Shannon Bex Biography
Shannon Bex (born as: Shannon Rae Bex) is an American singer, reality show personality, professional dancer, and member of the girl group Danity Kane. She is also a member of the group, Dumblonde alongside Aubrey O’Day.
Shannon Bex Age
Shannon is 39 years old as of 2019. She was born on 22 March 1980 in Gresham, Oregon, United States.
Shannon Bex Family
Her parents are Pamela May Bex and Marshall A. Bex. They raised their daughter in Gresham, Oregon. She has an older brother by the name Marshall Lee Bex and he owns a video production company.
Is Shannon Bex Married?
Yes, the American dancer is indeed married.
Shannon Bex Husband Ron Basada
Bex’s husband is known as Ron Basada. The two have been married since 2003 in a low key wedding ceremony that was attended by close friends and family. The couple doesn’t share their times or stories with the public. In 2013, Shannon shared one of her wedding photos on her Twitter account but it did not reveal Basada’s face. In 2015, she shared another photo via Instagram, this one revealed his face.
Shannon Bex Divorce – Is Shannon Still Married?
Shannon has never been divorced.
Shannon Bex’s PhotoShannon Bex Career Beginnings
At the age of six, Shannon began dancing and training in ballet. She did well and within no time, she danced for the Oregon Ballet Theatre in The Nutcracker under James Canfield. When she got to the age of twelve, she began training in other styles of dancing: lyrical, modern, hip hop and jazz. At 19, Bex learned more about performing with a group when she was a Portland Trail Blazers cheerleader. She got her first paid musical engagement when she was 22 with a cover band.
She was with the Portland Trail Blazers for five seasons as a dancer and singer. In the series Fame (2003), Shannon was a participant and she finished the competition in the runner-up position to Harlemm Lee.
On April 16, 2009, Bex got released from her Bad Boy recording contract by the record’s founder and president Sean “Diddy” Combs. After this, she said that she wanted to pursue a solo music career.
She soon after formed her band by the name Bex, and it consisted of several of the members of Elliot, a group for pop-rock music. With her group, she honored choreographers and dancers at the ” Dance Track ” Magazine 2011 Artist Awards gala for their work with major artists as well as with major films and small screen art. The group however was disbanded before it could release any song.
She released her first solo song, I’m Out, on iTunes on May 14, 2012.
Shannon Bex Danity Kane
Danity Kane is a girl group that was formed in December 2005 on MTV’s Making the Band 3, Season 2. At the group’s formation, Danity Kane comprised of five members; Aubrey O’Day, Dawn Richard, Wanita “D. Woods” Woodgett, Aundrea Fimbres and Shannon who was the only married member at the time and the oldest. They would often call her “the mother of the group”. D. Woods left the group in 2008 while Fimbres left it in 2014.
The group split in early 2009 with O’Day and Woodgett having been removed from the group by Sean “Diddy” Combs in October 2008. In 2013, Bex, Richard, O’Day and Fimbres announced that they were reuniting the group. Fimbres left again in 2014 but unfortunately the group was disbanded again when Dawn Richard punched Aubrey O’Day in the head. Since then, Bex and O’Day have created a dance/pop duo by the name Dumblonde.
Shannon Bex Songs
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Shannon Bex I’m Out
Shannon Bex Height
Bex is 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall.
Shannon Bex Net Worth
Shannon has an estimated net worth of $1 million.