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Lara Spencer
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Spencer in 2014
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Lara Christine Von Seelen
June 19, 1969 Garden City, New York, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
| Occupation | Television host, television producer |
| Spouse(s) |
David Haffenreffer
(m. 2000; div. 2015)Richard McVey
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Lara Spencer (born Lara Christine Von Seelen on June 19, 1969) is a well-known American television journalist. She is famous for her work on ABC's Good Morning America. She has been a co-anchor and is now a contributor to the show.
Lara also works as a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. Before this, she hosted the entertainment news show The Insider from 2004 to 2011. She was also a regular on CBS's The Early Show. Lara hosted Antiques Roadshow on PBS for two seasons. She also hosts Flea Market Flip on HGTV and the Great American Country channel. In 2018, she decided to appear on Good Morning America three days a week. This allowed her to focus more on producing television shows.
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Early Life and Education
Lara Spencer grew up in Garden City, New York, a suburb of New York City. Her parents are Richard Ernest and Carolyn von Seelen. She finished high school at Garden City High School in 1987.
Lara went to Pennsylvania State University on a special scholarship. She was a talented competitive diver, focusing on springboard and platform diving. In 1991, her final year, she was named an All American Athlete. She earned a degree in broadcast journalism.
Career in Television
After college, Lara Spencer joined the NBC page program. She volunteered to work with reporters to gain experience. Her first job was at WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There, she worked as a multimedia journalist, filming and producing her own stories.
A year later, she moved to News 12 Long Island. Two years after that, she started anchoring overnight news for WABC-TV. Her reporting on the TWA Flight 800 crash caught the attention of national news leaders. In 1999, she joined ABC's Good Morning America as a national correspondent.
In 2017, Lara hosted a special series called People Icons. In 2019, she was a guest picker on College GameDay for a big football game between Michigan and Penn State.
Television Production Work
Lara Spencer is also a talented television producer. She created and was an executive producer for the game show It's Worth What?. This show aired in the summer of 2011 on NBC.
She also created and produced two TV shows based on her love for interior design. One was a special called I Brake for Yard Sales, which aired in 2012 on HGTV. The other is a series about flea markets called Flea Market Flip, which airs on Great American Country.
Other Projects
Lara Spencer has also written books. Her first book, I Brake for Yard Sales, was published in April 2012. It is a guide that teaches people how to make rooms look fancy using items found at secondhand sales.
She co-hosted the Miss America pageant twice with Chris Harrison. They hosted the 87th Miss America pageant in 2013 and the Miss America 2015 pageant in 2014. Both events took place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Her second book, Flea Market Fabulous: Designing Gorgeous Rooms with Vintage Treasures, came out in September 2014. This book offers tips on designing rooms and homes using vintage finds.
Personal Life
Lara Spencer married David Haffenreffer on September 30, 2000. They later divorced in June 2015.
In January 2018, Lara announced her engagement to Richard McVey. He is a technology entrepreneur from New York. They met through a mutual friend. Richard McVey is the founder and CEO of MarketAxess, a company that deals with financial technology. Lara Spencer and Richard McVey got married on September 1, 2018, in an outdoor ceremony in Vail, Colorado.
See also
In Spanish: Lara Spencer para niños
