Shehnaz Khan

Shehnaz Khan (born 23 February 1992) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster.
Early life
Shehnaz Khan was born in Royal Leamington Spa, on 23 February 1992.
Shehnaz attended North Leamington Community School and Arts College. After completing a bachelors degree in Celebrity Journalism from Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, Shehnaz moved to London to undertake a postgraduate course in Broadcast Journalism, from City University London.
Career
During her second year of University in 2012, Shehnaz began writing for multinational internet news corporation, , and most notably , , and Yahoo! TV. During her time at Yahoo! Celebrity, Shehnaz presented interviews with numerous celebrities and recording artists, including Trey Songz, Jay Sean, Rough Copy, Bridget Kelly and Cover Drive.
Shehnaz has previously written for the likes of The Daily Mirror, Eastern Eye Newspaper, online entertainment magazine, Dropout UK and university publication, StaffsLive.
In February 2013, Shehnaz auditioned and was shortlisted for ITV2 show, The Exclusives.
In October 2013, Shehnaz was assigned the role of head press officer at London-based PR agency, DLA Worldwide, where she managed press and publicity campaigns for various clients including Eddie Griffin, Chingy, Angel, May7ven, Javine, Atumpan and Moelogo.
Days after her 22nd birthday in February 2014, Shehnaz became the subject of internet fame, after a video of Beyoncé personally singing Happy Birthday to her during the Birmingham show of her Mrs Carter Show World Tour went viral, ending up on hundreds of websites all over the world including The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, BBC, Vogue, , PerezHilton, Daily Mirror, MTV, and Buzzfeed. Shehnaz was interviewed extensively in print and on radio after the video hit newswires, and as a direct result received numerous job offers and writing opportunities. As of today, the video has over 365,000 views on Shehnaz's Youtube.
As of recent, Shehnaz continues to work for Yahoo! and is also a regular columnist for The Huffington Post.
 
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