QVC host Shawn Killinger has a kind of breezy authority that makes her stand out among other hosts on the West Chester-based shopping network, writes Erik Piepenburg for The New York Times. 

While her presentations look effortless, for Killinger they feel like she is “pedaling a unicycle uphill through a rancid windstorm while juggling flaming swords while chewing gum and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.” 

She never lets it show, though. Her friendly composure makes viewers feel like she is not hustling them and ensures they are having fun during her segments. 

“The big secret is that I don’t sell,” she said. “I’m not a salesperson. I’m a storyteller.” 

Killinger has been presenting on QVC for the last 17 years. After all that time, she is finally at peace with being able “to go on camera and be savage vulnerable and talk about chin hair.” 

“I am much more comfortable letting it all hang out,” said the Penn State graduate, “which frankly is hysterical because for the first 40-plus years of my life I was terrified to do that.” 

Read more about Shawn Killinger on QVC in The New York Times. 

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