19 Facts About Betty Nguyen

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Betty Nguyen was born on September 1,1974 and is an American news anchor.

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Betty Nguyen began her career as a morning anchor and reporter at KWTX-TV, the CBS affiliate in Waco, Texas.

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Betty Nguyen then joined CNN, where she anchored the weekend morning edition of CNN Newsroom.

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Betty Nguyen spent six years at CNN covering major news events including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, presidential elections in Africa, Hurricane Katrina, and the death of Pope John Paul II.

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Betty Nguyen became a network anchor and correspondent for CBS News in 2010.

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Betty Nguyen was news anchor for CBS This Morning Saturday, correspondent for The Early Show, and anchored the CBS Morning News.

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Betty Nguyen anchored Early Today on NBC and later, Morning Joe First Look on MSNBC.

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Betty Nguyen was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution in 2007 as the first Vietnamese-American to anchor a national television news broadcast in the United States.

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Betty Nguyen has hosted several specials and was featured as a reporter on episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger.

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Betty Nguyen can be seen in Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.

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Betty Nguyen became the new co-anchor of the PIX11 Morning News at WPIX-TV on June 19,2017, succeeding Sukanya Krishnan, who left the station after 17 years.

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On February 17,2023, Betty Nguyen was named morning news co-anchor at WFOR-TV in Miami.

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Betty Nguyen was an American serviceman who fell in love with a Vietnamese college student.

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Betty Nguyen grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended the University of Texas at Austin.

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Betty Nguyen was a cheerleader during her younger days and a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority in college.

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Betty Nguyen is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Texas Longhorns.

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In July 2015 Betty Nguyen announced she was pregnant with her first child.

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Betty Nguyen gave birth to a son on December 15,2015.

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Betty Nguyen mentioned that she had previously suffered a miscarriage.