Willow Bay
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Willow Bay (born December 28, 1963 in New York, New York) is the wife of Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger. She is currently hosting specials on Lifetime Television.
Born Christine Bay, Willow is former fashion model, represented by Ford Models throughout her career. Willow was often featured in Seventeen magazine. She was the face model for Estee Lauder cosmetics from 1983 to 1989.
She served as a correspondent for NBC's Today Show. She also wrote for Entertainment Weekly, and Fortune.
Bay was a co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America Sunday for four years and a correspondent for ABC's World News Saturday and World News Sunday. From 1991-1998, Bay was co-host with Ahmad Rashad of NBA Inside Stuff.
She was an anchor for CNN based in Los Angeles until 2000, and anchor of Moneyline News Hour.
Was a Freelance Anchor and Correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News during 2005 and 2006.
Willow attended the all-girls Dominican Academy in NYC, and graduated from the prestigious Phillips Academy. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate. She gained her MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. She was once linked with the basketball player Larry Johnson when he played for the New York Knicks and with Alonzo Mourning.
She has two sons with her husband Robert Iger, the current CEO of ABC/Disney, whom she married in 1995.[1]