Nancy O’dell: ~ $2 Million
Nancy got herself the 1987 Miss South Carolina and represented her native state the next year in the Miss America beauty pageant. This led to her “discovery” of sorts and she quickly began her anchoring and reporting career with WPDE-TV and later worked at WCBD-T as their crime reporter.
But it was the popular show Access Hollywood that made Nancy a known face ever since she signed up for the show in 1996, until she left in 2009. Apart from this, she has hosted a few Miss Universe pageants as well as Miss USA ones, ensuring that her $2 million yearly income gets a boost from time to time.