Germany Kent

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Germany Kent
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Kent in December 2016
Born
Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater Mississippi State University
University of Alabama
University of Southern California
Occupations
  • journalist
  • author
  • actress
  • television personality
  • producer
  • activist
  • philanthropist

Germany Kent is an American journalist, author, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She has gained recognition for her work in print and broadcast journalism, as well as her contributions to literature and the entertainment industry.

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Early life and Education

Kent was born in Greenville, Mississippi, to Charles Palmer, a school administrator and radio personality, and Lula Palmer, a politician and businesswoman. She grew up in Sardis, Mississippi, and graduated from North Panola High School, where she was later inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017. [1]

She began her higher education at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where she majored in Journalism and Public Relations, becoming the first African-American to serve as president of the Student Senate. [2] She later transferred to Mississippi State University, earning a degree in Communications. During her time there, she became the first African-American woman elected to the Student Association as Attorney General. [3]

Journalism

Print

Kent has written on issues central to social media branding and offering ways to use social media for marketing, social media ethics, business etiquette and social media etiquette. Kent's work has been published in Forbes, Yahoo News, HuffPost, among various others. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Arts and entertainment

Kent was a freelance reporter in Los Angeles and has covered news, politics, sports, entertainment, award ceremonies and red carpet events. She has worked as a radio personality in Los Angeles and anchor for public affairs television. She has covered entertainment for a community magazine as a reporter in Atlanta. In September 2013, Kent founded her own multi-platform media startup. She became one of the executive producers, for which she is a consultant, and guest on-air talent. She has been involved in television and radio as a media pundit. It was announced in October 2015 that Kent was joining the news team at the 50 Plus Report as a producer, reporter, and host. Kent anchored the nightly news for the FOX affiliate KARD 14 MyArkLaMiss in West Monroe, Louisiana, and has served as a freelance reporter and host for various other media outlets. [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2013, Kent was a guest correspondent for Real TV Films when she worked the Celebrity World Challenge Golf Championship in Calabasas, California. [12]

While based in Los Angeles, Kent won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Deadline Reporting (Independent) for the story "Tragedy in Thousand Oaks," coverage in the wake of the Thousand Oaks shooting on the night of November 7, 2018. [13] [14]

In June 2019, she was honored for distinguished service to the American people and the profession of journalism through outstanding accomplishments in the field for excellence in journalism by the Society of Professional Journalists at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. [15] [16] [17] [18]

Acting

Kent has made numerous acting appearances as a cameo or playing an on-screen character. She has had a number of nationally broadcast television commercials, with spots for NIKE, Verizon, Carrier, and Coors Light, in addition to a variety of other advertisements for others. Kent has also starred in numerous advertisements for Disney, including those for Disney Destinations, Disney Aulani Resort, and the Disneyland Resort in California. She has also provided voice-over work for the Disney brand. In 2012, Kent appeared as a winning contestant on Let's Make a Deal Christmas Edition. That same year she appeared in a guest starring role as a person struggling with drug addiction on the USA Network television series Graceland. In 2013, Kent starred in a Reality-TV series for the Food Network, alongside celebrity chef Robert Irvine. Kent has appeared on The Doctors, Criminal Minds , and The Real Housewives of Atlanta . [19] [20] [21] [22]

Music video appearances

In 2012, Kent made an appearance alongside singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige in her video "Why."[ citation needed ] In 2011, Kent made an appearance alongside musical group Take 6 for their video "One," which also featured pop icon Stevie Wonder. [23] [24] [25]

Pageants

Kent represented Tennessee in the 1991 Hal Jackson Talented Teens International pageant held in New York City. She won the "Miss Personality Award" from over 120 contestants representing countries from all around the world. In an infamous pageant moment, Kent was kissed onstage by Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, during her crowning. In 1992, her stage performance garnered her a place among the Top 10 at the Miss Teen Mississippi Pageant. She also won her state's Speech Award at the pageant that same year. [23]

In 1993, Kent placed in the Top 5 at the Miss Teen Mississippi Pageant, and won the Speech Award for the second consecutive year while also walking away with the "Miss Congeniality Award." While at Mississippi State, Kent won the Miss Alpha Phi Alpha Pageant and was featured in their 12-month calendar as Miss July 1997. [26]

Author

In March 2015, Kent penned a book on hope and motivation, The Hope Handbook. The book was originally created as a book of tweets from inspirations that Kent had posted on social media site X. Kent claimed to have received hundreds of messages from followers recognizing her motivational X (formerly known as Twitter) messages and explaining how her messages of hope had inspired them. As a response to their messages, a collection of some of the tweets were assembled, and the book came to fruition. [27]

Following the success of The Hope Handbook, Kent released a collection of Hope books, titled The Hope Handbook Series. [28]

In May 2015 Kent released You Are What You Tweet. [27] [29] In March 2017, the book received national recognition as one of four selected by actor Romany Malco to help President Donald Trump with social media etiquette. As part of Malco's campaign, the book was sent to the White House. [30] [31] [32]

In June 2017, Kent teamed up with author and publisher Rhonda Branch Yearby to produce the book Women Of Faith: Their Untold Stories Revealed: Teen Edition: Bully & Cyber Bullying Prevention. [33] [34] [35] [36]

Published works

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