ||