Ebony Steele
Birth Name:
Ebony Steele
Birth Place:
United States
Fast Facts
- Earned her B․S․ degree in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University
- Met her long-time comedic collaborator Rickey Smiley when he was working at a Thom McCann shoe store
- Her hosting style, on radio and television, is marked by both sensitivity and wit
- Spent years as a model, was crowned Miss Tuskegee during college, won Miss Gulf Coast and won numerous awards at the following Miss Alabama pageant
- Credits her grandmother Flora McGhee, the founder of the first black owned modeling school in Birmingham, with inspiring her to pursue dance and radio
- Dreamed of owning her own dance studio from a young age and eventually founded Ebony Arrington Dance & Performance, Inc
- She has been featured in "The Birmingham News" and on the cover of "Birmingham Magazine," as well as in other publications