Early Career
Carter was born in Milwaukee, Wis. and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with a bachelor of arts degree in Communications and a minor in Fine Arts.
Carter began her broadcasting career by appearing in television commercials which included a national spot for Mr. Coffee, working alongside baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. She later hosted the Ohio lottery drawing and co-hosted Soul Soundtrax, a music video show that aired in Cleveland, Ohio. Arsenio Hall was among Carter's many co-hosts on the show.
Her background also includes work on radio as a morning drive anchor, public affairs show host and on-air personality at WJMO-AM and as a news reporter at WGAR-FM, both in Cleveland. She later joined the QVC Home Shopping Network ( based in West_Chester, Pa. ) as an on-air talent, advertising the network's merchandise. Prior to beginning her broadcasting career, Carter worked as a sales representative for a publishing company. She later began modeling at the suggestion of a photographer who approached her at a fashion show. After a brief and successful stint modeling freelance, she decided to pursue it as a full-time career, resigning her job at the publishing firm, to work for the Midwestern-based firm David and Lee.
Carter currently resides in Howard County, Maryland.
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