Shannon Noelle Bream ( DePuy; born December 23, 1970) is an American

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and attorney who is a host of '' Fox News Sunday'' on

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. She is also chief legal correspondent for the channel. In 2022, she became host of '' Fox News Sunday''. Prior to hosting ''Fox News Sunday'', she was the host of '' Fox News @ Night'' for five years. She was also a former contestant in the Miss America 1991 and Miss USA 1995 pageants. She was a correspondent for News 12 Networks on

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in the 1990s.

Early life and education

Bream was born and raised in

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to Linda (née Evans; 1949-2006), a county clerk and law office manager, and police officer and former Leon County Commissioner Clarence Edward DePuy Jr. (1946-2013). She attended Liberty University in

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and, while there, won the pageant title Miss Virginia in 1990. She then participated and finished in the top 10 in the Miss America 1991 pageant, where she was awarded a scholarship award that covered much of her undergraduate education. After graduating from Liberty University in 1993 with a business management degree ''

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'', Bream attended Florida State University College of Law, where she interned with U.S. Congressman Bill McCollum, who was later appointed Florida Attorney General. While at law school at Florida State, she won the Miss Florida USA pageant in 1995 and placed fourth in the Miss USA 1995 pageant, which paid for her law school education.

Career

After graduating with a JD degree with honors from Florida State University College of Law in 1996, Bream moved to

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, where she began her career as a lawyer specializing in race discrimination and sexual harassment. In 2001, she transitioned to television journalism, becoming the evening and late-night news reporter for WBTV in

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. In 2004, after three years at WBTV, Bream joined Washington D.C.'s NBC affiliate

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. At WRC-TV, she was a weekend anchor and covered general assignments. While at WRC-TV, Bream met Brit Hume, who was the managing editor of

's Washington, D.C. bureau. With Hume's encouragement, she submitted audition tapes to Fox News. Bream joined Fox News in November 2007, and was based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau. She then became the anchor/host of '' Fox News @ Night''. On August 11, 2022, it was announced that Bream would replace

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as '' Fox News Sunday'' new anchor, beginning September 11, 2022. In addition to hosting ''Fox News Sunday'', Bream appears periodically on other Fox News programs, including ''

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,'' ''Outnumbered'', '' America Reports'', '' The Story with Martha MacCallum'', '' The Five,'' ''Special Report'' and '' Gutfeld!'' as a guest and as a substitute host. Bream is the author of three books: ''Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters'', ''The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today,'' and ''The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families''. The book ''The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today'' reached the number one spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.

Personal life

Bream is a

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and is trained as a classical pianist. Bream's husband, Sheldon Bream, has a company that connects event planners with speakers, and is a

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survivor.

References

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