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{{short description|American news anchor and reporter}}
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| birth_name = Syma Chowdhry
| birth_place = [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
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| occupation = Reporter/On-Air Talent
| yearsactive = 1999-present
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'''Syma Chowdhry''' is a television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress. She currently works for [[News 12 Networks|News 12 New Jersey]].

==Career==
Chowdhry began her broadcasting career at [[News 14 Carolina]] in 2004 and later moved to News 12 New Jersey.{{r|kyw}} In 2011, she became the news anchor for ''First Forecast Mornings'', a weather-and-news morning show on [[WWJ-TV]] in [[Detroit]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-02-10 |title=WWJ Adds Syma Chowdhry To Morning News |language=en |work=TVNewsCheck |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/wwj-adds-syma-chowdhry-to-morning-news/ |access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref> ''First Forecast Mornings'' ended on December 28, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/no-more-local-morning-news-on-detroits-wwj_b73140|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214164100/https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/no-more-local-morning-news-on-detroits-wwj_b73140|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead|work=TVSpy|title=No More Local Morning News on Detroit's WWJ|first=Kevin|last=Eck|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref>

In 2013, Chowdhry moved to [[Philadelphia]] to work at [[KYW-TV]], another CBS-owned station.<ref name="kyw">{{Cite news |date=2013-10-03 |title=Syma Chowdhry Joins KYW's Eyewitness News |language=en |work=TVNewsCheck |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/syma-chowdhry-joins-kyws-eyewitness-news/ |access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref> She then returned to Detroit at [[WXYZ-TV]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-24 |title=Reporter Syma Chowdhry Joins WXYZ Detroit |language=en |work=TVNewsCheck |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/reporter-syma-chowdhry-joins-wxyz-detroit/ |access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref>

In 2021, Chowdhry announced she would leave WXYZ-TV and Detroit to relocate nearer extended family, returning to News 12.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hinds |first=Julie |date=February 28, 2021 |title=WXYZ-TV reporter Syma Chowdhry is leaving Detroit, a move prompted by pandemic |language=en-US |work=Detroit Free Press |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2021/02/28/reporter-syma-chowdhry-detroit-wxyz-tv-channel-7-moving-east-coast/6860203002/ |access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref> She opted to return to News 12 New Jersey

Syma has modeled for [[Rachael Ray (TV series)|The Rachael Ray Show]], [[MTV]], [[Pfizer]] and numerous print material, has appeared on [[Style Network]] and has appeared several times as an extra on [[Law & Order]]. She also hosted NYC-TV's show "Gigs" and ImaginAsianTV's "Pulse."{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

==Personal life==
Syma Chowdhry was born on [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Her father is from [[Pakistan]] and her mother is from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. She has a brother named Ehsan Chowdhry. Syma and her family moved to the New Jersey shore when she was three years old. Syma grew up in [[Toms River, New Jersey]] and attended [[Toms River High School North]].

==Pageant life==
Syma competed in several pageants. In 2002, she competed in the [[Miss New Jersey]] 2002 pageant, finishing as 3rd runner up. Also that year, she placed 1st runner up in the [[Miss Pennsylvania USA]] pageant. In January 2003, she won the title of Miss Central Coast, qualifying again for Miss New Jersey. {{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==References==
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