Former beauty queen Lindsey Burrell is signing off from Iowa TV next week, capping a three-year run as an anchor and reporter at Nexstar’s WHO13 in Des Moines as speculation swirls that she could be headed to Florida, where her boyfriend, WFLA sports anchor Jeff Dubrof, is based.
Burrell, who was first runner-up at the 2021 Miss South Carolina competition, is leaving WHO13 after joining the station in January 2023, according to the independent TV news industry blog FTVLive, which reported that her final week on air is next week.
FTVLive also reported that Burrell is dating Dubrof, a sports anchor at Nexstar-owned WFLA in Tampa, and speculated she could ultimately land at a Florida television station.
The blog did not cite a destination, and Burrell has not publicly announced her next job.
Burrell declined to comment when reached by The Post.
She built her television career across South Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa before emerging as one of WHO13’s versatile on-air personalities.
Burrell joined WHO13 in January 2023, where she anchored weekday dayside and evening newscasts, filled in on weekend and morning broadcasts, covered breaking news and major local events and contributed reports to Nexstar’s national cable network NewsNation.
She also produced the station’s “Remarkable Women” special, conducted long-form political interviews, covered Iowa’s inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race for Nexstar and reported extensively on community issues, education, government and public safety.
Before moving to Iowa, Burrell worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at KOTA Territory News and KEVN Black Hills FOX in Rapid City, SD, from August 2021 through December 2022.
Long before her television career, Burrell competed in the Miss America organization.
She finished as first runner-up at Miss South Carolina in 2021 while serving as Miss Spartanburg and received more than $13,000 in scholarship awards.
Her relationship with Dubrof has become increasingly public over the past year through social media posts from both journalists.
Dubrof previously worked as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at KCCI in Des Moines before leaving in October for WFLA in Tampa.
Although Burrell and Dubrof worked in the same television market for nearly three years, they were employed by competing stations before Dubrof relocated to Florida.
They later became employees of different Nexstar-owned stations in separate markets.
The Post has sought comment from WHO13 and Dubrof.
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