Julie Durda
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Julie Durda is a former cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
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, contestant on "The Bachelor", and current Miami weather anchor for WSVN
WSVN
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. Before Julie joined the San Francisco 49ers, she was a featured member of the Comedy Central television show "BattleBots" and as a model for the EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA 2003 video game in the role of Val "Sunshine" Summers. Durda was also cast on a nationally televised Coors Light commercial. She began her career in Sacramento
Sacramento
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 as an intern, before ultimately grabbing the title of traffic reporter without even graduating from college
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. She moved to Phoenix
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's KPHO as a traffic reporter and fill-in weather reporter.

After less than a year she ditched traffic to pursue a career full-time in weather. She graduated in 2009 with a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
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, and is working in Miami at WSVN
WSVN
WSVN, channel 7, is a television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and is an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company. The station has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.WSVN operates a Key...

 as the full time morning weather anchor. In 2009 Julie received her AMS (American Meteorological Society) Seal of Approval. She replaced former weather reporter Elita Loresca
Elita Loresca
Elita A. Loresca , is a Filipino-American newscaster, has worked for KGET-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, CA and WSVN 7 in Miami, FL...

 who joined KNBC in Los Angeles
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Order of markets worked:

Sacramento KXTV,
San Francisco KRON,
Phoenix KPHO,
Miami WSVN (current)

She born born January 29, 1980.

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Category:American cheerleaders
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Category:People from Sacramento, California
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