From Megyn Kelly to Katie Couric, all female broadcast journalists have one thing in common:
wearing makeup on-camera is part of the job.
But some of these brilliant ladies chose to make their fresh faces the top story in their
lives, off set and even in front of the camera.
Here are the news anchors who are completely unrecognizable without makeup.
An award-winning correspondent who's been seen and heard by millions of people over
her long career, Katie Couric is an institution in the world of American journalism.
But these days, she's not afraid to get real with the public about her makeup routine.
"Can you believe how courageous I am to let you see me without makeup?
It's scary, right?"
No, Katie, it's awesome!
She's also not afraid to post makeup-free selfies on her Instagram page.
"Here's the after!
Much better right?
Well, a little better?"
Lori Stokes currently co-anchors Good Day New York, but before that, she was a co-anchor
for ABC's Eyewitness News for 17 years.
While she originally wanted to be a writer, the mother of two changed her major to broadcast
journalism, and found success in the field shortly thereafter.
"Welcome to this special on location of Good Day New York, I'm Rosanna Scotto.
And I'm Lori Stokes"
You might not believe it, but Stokes is in her late fifties!
And yes.
Her makeup-free selfie only proves she is ageless!
Gretchen Carlson knows a thing or two about beauty, given that she won Miss America in
back in 1989.
But the former CBS and Fox News anchor is more than just a pretty face.
She's an author and an advocate who bravely filed a harassment claim against the former
head of Fox News in 2016.
And when it comes to putting her best face forward?
She did an entire segment of her show The Real Story without makeup.
"Welcome back everyone!
Well, for the first time in cable news, here I am makeup free — for a reason."
That reason was to send an empowering message to girls, about their value.
"Thanks for sticking up for girls on international day of the girl"
Sports journalist, Jemele Hill, worked for ESPN in various capacities for over a decade.
Unafraid to speak her mind — which included being critical of President Donald Trump and
calling out racism where she thinks she sees it — ESPN bought out the remainder of her
contract in 2018 and she’s since become a staff writer at The Atlantic.
"It's tough for women in the business.
Especially black women.
The reality is that you have to show them what you aren't before they believe what you
are"
But that same year, Hill ditched the HD foundation for a series of makeup-free selfies in honor
of her birthday.
This is one woman who bravely reveals her truth right down to her freckles.
"Hi everybody I'm Savannah Guthrie from the Today show"
Anyone who watches The Today Show is familiar with the smiling face of anchor Savannah Guthrie,
who has been part of the broadcast for years.
"Well…
I would say a lot of times I'm very unmotivated.
Keep your abs in tight.
My abs are in tight"
But when she's not crushing it on camera, she's not afraid to take makeup-free selfies
as she travels the world taking her fans along for the ride.
And, speaking of The Today Show, we can't forget Hoda Kotb the award-winning co-anchor
of the show's fourth hour.
Kotb went bare-faced on the show for all the world to see, back in 2014, saying,
"the real deal.
No makeup, not a drop.
Nothing "
"I feel naked"
"I'm 45, I feel self-conscious."
But at least she had her co-host and friend there to do it with her…
Kathie Lee Gifford, who's has been a television staple since her time on Live with Regis and
Kathie Lee, joined her co-anchor Kotb on The Today Show, sporting only a swipe of lip gloss.
She joked,
"Here I am, bare and unafraid."
"We came into this world bare, naked, and that's the way we're gonna go out."
Amen to that.
A reporter and National NFL Insider for the ESPN network, Josina Anderson became the first
woman to earn the position in 2015.
Viewers can find her on shows like SportsCenter, Sunday NFL Countdown, and NFL Live, where
she goes all-in on the commentary and her camera-ready look.
"Sometimes I think about how much more we have to kinda put into our day"
"In addition to content, memorizing what you're saying, making sure you're poised before the
shot"
But the glamorous Heartland Emmy award-winner revealed she's also totally down to earth,
posting a 100 percent fresh faced selfie on Instagram, writing:
"This was last night before 'glam' this morning."
As a former NBC News anchor and current host of We'll Meet Again on PBS, Ann Curry has
done it all whether it's reporting on war-torn nations, interviewing world leaders, or covering
global tragedies.
But Curry made it personal when she joined the hosts of The Today Show in solidarity
with No Makeup Monday, declaring,
"This is the real me.
I'm glad to show it to you because you know, sometimes I feel like on the show I wear enough
makeup to frost a cake."
These days, Demetria Obilor graces the small screen as an anchor for ABC affiliate, WFAA-TV,
in Dallas, Texas.
These kids are fast ya'll.
But while she may be famous for cranking up the fun, even during a traffic segment, the
journalist stripped things down for an Instagram selfie, simply captioning it "fresh".
But if you think she's concerned one bit about what people think of her, she says:
"This is the way that I'm built, this is the way that I was born, I'm not going anywhere"
A longtime sports veteran, Erin Andrews is the sideline reporter for the lead broadcast
team for Fox Sports NFL coverage — that means that she’s on the squad that gets
all the top games every week.
She's also hosted on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and before that, she was a longtime
anchor on ESPN and Turner Sports.
"I always told my family I'd either be a marine biologist or probably dance for an NFL team"
While she's been praised by Playboy for her sportscaster looks, Andrews opened up about
her makeup routine with Glamour magazine, saying that she tries to keep it as natural
as possible.
She even goes fresh-faced on occasion, for her Instagram fans.
Meredith Vieira has hosted some big-time shows, including The View, The Today Show, and Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire, to name just a few.
The 14-time Emmy Award-winner was on CBS News for more than a decade, and has also clocked
editor and executive producer credits to her name.
"Oh stop…Thank you.
Thank you.
Stop thank you so much!"
Still, Vieira seemed to be a little intimidated by the idea of appearing on The Today Show
bare-faced.
But she did it anyway.
"Like it or not"
West Coast anchor for The Today Show, and anchor on Access, mom Natalie Morales is also
the author of At Home With Natalie Morales a cookbook that celebrates her healthy lifestyle.
She also joined her Today Show co-hosts sans contour for No Makeup Monday, exclaiming,
"I'm scaring little children at home right now!"
But all joking aside, Morales revealed that she usually sports a natural look, saying,
"This is actually the way I am most of the time.
What you see on TV is really very extraordinary.
I don't usually put a lot of makeup on."
Trade secrets revealed.
Tamron Hall doesn't mess around when it comes to slaying the biz.
She's the host of Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall on the Investigation Discovery channel
and before that, the veteran journalist was an anchor on Today's Take, MSNBC Live with
Tamron Hall, NBC News, and more.
The multiple-Emmy-nominated newscaster also won the coveted award in 2010 for her part
as a correspondent in an NBC special on Barack Obama's inauguration.
Confident in her talent and her beauty, she wasn't afraid to post a video to Instagram,
revealing to her fans,
"It's late, au natural, and PJs, getting ready to watch Deadline Prime on ID in about 5 minutes"
And if you've noticed an extra glow, she announced her pregnancy in 2019!
Daughter of the late Arizona senator John McCain, Meghan McCain currently serves as
the conservative-minded commentator on The View.
"One thing that we, one thing Joy and I always agree on is we hate ageism, and I just think
I learn so much from the older women in my life"
She has previously been a contributor to Fox News, and is the published author of several
books.
And even before all that, she was a contributor for The Daily Beast.
"Hello internet.
It's your old pal Meghan McCain"
Clearly not afraid to live life in the public eye, McCain even posted a bare-faced selfie
on her Instagram, with the caption,
"#nomakeup #nofilter #bedroomselfie because stripped down is as important as done up…"
Preach it sister.
Robin Meade has been hosting Morning Express with Robin Meade on the HLN network ever since
2001.
"We're still at this hour in the morning, trying to get my look solid.
I call it metamorphosis.
By 10am honey I look good"
Meade is also a New York Times bestselling author, and has even released two albums as
a singer-songwriter.
In her tenure as a journalist, she has covered several presidential inaugurations, hosted
"Ask Oprah's All Stars," and jumped out of a plane with George H.W. Bush on live TV.
Meade also isn't afraid to snap the occasional selfie sans makeup, either which she has posted
on both her blog and on Instagram.
The weekend morning anchor on ABC 13 out of Houston, Texas, Erica Simon was previously
a journalist for an ABC affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida, where she received two Emmy nominations
for her work.
Simon has gifted her fans with several selfies without foundation on both Twitter and Instagram,
which caught a little more buzz from the media because of her beautiful freckles.
When asked about why she covers them, she told the Houston Chronicle that it's standard
process for all anchors to wear foundation, admitting,
"We all have the same 'uniform.'"
"Is there a place where you tweet?
Well the bathroom is a really good place for tweeting"
Michelle Beadle hosts NBA Countdown on the ABC and ESPN networks a role she assumed in
2016.
Additionally, she's also the host of NBA After the Buzzer.
Prior to that, Beadle was a host on SportsNation alongside Marcellus Wiley and LZ Granderson
on the ESPN network.
And if you thought she looked familiar but you're not exactly into sports, she also hosted
red carpet interviews for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards Pre-Show.
Instagram fans found Beadle looking fresh-faced in a video on her page, during which she was
helping to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey victims.
Host of NASCAR Race Hub and NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition on the Fox Sports network,
Lindsay Czarniak previously worked at the ESPN network as an anchor on several shows,
including NASCAR Now, SportsNation, and SportsCenter.
Additionally, she was an anchor on CNN's Bleacher Report, and was a sports anchor at WRC-TV
in Washington, D.C., where she hosted Lunch With Lindsay.
The Emmy Award-winner proved she doesn't let her talent go to her head, when she posted
a selfie of herself sans makeup, after a mishap with one of her son's toys required some emergency
hair management.
Cari Champion co-anchors SportsCenter Coast-to-Coast on the ESPN network.
She's also the host of the podcast Be Honest with Cari Champion, where she discusses sports
and popular culture with a variety of "outspoken" guests.
Before that, Champion was a host on both SportsNation on ESPN and First Take on ESPN2, and an anchor
on the Tennis Channel.
"I was gonna be Katie Couric, I was gonna be Oprah, that was it, I was gonna be a star.
Didn't work out that way.
I mean I didn't do too bad!"
Champion posted a glowing, bare-faced selfie on her Instagram page, noting that it was
for her fellow journalists Jemele Hill and Kelly L. Carter.
"What did you wanna do when you were a kid?
“First a cowgirl, then a journalist, then a lawyer, then a journalist again"
A former corporate defense attorney turned journalist and TV host, Megyn Kelly helmed
The Kelly File on Fox News, followed by Megyn Kelly Today on NBC.
Kelly is also the author of Settle for More, a memoir about her life and experiences.
These days, she's also well-known for feuding with Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential
election.
"You've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.
...Only Rosie O'Donnell"
No stranger to a little controversial press, Kelly wasn't afraid to share a bare-faced
selfie on her Facebook in 2014, captioning it simply,
"The natural me!"
As she's rarely seen without makeup, that might just be one of her boldest moves yet.
Check out one of our newest videos right here!
Plus, even more List videos about your favorite stars are coming soon.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one.