Vanessa Minnillo
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Vanessa Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980. She is an American television personality and actress. 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.
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 Minnillo in eight different schools within nine years Minillo’s parents separated in 1983, divorced in 1986.
As the winner of the 1998 "Miss Teen USA" pageant, Minnillo was also awarded the title and honor of Miss Congeniality 1998. She later went on to serve as a backstage correspondent for "The 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant" in 2001, a judge for "Miss Teen USA" in 2003, a host for “Miss Teen USA” in 2004, a judge for “Miss Teen USA” in 2007 and co-host of the 2007 “Miss Universe Pageant” in Mexico City.
Subsequent to Helen’s remarriage to another United States Air Force serviceman, Vincent and Vanessa 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. Vanessa Joy Minnillo was raised from then on by her father and his second wife Donna.
In addition, Minnillo has appeared on numerous television sitcoms such as The WB’s "Maybe it’s Me" in 2002, CBS’s "That’s Life" in 2001 and NBC’s "City Guys" in 2001. She also had a recurring role on CBS’s "Bold and the Beautiful" and was one of the finalists in E!’s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke, previous hostess for "Wild On."
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. She has been the spokesperson of Flirt! Cosmetics, a line she helped create that debuted in August 2007 in Kohl’s department stores. In May 2006, Maxim magazine listed Minnillo as #15 in its Hot 100 issue. She was on the covers of Maxim on October 2006, October 2007.
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