TV Host and Beauty Entrepreneur
Article by DARCY THARP
Markette knew she just had to believe in herself, commit to her purpose, and work
“It’s all about trying to nail it every single day”
as hard as she could to make it happen. Her dedication paid off, and since then, she has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, VH1’s national morning show Big Morning Buzz Live, and on ABC’s Live! With Kelly & Michael in the Coast-to-Coast Cohost Search, where she became a top four candidate.
As the host of Great Day Washington on
Witnessing Markette come alive on screen,
WUSA, the CBS station in Washington, DC,
is proof that she is the quintessential
Markette
every
inspiration for finding your purpose in
single morning. The first thing you notice
life and making your dreams a reality.
Sheppard
does
just
that
about Markette? It’s her magnetic smile that brightens up a room and lights up her whole face, warming everyone around her. That smile, backed by her inherent charisma is what draws viewers in each morning and gives them a taste of everything that’s happening in the district. Her popular morning
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show offers a sense of fun and a welcome relief from all of the politics and stressful business that goes on in the capital city. Markette’s success on TV is all the more fascinating considering she started this career path in an uncommon matter, which involved quitting
her
steady,
full-time
job and taking the leap of faith to follow her passion. Saying that, “Fear is good. Fear forces you to make measured decisions.”
With
her
the
mother
TV
career of
blossoming,
a
toddler,
and
as
Markette
still found time to start exploring her entrepreneurial company,
side
Messenger
by
launching
Beauty,
a
her
natural,
organic cosmetics e-boutique. Having always had
an
interest
in
beauty
products,
Markette’s impetus to start her company was fully put into motion after a health scare involving fibroid tumors made her re-examine her lifestyle and start being aware of everything in her kitchen and her makeup bag.
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