Ashley Eicher
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Ashley Eicher is an on-air entertainment personality from Louisville, Kentucky
who competed in the Miss America
pageant.
Eicher was selected as Miss Tennessee
2004 and served Governor Phil Bredesen
and the Tennessee Department of Education as a spokesperson for the state of Tennessee. She has spoken to over 85,000 people across the state. She competed in the Miss America
2004 pageant broadcast live from Atlantic City, New Jersey
in September 2004, and won a non-finalist talent award.
Named as one of "Nashville’s 25 Most Beautiful People" by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Eicher began her career as an on-air personality for the entertainment industry. Reporting for ABC.com
to a worldwide audience, she co-hosted the "Countdown to the 40th Annual CMA Awards", an eleven-part special culminating on the award show's red carpet. During the event, Eicher interviewed numerous musicians and celebrities such as Carrie Underwood
, Leann Rimes
and Eva Longoria
. In addition to her on-air duties for ABC, Ashley also has appeared on the Fine Living Network as a Nashville local reporter for the show We Live Here.
In February 2007, Ashley won a Gracie Award for Individual Achievement in as an Outstanding Program Host. She will accept the award at the 32nd Annual Gracie Awards Gala in mid-2007. Other notable recipients of Gracie Awards in 2007 are Tina Fey
, Soledad O'Brien
, and Ann Curry
. The Gracie Awards celebrate the best and the brightest women in radio, television, cable, and new media.
Eicher has taught voice and performance for many years. She is a volunteer instructor at W.O. Smith School of Music, which was established to provide high quality musical instruction to children from low-income families.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky where she graduated from Eastern High School, Eicher attended Middle Tennessee State University
where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Music Business and a Masters degree in Mass Communications.
She is a member of ASCAP and American Women in Radio & Television.
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
who competed in the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
pageant.
Eicher was selected as Miss Tennessee
Miss Tennessee
The Miss Tennessee competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss America pageant.-History:...
2004 and served Governor Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. was the 48th Governor of Tennessee, serving from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to...
and the Tennessee Department of Education as a spokesperson for the state of Tennessee. She has spoken to over 85,000 people across the state. She competed in the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
2004 pageant broadcast live from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
in September 2004, and won a non-finalist talent award.
Named as one of "Nashville’s 25 Most Beautiful People" by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Eicher began her career as an on-air personality for the entertainment industry. Reporting for ABC.com
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
to a worldwide audience, she co-hosted the "Countdown to the 40th Annual CMA Awards", an eleven-part special culminating on the award show's red carpet. During the event, Eicher interviewed numerous musicians and celebrities such as Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
, Leann Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
and Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
. In addition to her on-air duties for ABC, Ashley also has appeared on the Fine Living Network as a Nashville local reporter for the show We Live Here.
In February 2007, Ashley won a Gracie Award for Individual Achievement in as an Outstanding Program Host. She will accept the award at the 32nd Annual Gracie Awards Gala in mid-2007. Other notable recipients of Gracie Awards in 2007 are Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the...
, Soledad O'Brien
Soledad O'Brien
María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American Broadcast journalist. She is currently the host of the "In America" documentary unit on CNN, and is best known for anchoring the CNN marquee morning newscast American Morning from July 2003 to April 2007, with Miles O'Brien...
, and Ann Curry
Ann Curry
Ann Curry is an American television news journalist and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005-2011.Curry is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:Curry was born in...
. The Gracie Awards celebrate the best and the brightest women in radio, television, cable, and new media.
Eicher has taught voice and performance for many years. She is a volunteer instructor at W.O. Smith School of Music, which was established to provide high quality musical instruction to children from low-income families.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky where she graduated from Eastern High School, Eicher attended Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Music Business and a Masters degree in Mass Communications.
She is a member of ASCAP and American Women in Radio & Television.