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Tina Shelton is a United States television and stage personality. She is known mainly as a news anchor and reporter at KHON-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii, the state's Fox affiliate. Shelton is also a theatrical actress. She has appeared on various live theatrical productions.
Shelton has been a mainstay in Hawaii television news reporting for 32 years. She worked at KHVH news radio, KGMB-TV, KITV and KHON-TV. She was known for her investigative reporting and covering the Federal District Court of the Hawaii District. [1]
Shelton is a graduate of the University of Hawai'i journalism program ( Kapi'olani Community College and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) and was recognized as an "Outstanding Young Alumna" in the University of Hawaiʻi Distinguished Alumni Awards in 1989. Her work has been nominated for regional Emmy awards and she has won several local reporting awards. She is the only journalist to be recognized as a University of Hawaiʻi Distinguished Alumni. [2]
Shelton is active in the Community Theater. She is well-known as her role as Mrs. Anna Leonowens in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. She has also headlined in local productions of Guys and Dolls, Camelot and the musical Once Upon a Mattress with the Army Community Theater. [3]
On June 27, 2007, Shelton was appointed the director of public relations by the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. [2] [4]
Shelton is married to Steve Beaudry. They were married on July 30, 1994, in Honolulu. [5]