You may recognize Maria Quiban from her long and successful stint as a weather girl for FOX 11 in L.A. She was born as Maria Aviso in the Philippines but moved to the U.S. when she was nine years old and her family relocated to Honolulu. It was there that she married her first husband, with whom she had her son, Desmond.
She began her career while still in Hawaii, working at KHNL, before ultimately moving to Los Angeles. In 2000, she landed the job of weather anchor on KTTV. Five years later, she earned her degree in meteorology from Mississippi State by taking online courses. Quiban has appeared in several films and TV shows, including ‘Bruce Almighty’ and ‘Criminal Minds’.
Jennifer Delgado
The Weather Channel’s Jennifer Delgado has made headlines a few times during her career – but not for anything good – until recently, anyways. During a weather forecast she delivered during Hurricane Matthew in 2016, she made the absurd claim that Haitian children were “eating deforested trees.” There was public outrage over the comments, and even a petition started to get her fired. More than 20,000 signatures were collected for the cause.
Unfortunately, Delgado was diagnosed with blood cancer not long after the other issue occurred. Luckily, however, she was able to beat it with the help of blood transfusions and is now in remission. She has a Twitter account where she’s posted about the procedures.
Llarissa Abreu
Llarissa Abreu is a talented multilingual broadcaster who works as the weekend weather anchor and reporter at NBC 7. This awesome weather girl has worked for several major companies over the course of her career, including The AccuWeather Network, Latino Vision, and Univision. And that is just scratching the surface.
Abreu has extensive knowledge of the weather world, thanks to studying Broadcast Journalism at Barry State. She is also currently working towards her master's in Geo Science Applied Meteorology from Mississippi State. Abreu has said that she’s most fascinated by hurricanes, out of all of the types of weather phenomena.
Sugey Ábrego
Born in 1978 in Veracruz, Mexico, this wonderful weather girl has always been interested in being in front of a camera. After studying acting, she went on to have a prolific career in the field. Her first time on TV was in the TV show Mujer in 2003. Since then, she has performed in telenovelas and other TV shows such as Barrera de Amor, Como Dice el Dicho, and Tenías Que Ser Tú.
When Ábrego’s career got her to weather broadcasting it was on Canal 4 on Mexican TV. She would often give the forecast in short, revealing clothing. In 2016, her skin-tight outfit malfunctioned on the air, causing quite the stir, and making her globally famous.
Christina Jade Loren
Simply known as Christina Loren, this beautiful woman has been in the meteorology business for a long time now. You might recognize her from her work at RFD-TV in Nashville, which she has been doing since 2015. A true professional, Loren is a certified meteorologist, which is surprising when you learn that she was born in California where the weather rarely changes.
Loren has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Theological Studies. Before joining RDF-TV, Loren worked for CBS News in Miami. She used to do the weekend forecast and midday traffic news reports. With all that knowledge and all that experience, we can count on her to tell us about the weather anytime, anywhere.