She has been called a social entrepreneur, but if you ask Leeza Gibbons what she does, she'll simply answer "I'm a storyteller". From television news journalist and host, to radio personality, producer and businesswoman, Leeza has been entering America’s living rooms for over 25 years. While she would nationally burst on the scene as an anchor & reporter on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, it wouldn’t be until hosting her own daytime talker LEEZA that audiences would see Gibbons’ determination to get outside of the box and become a household name while highlighting her intelligence, sensitivity and compassion. Gibbons served as Executive Producer of LEEZA, which debuted on NBC in 1994 and continued nationally through 2000. Receiving nominations for both Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host every year it was eligible, LEEZA would garner 27 Daytime Emmy Nominations, winning three. It was during the series run that Gibbons’ impact on television would be awarded with one of Hollywood’s highest honors: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With her never-ending entrepreneurial creativity and a mind for business-building, Gibbons formed LEEZA GIBBONS ENTERPRISES (LGE) in 1994, and since then she has produced and developed the kinds of projects, partnerships and products that reflect her passions and concerns.

With her mineral based makeup system SHEER COVER, Leeza offers women another way to add value and empowerment to their lives. Sheer Cover works with your natural skin tone to cover everything from small imperfections, rosacea and acne to scarring and pregnancy mask. “I’m hearing powerful stories of sheer courage and sheer determination – that transformative energy is powerful.”

Leeza Gibbons hosts and produces the nationally syndicated radio program HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL which is featured on over 125 radio stations across the country and is now entering it’s 15th year in production. In Los Angeles, Leeza also hosts a similar show focusing on music & entertainment topics called LEEZA LIVE on KBIG 104.3 FM.

Leeza's latest venture, SHEER INSPIRATION LIFE COACHING demonstrates her ongoing efforts to find creative ways to reach her audience and offer life-changing support. Sheer Inspiration is an innovative web business which supplies users with a personal coach via email and/or phone to tackle a variety of challenges ranging from feeling stuck and burned out to dealing with toxic and unfulfilling relationships

It was a need to serve her own family that prompted Gibbons to leave her daily post as managing editor and host of the newsmagazine EXTRA in 2003 in order to form THE LEEZA GIBBONS MEMORY FOUNDATION (a 501c3, non-profit) - her most personal endeavor to date. “I promised my mother I would take her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and use it to educate and inspire. We’re doing that through LEEZA’S PLACE, intimate settings in cities across the country where the newly diagnosed with any memory disorder and their caregivers can get education, empowerment and energy free of charge as they prepare for the journey ahead.”

To underscore how much “memories matter”, Gibbons created LEEZA GIBBONS LEGACIES, a scrapbooking line, which provides a system for preserving memories and encourages women to tell the stories of their lives. In addition, her LEEZA GIBBONS SCRAPBOOKING software program offers computer assisted scrapbooking taking her passion for crafting to a new level. Her proceeds from all of the scrapbooking products go to the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.

Gibbons’ book, SCRAPBOOKING TRADITIONS from Meredith Publishing, features heartwarming, personal stories to encourage others to celebrate memories and create new ones.

Gibbons leads a life of gratitude and while thrilled with all of her many professional accomplishments, she is most proud of her own family life. She has three children: daughter Lexi, and sons Troy and Nathan.

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