Robin Meade Bio
Robin Michele Meade, daughter of Linro and Sharon Meade, was born at New London Hospital on April 29th, 1969. Robin spent most of her growing years here in New London. Her parents spent several years on Newkirk St. here in New London. Later they moved to Zenobia Road in Clarksfield just North of New London.
Robin Meade graduated from New London High School in the Class of 1987 and was a very talented little lady. She had studied voice and could play the piano as well as the jflute and french horn. She was a very busy young lady as was involved in just about everything that went on at New London High School. The little “Tom Boy” had grown into a petite and very smart little gal.
Her pageant life started by winning the Miss Firelands Festival Title in 1986. Later in 1987 she won the Huron County Junior Miss title. Robin later attended Malone College and went on to graduate from Ashland University in 1991.
In 1990 she had won the Miss Parma Heights contest and was in the Miss Ohio Pageant for the first time winning the preliminary swim suit contest award that year. In 1991 she won the Miss Ashland contest and again participated in the Miss Ohio Contest and was a semi finalist that year. Winning the Miss Mansfield 1992 title she again tried for the Miss Ohio Crown. This time she succeeded and became Miss Ohio 1993.
After spending the summer traveling the State of Ohio she went to Atlantic City in Sept. to represent Ohio in the Miss America Contest. Her platform was “The Importance of Buying American Made Goods.” Her talent was Popular Vocal and she chose “Alexanders Ragtime Band” as her feature song which all New Londoners now remember. The little five foot five inch, 110 lb brown haired, hazel eyed beauty Age 23 captured one of the top ten finishes in the Miss America pageant. She was a featured performer during the 1994 Miss Ohio Pageant also.
Robin’s major at Ashland University was Radio-TV and her ambition has been to become a journalist. She started her TV career working for WMFD TV in Mansfield, Ohio where she worked for about two years then was at WJW TV channel eight in Cleveland for a short while. She then went to WCMK TV 4 in Columbus where she again spent a short period before going to Channel 3 in Miami, Fl. After a year in Miami she transferred to Channel 5 Chicago where she was a news anchor.
She now is finding a new audience for CNN’s Headline New Morning Express as anchor. The ratings have been at an all time high since Robin has let her personality take over the always fresh banter between segments.
On November 6th, 1993 Robin was married to Tim Yeager of Castalia, Ohio, a young man she first met in the library at Ashland Universlity. They were married in the Ashland University Memorial Chapel. The two were just made for each other. Mrs Yeager has come a long ways since her early days here in little New London, Ohio and our town is very proud of this young lady!
