Steve's Top Ten Newsbabes - Fall 2005
I just want to say that the Fall '05 Newsbabe list is not scientific, since it’s based on the channels that I watch most frequently, and currently I’m watching channels 7, 32 and 5. It is also not up for discussion, as once I’ve made my decision, it’s final. Make your own damned list, if you want. This list is Latina heavy, and once again, ranking is not that critical, it’s just making the list that counts.
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Micah Materre
WGN-TV Chicago |
| | Michah is being brought down by the new knucklehead that they brought in to co-anchor the WGN News At Noon. That idiot would be Tom Negovan. He makes Juan Carlos Fanjul look like Walter Cronkite. Come on WGN, just let her do it alone. |
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Sylvia Gomez
CBS2 Chicago |
| | Despite the fact that Sylvia sits alongside her husband, Jon Duncanson all weekend long at the anchor desk, she’s seems to back to her fighting weight. She must have starved herself during her six-year sail around the world. |
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Marcella Raymond
WGN9 Chicago |
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This longtime favorite needs to get some new sweaters. There, I’ve said it. I love Marcella, but she needs a hair and clothing makeover. I would be happy to do that with her a la Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. |
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Sylvia Perez / Linda Yu
ABC7 Chicago |
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They are great together on the Channel 7 News at 11:00 a.m. and that’s the way I want them – together, as a team. Just to make it a little freakier I might make Mr. Food stand in the closet and yell “Oooh! it’s sooo goood!!!” |
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Zoraida Sambolin
ABC7 Chicago |
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Don’t know a whole lot about Zoraida, but I’d like too. I don’t really watch the 11:00am newscast that she anchors, because I can’t get my news from Art Norman in good conscience. I’d still like to see her put on a few more pounds, though. |
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Cheryl Burton
ABC7 |
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There is no hotter African-American woman on local TV, hands down. But then, that’s the problem, her hands. She needs to stop waving those things all over the place when she’s talking. How about a pair of handcuffs or a gentle silk restraint? |
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Tamron Hall
FOX32 Chicago |
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Okay, maybe it’s a dead heat for prettiest African-American woman on local TV. Tamron, isn’t the sharpest knife in the shed, but she’s got her body movements under control, and to fair to her David Navarro (not the rock guy), like a sinking ship, drags everything under with him. |
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Nancy Pender
FOX32 Chicago |
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I always forget about Nancy because I never watch the Channel 32 Weekend News (or their weekday news for that matter), but when she came on for a news update during halftime of the Packers @ Lions game, Mike Dahl, Matt Dahl and I agreed, she’s hot. |
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Stacey Baca
ABC7 Chicago |
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Stacy could be number one, that’s how close it is. She anchors the weekend morning newscasts on Channel 7, and I like it, but she always looks best in the field at some sort of disaster, where all kinds of bad things are happening, and then there’s Stacy Baca, making it all okay. |
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Kathy Brock
ABC7 Chicago |
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What can I say? Great tan, plunging neckline, fantastic necklaces, and a sexy voice. I know I’m on to something when Janet imitates her voice as she’s talking, and not in a flattering way, mind you. Channel 7 takes the time to make the people on set look good, and it really pays off with Kathy. |
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I know that Amy Jacobson isn’t on the list, and I’ll hear about that (especially from Larry Wert), and she’s a beautiful girl and talented reporter, I just haven’t seen her much lately, I’m too busy avoiding Warner Sanders and Brant Miller. So, you fans of “The Jake”, blame them, not me.
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