Biography
Eady is from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was a caretaker for both of her parents, who were ill when she was growing up. [3] Eady's father became blind and her mother had lupus and had multiple surgeries when Eady was younger. [4] Eady helped out by learning to cook, and assisting her mother to bathe and dress. [4] During high school, she worked as a tutor for the local Boys and Girls Club. [5]
Eady graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Speech Communication.
In 2004, she won the title of Miss Teen Arkansas-America 2004, which is now known as Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen. [6] She performed in the Variety Act as a special guest during one of the Preliminary Competitions at Miss America 2007 including her yodeling abilities. [7] In 2010, she was named Miss Arkansas 2010 while competing as Miss South Central Arkansas 2010 and also won a Preliminary Talent Award and the Coleman Overall Talent Award at the pageant. Her platform was the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and her talent is a Variety Act, in which she both sings and does ventriloquism to the song "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." [8] Her act, which also included yodeling, was called "daring and skillful" by The Washington Post. [9]
At the Miss America 2011 pageant, Eady was named the first runner-up [2] and won $25,000 in scholarships. [10] In 2011, she also appeared on the Late Night Show With David Letterman. [11]
Eady married her college sweetheart, Patrick Jeffrey Lemmond, on December 7, 2013. [12]
Eady previously worked as a news anchor for TEGNA-owned KTHV-TV, the local CBS-affiliated television station in Little Rock, Arkansas. [13] In August 2016, Eady joined WAGA-TV in Atlanta, GA as a morning news anchor. [14]
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