Melissa Mandak
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Melissa Mandak is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Connecticut USA
2005. Mandak served as the weekday morning traffic reporter on NBC Connecticut until leaving in 2011 to work at Yale University in the Health and Wellness field.
Mandak represented Connecticut in the Miss USA 2005
pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley
of North Carolina
. Mandak had placed second runner-up to Sheila Wiatr in the Miss Connecticut USA
2004 pageant a year prior to winning her state crown.
Mandak was born and raised in Honeoye Falls, NY and graduated from Rutgers University
in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts
in journalism and mass media. At the time of her pageant win she was working as a real estate ageant. She has also appeared as an extra in the recent “Stepford Wives” motion picture.
Mandak crowned her successor, Jeannine Phillips
, in November 2005.
Mandak worked as a traffic reporter for Metro Networks in Hartford,CT.
On Feb, 9th 2009 She started doing traffic reports for WNYW
FOX5's Good Day New York
On July 5th, 2010 Mandak began reporting the morning traffic for WVIT
NBC Connecticut News Today, weekday mornings starting at 5am.
Miss Connecticut USA
The Miss Connecticut USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Crown Productions, who took over the pageant in 2003....
2005. Mandak served as the weekday morning traffic reporter on NBC Connecticut until leaving in 2011 to work at Yale University in the Health and Wellness field.
Mandak represented Connecticut in the Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...
pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....
of North Carolina
Miss North Carolina USA
The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....
. Mandak had placed second runner-up to Sheila Wiatr in the Miss Connecticut USA
Miss Connecticut USA
The Miss Connecticut USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Crown Productions, who took over the pageant in 2003....
2004 pageant a year prior to winning her state crown.
Mandak was born and raised in Honeoye Falls, NY and graduated from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in journalism and mass media. At the time of her pageant win she was working as a real estate ageant. She has also appeared as an extra in the recent “Stepford Wives” motion picture.
Mandak crowned her successor, Jeannine Phillips
Jeannine Phillips
Jeannine Phillips is a beauty queen from Lisbon, Connecticut who has competed in Miss USA pageant.Phillips won the Miss Connecticut USA 2006 title in a state pageant held Danbury, Connecticut in November 2005...
, in November 2005.
Mandak worked as a traffic reporter for Metro Networks in Hartford,CT.
On Feb, 9th 2009 She started doing traffic reports for WNYW
WNYW
WNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...
FOX5's Good Day New York
Good Day New York
Good Day New York is a weekday morning news and entertainment feature show which airs on WNYW, the New York City flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company...
On July 5th, 2010 Mandak began reporting the morning traffic for WVIT
WVIT
WVIT, virtual channel 30, is the NBC owned and operated television station for the state of Connecticut, licensed to New Britain. WVIT has its offices and studios located in West Hartford, and transmitter based in Farmington, Connecticut....
NBC Connecticut News Today, weekday mornings starting at 5am.