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| − | '''Tracia Bethann | + | '''Tracia Bethann Ward''' (born December 7, 1989 in [[wikipedia:South Bend, Indiana|South Bend, Indiana]]) is a [[wikipedia:television|television]] morning news presenter based in South Bend, Indiana. She currently works for WXSB-FTV, Michiana's [[wikipedia:CBS|CBS]] affiliate owned by NoSirGifts Venues (the station is known locally as "Michiana's CBS 17"). Ward is also best known for being the daughter of WMRI-FTV anchorman [[Pete Ward]] and currently is a moderator ''Vote for the Girls USA'' and ''Vote for the Girls UK'' . |
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==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
| − | Tracia | + | Tracia Ward was born in South Bend, Indiana, the only daughter of Rosa Michaels (b. 1959) and [[Pete Ward]] (b. 1959). She lived on the southeast of South Bend with her parents until they divorced in 2003 and moved with her father to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tracia attended Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne for her freshman and sophomore years at the same time as one of her father's colleagues (Frank Davidson) but moved back to South Bend to attend John Adams High School for her junior and senior years, which she graduated in 2008. She then attended her hometown's Notre Dame Unversity and graduated in 2012. |
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
===WXSB (2011-2015)=== | ===WXSB (2011-2015)=== | ||
| − | Ward began her broadcast career at then Fox affiliate | + | Ward began her broadcast career at then Fox affiliate WXSB-FTV in 2011.<ref>??</ref> At the age of 22, she was one of the youngest weekday morning anchorwomen in the country. |
| − | WXSB and | + | WXSB and WSBI-FTV (channel 10) switched network affiliations on January 1, 2014 and WXSB became a CBS affiliate (the station is known locally as "Michiana's CBS 17"). Ward impressed her bosses at NoSirGifts Fantasy Televison Stations enough that by September 2014 Ward was offered a similar position at sister station WIFX-FTV (channel 11) in Indianapolis, but declined the offer due to her commitements with the American and British adaptations of Vote for the Girls. |
===WTOR (2015-present)=== | ===WTOR (2015-present)=== | ||
| − | In April 2015, Ward was offered a similar position at NoSirGifts flagship and Fort Wayne sister station | + | In April 2015, Ward was offered a similar position at NoSirGifts flagship and Fort Wayne sister station WTOR-FTV (channel 41) as the weekday midday and 3 p.m. anchor and accepted the offer. Ward's final WXSB newscast aired on May 20, 2015 and Ward's first WTOR newscast aired on June 1, 2015. |
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| + | ===Vote for the Girls moderator (2014-present)=== | ||
| + | It was announced on June 23, 2014 that American presenter Tracia Ward was confirmed as a moderator of both the American and British versions of Vote for the Girls. In a interview with Fiona Johnson in San Fransisco, Ward revealed she had accepted a moderator panel role on Vote for the Girls USA and Vote for the Girls UK. | ||
====Moderator Record==== | ====Moderator Record==== | ||
===== ''Vote for the Girls UK'' ===== | ===== ''Vote for the Girls UK'' ===== | ||
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===== ''Vote for the Girls USA'' ===== | ===== ''Vote for the Girls USA'' ===== | ||
*[[Vote for the Girls (U.S. season 6)|Season 6]] – | *[[Vote for the Girls (U.S. season 6)|Season 6]] – | ||
| − | **Declined loss and joint winning moderator as her Jax, finished third place on the fourteenth season of ''American Idol.'' However, with the Moderators' Save used on Jax (since she was the last female in the competition), Ward, along with Ava Zinn and Kymberly Alvaraz (with their final pick of Nick Fradiani) | + | **Declined loss and joint winning moderator as her Jax, finished third place on the fourteenth season of ''American Idol.'' However, with the Moderators' Save used on Jax (since she was the last female in the competition), Ward, along with Ava Zinn and Kymberly Alvaraz (with their final pick of Nick Fradiani) will be declared dual winning moderators pending Fradiani's outcome. |
**Losing moderator as her final Vote for the Girls pick, Deanna Johnson, was eliminated in the Top 10 of the eighth season of ''The Voice.'' | **Losing moderator as her final Vote for the Girls pick, Deanna Johnson, was eliminated in the Top 10 of the eighth season of ''The Voice.'' | ||
**Losing moderator as her final Vote for the Girls pick, Robert Herjavec & Kym Johnson were eliminated in the quarter-final and finished in 6th place of the twentieth season of ''Dancing with the Stars.'' (Suzanne Somers & Tony Dovolani was also her Vote for the Girls pick with Somers finishing 9th) | **Losing moderator as her final Vote for the Girls pick, Robert Herjavec & Kym Johnson were eliminated in the quarter-final and finished in 6th place of the twentieth season of ''Dancing with the Stars.'' (Suzanne Somers & Tony Dovolani was also her Vote for the Girls pick with Somers finishing 9th) | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
| − | Ward was in a relationship with | + | Ward was in a relationship with Frank Davidson from 2000 until 2002. Ward came out as a bisexual in 2011 before she started her career at WXSB. |
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| + | Ward is currently in a relationship with [[Hillary Matthewson]] since January 2014. Ward and Matthewson met whille they were both seniors at Bishop Dwenger High School in 2006. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
