Katherine “Katie” Loretta McBroom loves all aspects of entertainment, whether she is watching it, writing about it, performing it herself or making it look pretty backstage.

Like most young girls, her passion for beauty began with a childhood love of playing dress-up.  She was reintroduced to the beauty industry in 2006 while dressing up on a larger scale, as a performer at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.  There she received training in wig maintenance and character makeup application by the WDW Entertainment Cosmetology department.

Katie launched her freelance beauty business, Katherine Loretta Makeup Artistry, after graduating from Joe Blasco Makeup Center East in 2007. There she studied under David Langford (NBC Television Makeup Department, Disneyland Television Productions) and Ozzy Alvares (Land of the Dead, Spiderman 2, Hostel) and became certified in all phases of makeup for motion picture, television, theater, runway, and special occasion. In addition to her professional makeup certification, she is licensed to practice cosmetology in the state of Florida.

In 2009 she joined The Palm Beach Post staff after previous stints as an intern and freelancer. She is a beauty product reviewer on the Gal Friday Product Panel that runs every Friday in the Accent section. At the Post she works primarily on TGIF, the publication's weekly entertainment section, highlighting entertainment events. She also collaborates with the fashion staff by contributing to photo shoots as makeup artist and fashion assistant.

In the summer of 2009 she returned to the stage as Frenchy in the Lake Worth Playhouse’s production of Grease. The following season she was cast as Nora in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, also at The Lake Worth Playhouse.

She hopes to continue exploring the entertainment industry and furthering herself as an artist. In her limited free time, she likes to tour the stand-up comedy scene with her funny fiancé.