The anchors of NBC’s Today Show have become recognizable staples of morning news TV for years, although you’d be hard pressed to recognize many of them based on what they looked like when they were younger!
Hosts like Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and more have been mainstays of the news world for decades now, but their vibrant early years are certainly worth looking back on as well.
Take a look at some of the most popular anchors from the NBC News morning show compared to their younger selves, from Savannah and Hoda, to Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones…
© Getty ImagesSavannah Guthrie
This photo of Savannah’s from her college days definitely has the same wide, bright smile we’ve grown accustomed to, albeit with a much darker mane behind it. When Savannah first started at NBC as well, she sported chocolate brown locks.
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Savannah was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1971 but moved to Tucson, Arizona when she was just two. She was raised in Arizona and graduated from the University of Arizona, later obtaining a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
© Getty ImagesHoda Kotb
© Getty ImagesAl Roker
Al certainly has the same inquisitive look during his younger days, saying on the air when this picture was shown that he was likely 20 years old at the time and still a college student.
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Al was born in 1954 in Queens, NYC and has spent most of his life in New York, going to school in Manhattan as well. He graduated from the State University of New York in Oswego, and after years spent in Washington D.C. and Cleveland, finally moved back to NYC in 1983.
© Getty ImagesCraig Melvin
© Getty ImagesDylan Dreyer
Dylan’s glamor shot is a classic trademark of ’80s style, boasting big hair, a glossy lip, a shiny gold jacket, and that undeniable softening filter.
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Dylan was born in 1981 in Manalapan Township, New Jersey and remained in the state until she graduated from Rutgers University. After stints in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, she finally joined Today in 2012 and moved to New York.
© Getty ImagesSheinelle Jones
Sheinelle’s childhood photo still encapsulates her warm and inviting presence, and as it turns out, still happens to be her Facebook profile picture!
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Sheinelle was born in 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved at an early age to Kansas, attending schools in Wichita. She eventually graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, one of the world’s top journalism schools.
© Getty ImagesJenna Bush Hager
Unlike her co-hosts, though, Jenna Bush Hager has been in the spotlight since birth, the daughter of 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush, and the granddaughter of 41st President George H.W. Bush, a descendant of a long political lineage.
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Jenna was born in Dallas, Texas in 1981 and moved to Austin when she was 13 when her father was elected Governor of Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and moved to Washington D.C. in 2001 when her father was elected President.
