Megan Mansell

Megan Mansell
Born
Megan Annear

(1990-07-24) 24 July 1990 (age 34)
SpouseGuy Mansell
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(m. 2020)​
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Children1
Career
ShowThe Edge Breakfast with Clint, Meg & Dan
StationThe Edge
NetworkMediaWorks New Zealand
Time slot6 am – 10 am
CountryNew Zealand

Megan Mansell (née Annear; born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand broadcaster. She is a co-host on The Edge Breakfast with Clint, Meg & Dan.

Early life

Mansell was born on 24 July 1990 in Lower Hutt.[2] She studied at the New Zealand Broadcasting School at Ara Institute of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3]

Career

Mansell started her radio career co-hosting the breakfast show on Classic Hits in Queenstown. In 2013, she began hosting The Edge Workdays of Awesome on radio station The Edge. In late 2017, she became a co-host of The Edge Breakfast with Dom, Meg & Randell, with Dom Harvey and Clint Randell.[4] In the 2020 New Zealand Radio Awards her team of breakfast hosts were finalists for Best Breakfast Show – Music Network.[5] Harvey left the show in July 2021, leading to a change in the show to The Edge Breakfast with Meg & Randell, then The Edge Breakfast with Nickson, Meg & Eli in 2022, and The Edge Breakfast with Clint, Meg & Dan in 2023.

In 2016, she launched a YouTube channel focusing on fashion and beauty, and in 2019 she received the Supreme Award for Influencer of the Year from fashion magazine Miss FQ.[6]

She is the inspiration behind the Urban Dictionary definition "Doing a Meg"[7]

Personal life

In 2018, she became engaged to co-worker Guy Mansell, and they married on 21 March 2020.[1][8] They have a daughter, Daisy, born on 24 October 2021.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Megan & Guy". New Zealand Weddings. 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "My Sunday: The Edge's Megan Annear". Stuff. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Megan Annear". www.ara.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "What The Edge host Megan Mansell is into right now | Ensemble Magazine". www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "NZBS features at the New Zealand Radio Awards 2020". New Zealand Broadcasting School. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Megan Mansell by Outspoken by Odd". outspokenbyodd.co.nz/. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Urban Dictionary: Doing a Meg". Urban Dictionary. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Megan Annear from The Edge announces engagement, tearfully explains Guy Mansell's romantic proposal". Newshub. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ Barton, Monika (9 April 2021). "The Edge radio host Meg Mansell announces she's pregnant with first baby". Newshub. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ Barton, Monika (27 October 2021). "The Edge radio host Meg Mansell welcomes 'perfect' baby daughter Daisy". Newshub. Retrieved 5 November 2021.