PERSON: Barbie Basset
Employer
WLBT
Position
Meteorologist & News Anchor
Biography
Originally from Marks, Mississippi, Barbie was reared on a farm as the last of four children.
Barbie graduated from Mississippi College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. She received a Master of Science degree from Mississippi State University with concentration in Broadcast Meteorology.
Barbie has been granted the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society and has been awarded “Best Weathercast” by the Associated Press several times. She was WLBT’s first chief meteorologist in its 50+ year history.
Barbie won the 2000 Mrs. Mississippi International title. At the Mrs. International pageant, she was named a semi-finalist in the Top 15 as she competed against women from all over the world. She has held four state beauty pageant titles and one national title over the years. Barbie is an accomplished opera singer, ventriloquist, pianist, and model.
Barbie sits on the Boards of Directors for the Mississippi Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation and the Christmas Village. Additionally, she is on the Advisory Council for the Madison-Ridgeland Junior Auxiliary and a graduate of Leadership Mississippi. She is Vice President of the American Meteorological Society Jackson Chapter, teaches two-year-olds in Sunday school and sings on the Praise Team at Colonial Heights Baptist Church, a Life Member of the Madison-Ridgeland Junior Auxiliary, and is a member of the Junior League of Jackson.
Barbie was selected as the “Volunteer of the Year” for the National Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation and has been named one of Mississippi’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
Barbie was also voted by Mississippi Magazine readers as their “Favorite Media Personality for 2007.” Mississippi College has named Barbie as one of their “Distinguished Alumnae for 2007.” The Salvation Army named her their “Angel Award” recipient and readers of the Jackson Free Press have voted her as the “Best TV Personality” for several years. Readers of the Jackson Free Press also named her “Best Public Figure” several years in a row.
Barbie has donated her hair 11 times to Great Lengths, an organization that makes human hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer. A Guinness Book of World Record was set in 2007 in Clinton, Mississippi, with the Great Lengths project that she and former co-worker Stephanie Bell-Flynt spearheaded.
Barbie owns Cloud 9 Clothiers, an online women’s boutique which can be found on Facebook, a biotech franchise, and is a Founder of Qyral which is a tele-dermatology company. Barbie owns Good News Candle Company and creates unique candles for boutiques around the country.
She’s written two best sellers: “Forecasts & Faith: 5 Keys to Weathering the Storms of Life” and “Carry An Umbrella When There’s No Rain in the Forecast”.
In her spare time, she enjoys storm chasing, collecting Barbie Dolls, spending time on the family farm and homeschooling her children Grace, Will Christian, and Lilly Faith.
[Https://www.barbiebassett.com/about]
Barbie graduated from Mississippi College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. She received a Master of Science degree from Mississippi State University with concentration in Broadcast Meteorology.
Barbie has been granted the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society and has been awarded “Best Weathercast” by the Associated Press several times. She was WLBT’s first chief meteorologist in its 50+ year history.
Barbie won the 2000 Mrs. Mississippi International title. At the Mrs. International pageant, she was named a semi-finalist in the Top 15 as she competed against women from all over the world. She has held four state beauty pageant titles and one national title over the years. Barbie is an accomplished opera singer, ventriloquist, pianist, and model.
Barbie sits on the Boards of Directors for the Mississippi Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation and the Christmas Village. Additionally, she is on the Advisory Council for the Madison-Ridgeland Junior Auxiliary and a graduate of Leadership Mississippi. She is Vice President of the American Meteorological Society Jackson Chapter, teaches two-year-olds in Sunday school and sings on the Praise Team at Colonial Heights Baptist Church, a Life Member of the Madison-Ridgeland Junior Auxiliary, and is a member of the Junior League of Jackson.
Barbie was selected as the “Volunteer of the Year” for the National Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation and has been named one of Mississippi’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
Barbie was also voted by Mississippi Magazine readers as their “Favorite Media Personality for 2007.” Mississippi College has named Barbie as one of their “Distinguished Alumnae for 2007.” The Salvation Army named her their “Angel Award” recipient and readers of the Jackson Free Press have voted her as the “Best TV Personality” for several years. Readers of the Jackson Free Press also named her “Best Public Figure” several years in a row.
Barbie has donated her hair 11 times to Great Lengths, an organization that makes human hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer. A Guinness Book of World Record was set in 2007 in Clinton, Mississippi, with the Great Lengths project that she and former co-worker Stephanie Bell-Flynt spearheaded.
Barbie owns Cloud 9 Clothiers, an online women’s boutique which can be found on Facebook, a biotech franchise, and is a Founder of Qyral which is a tele-dermatology company. Barbie owns Good News Candle Company and creates unique candles for boutiques around the country.
She’s written two best sellers: “Forecasts & Faith: 5 Keys to Weathering the Storms of Life” and “Carry An Umbrella When There’s No Rain in the Forecast”.
In her spare time, she enjoys storm chasing, collecting Barbie Dolls, spending time on the family farm and homeschooling her children Grace, Will Christian, and Lilly Faith.
[Https://www.barbiebassett.com/about]
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