Georgina McGuinness
Journalist, Person
1966 –
Who is Georgina McGuinness?
Georgina McGuinness was the anchor of Nine News Adelaide's weekend 6pm news bulletin from 1989 to 2011.
An Adelaide native, born 29 August 1966, Georgina studied at Seymour College and at the Magill campus of the South Australian College of Advanced Education. She graduated in 1987 and joined Nine News as a reporter. Just a year later she was appointed weekend news anchor, which job she continued to 2011, along with filing special reports. In 2002, she was the anchor of the short lived local version of A Current Affair.
After a number of years presenting as both Georgina Allan, and later Georgina Thomas, she married former Adelaide Crows captain Tony McGuinness in 1999; the couple are now estranged. She is the mother of four children and is an ambassador for the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital and often appears in their promotional campaigns.
Until 2007 Georgina was also the co-anchor of the annual Adelaide Christmas Pageant telecast which airs in early November each year.
In October 2011, it was announced that McGuinness would not have her contract renewed with the Nine Network.
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