Vanessa Minnillo
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| Born | November 9, 1980 Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines |
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| Occupation | Entertainment Tonight correspondent |
Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is mostly known for hosting Total Request Live on MTV from 2003–2007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. She was born at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines.
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[edit] Early life
Her father, Vince, is an American of Italian and Irish descent. Her mother, Helen Berecero, is a Filipina from the province of Pampanga on Luzon,[1][2] whom Vince met while based in the Philippines, though Minnillo referred to her mother as Polynesian on at least one occasion.[3] Vanessa has an adopted brother, Vincent, who is two years older than her.
As a child, Minnillo's family moved numerous times due to her father's work in the United States Air Force, including living in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and placing Minillo in eight different schools within nine years.[4] Minillo's parents separated in 1983, divorced in 1986.[5]
Subsequent to Helen's remarriage to a United States Air Force serviceman, Minnillo and her brother moved to Turkey with their mother and stepfather. By 1990, as a result of Desert Shield, Minnillo and her brother returned to their father's home, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina where she attended Bishop England High School and was a cheerleader.[6]
Minnillo is fluent in English and has passing knowledge of two languages spoken in the Philippines: Kapampangan and Tagalog. She has a close relationship with her stepmother Donna Minnillo and brother Vincent, but is estranged from her mother.[6]
[edit] Beauty pageants
Minnillo entered the public eye as Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998, and went on to be crowned as the winner of the 1998 Miss Teen USA pageant. She was the first delegate from South Carolina to capture the title and the first winner of the pageant to be chosen as Miss Congeniality.
She later co-hosted the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant with Tony Potts and Miss Universe 2007 with Mario López.
[edit] Career
[edit] Hosting
She is best known for hosting MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), 2003–2007[7] and as an Entertainment Tonight NYC correspondent, 2005-2007.
She hosted Miss Teen USA (2004) and co-hosted Miss Universe (2007).
Minnillo was a finalist in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke as host for the show Wild On[citation needed] losing out to Cindy Taylor.
[edit] Advertising
Since leaving MTV and Entertainment Tonight, she has been featured in a print and web-based advertising campaign for BONGO Jeans' Spring/Summer 2007 collection[8]
She has been the spokesperson of Flirt! Cosmetics, a line she helped create that debuted in August 2007 in Kohl's department stores.[9]
In May 2006, Maxim magazine listed Minnillo as #15 in its Hot 100 issue.[10]
She was on the covers of Maxim (October 2006, October 2007), Shape (March 2007) and Lucky (July 2007).
[edit] Acting
Minnillo was featured in Vegas magazine (2008) where she revealed her next path of career is acting. She later confirmed to People magazine she indeed got a role in the movie "Redefining Love" out (2009, she also started shooting her first spoof movie/comedy "goodie two shoes" out july 29,2008.
[edit] Filmography
- Goodie Two Shoes (2008)
- Redefining Love (2009)
- Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) as Johnny’s Wedding Date
[edit] Television
- That's Life (1 episode, 2001) as Cheerleader
- City Guys (1 episode, 2001) as Hot Girl
- The Bold and the Beautiful (8 episodes, 2001) as Amanda Wexler
- Maybe It's Me (1 episode, 2002) as Sexy Student
- How I Met Your Mother (1 episode, 2008) as Ashlee
[edit] Personal life
Minnillo was in a sporadic three-year relationship with New York Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter beginning November 2003-2006. She is currently dating Nick Lachey, after meeting for a video shoot for Lachey's music video, What's Left of Me.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Nepales, Ruben V; Pampanga-born Vanessa Minnillo going places; Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ^ Ayuyang, Rachelle Q; There's Something About Vanessa
- ^ "Dressed To Kill"; Maxim Online
- ^ http://www.bongo.com/ accessdate 2007-08-19
- ^ http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/vanessaminnillo.html|CelebrityWonder.com, retrieved 2007-08-13
- ^ a b IMDb biography, access date 1008=7-08-19
- ^ http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=8e5e663a-838a-40e6-9ac0-c3194ba3f37f accessdate 2007-08-19
- ^ Vanessa Flashes Her BONGO - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
- ^ Vanessa Minnillo’s New Gig: Makeup Designer! - Off the Rack - StyleWatch - People.com
- ^ Vanessa Minnillo of 2006 Hot 100 on Maxim.com
- ^ http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/vanessaminnillo.html|CelebrityWonder.com, retrieved 2007-08-13
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Vanessa Minnillo at TV.com
- Vanessa Minnillo at the Internet Movie Database
- Vanessa Minnillo at People.com
| Preceded by Shelly Moore |
Miss Teen USA 1998 |
Succeeded by Ashley Coleman |
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| Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam |
Miss USA Shawnae Jebbia |
Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo |
