Vanessa Minnillo Profile
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Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Minnillo
Born November 9, 1980 (1980-11-09) (age 27) Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines
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 Pampanga.
Contents
1 Early life 2 Beauty pageants 3 Career
3.1 Hosting 3.2 Advertising
4 Filmography 5 Television 6 Personal life 7 References 8 External links
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, 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. 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. 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.
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.
Career
Hosting She is best known for hosting MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), 2003–2007. Minnillo was a finalist in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke as host for the show Wild On, though the job went to Cindy Taylor.
Advertising Since exiting MTV and Entertainment Tonight, she has been featured in a print and web-based advertising campaign for BONGO Jeans' Spring/Summer 2007 collection In May 2006, Maxim magazine listed Minnillo as #15 in its Hot 100 issue. She has also graced both covers for Maxim's October issues in 2006 and 2007. Minnillo was also featured on covers for Shape in March 2007 and Lucky magazine in July 2007.
Filmography
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) as Johnny’s Wedding Date
Television
Maybe It's Me (1 episode, 2002) as Sexy Student 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
Personal life Minnillo was in a sporadic three-year relationship with New York Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter beginning November 2003. Minnillo was the subject of a media frenzy when photos of her were released in the Summer of 2007 seemingly under the influence while posing with knives with Lindsay Lohan. She is currently dating singer Nick Lachey.
References
^ Nepales, Ruben V; Pampanga-born Vanessa Minnillo going places; Philippine Daily Inquirer
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
Miss Universe titleholders (1998)
Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam Miss USA Shawnae Jebbia Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo
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