Azalea Festival Queen is former WWAY reporter, current Fox News anchor

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) —  The 2016 North Carolina Azalea Festival announces its Queen and the celebrities who will be coming to the Port City next month.

The Queen is Anna Kooiman, a former WWAY reporter, now co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend and a general assignment reporter for Fox News Channel in New York.

She will be the festival’s 69th Queen and festival President Robby Collins says he is “thrilled to bring Anna back to the Port City.”

Kooiman, a UNCW alum, got her start in TV at WWAY, where she worked from 2005 to 2007.

Some of the invited guests joining Kooiman are retired four-star general of the US Army Dan McNeil, Nickelodeon Actress Brec Bassinger and American Idol Season 14 runner-up Clark Beckham.

The Azalea Festival kicks off April 6.