![]() Contact Vanessa Minnillo |
| Full Name: | Vanessa Minnillo |
Get that fuzzy feeling inside...
|
Los Angeles Times - Found Sep. 25, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo 'My goal is to be acting and winning an Oscar,' the 27-year-old MTV alum recently told . 'I want to be an actress with an Oscar and |
|
Los Angeles Times - Found Sep. 24, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo already has a Nick ? as in Lachey ? her long-term beau, who is a golden boy in his own right. |
|
POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Sep. 15, 2008 To see more from the party including Marcia Cross, Vanessa Minnillo, Lori Loughlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and others just read more |
|
Cele|bitchy - Found Aug. 27, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey haven?t been on vacation for a while, or if they have they decided not to invite photographers after that pesky |
|
Celebrity Mound - Found Aug. 27, 2008 Luckily for Vanessa Minnillo, life doesn?t always imitate art. Case in point? |
|
I *Heart* That - Found Sep. 4, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo strolled through LAX airport dressing up her white tee and jeans with a Tolani scarf. Accompanied by boyfriend, Nick Lachey, ... |
|
The Bosh - Found Sep. 3, 2008 ?Disaster Movie? actress Vanessa Minnillo says boyfriend Nick Lachey is a ?very loving? boyfriend and even said ?I Love You? first. |
|
The Bosh - Found Aug. 31, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo with lover Nick Lachey at LAX Image SPLASHNEWS.com Vanessa Minnillo with lover Nick Lachey at LAX |
|
Hairstyles Watch - Hair Styles - Found Aug. 27, 2008 The craze today among those with long hair is to wear ponytails for their formal hairstyle. This look on Vanessa Minnillo appears to be a "flip" |
|
The Bosh - Found Aug. 27, 2008 Vanessa Minnillo out and about in New York City with mystery man Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey Over? Image SPLASHNEWS |
|
Vanessa Minnillo
|
| This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (February 2008) |
| Vanessa Minnillo | |
Vanessa Minnillo, September 2005
|
|
| Born | November 9, 1980 Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines |
|---|---|
| Education | Charles English Bishop high school |
| Occupation | actress/model |
| Parents | Helen Bercero & Vince Minnillo |
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.
Contents |
Minnillo was born at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, the daughter of Helen Berecero and Vince Minnillo, who was a U.S. Air Force Aircrew member [1]. Her father is an American of Italian and Irish descent and her mother is a Filipina (thought Vanessa has claimed her to be Polynesian on at least one occasion) from the province of Pampanga on Luzon. Helen met Vince when he was based in the Philippines [2][3][4]. Minnillo has an adoptedcitation neededbrother Vincent, who is two years older than she.
As a child, Minnillo's family moved numerous times due to her father's work in the United States Air Force making her a military brat, including living in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and placing Minillo in eight different schools within nine years [5] Minillo's parents separated in 1983, divorced in 1986 [6].
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 [7]. Vanessa was raised from then on by her father and his second wife Donna.
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 LĂłpez.
She is best known for hosting MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), 2003–2007[8] 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 Oncitation needed losing out to Cindy Taylor.
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[9]
She has been the spokesperson of Flirt! Cosmetics, a line she helped create that debuted in August 2007 in Kohl's department stores.[10]
In May 2006, Maxim magazine listed Minnillo as #15 in its Hot 100 issue.[11]
She was on the covers of Maxim (October 2006, October 2007), Shape (March 2007) and Lucky (July 2007).
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 appeared in the spoof movie/comedy Disaster Movie, released on August 29, 2008.
Minnillo was in a sporadic three-year relationship with New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter from 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.[12]
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.[7]
| Preceded by Shelly Moore |
Miss Teen USA 1998 |
Succeeded by Ashley Coleman |
| Preceded by Nancy O'Dell and Carlos Ponce |
Hosts of Miss Universe with Mario Lopez 2007 |
Succeeded by Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown |
|
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam |
Miss USA Shawnae Jebbia |
Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo |

Title: Vanessa Minnillo Maxim Magazine
Description: This is Vanessa Minnillo posing for Maxim Magazine. Pure Hotness!
Title: Vanessa Minnillo signs with Flirt! Cosmetics
Description: Flirt! Cosmetics presents a behind the scenes interview with their new "Guest Creator", Vanessa Minnillo.
Check her out at www.flirtcosmetics.com/wi...

Title: Bongo Unveils Vanessa Minnillo For Its Fall Advertising Camp
Description: Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced today that TV personality Vanessa Minnillo will appear in its BONGO® brands Fall 07 multi media advertising cam...

Title: Vanessa Minnillo & Nick Lachey Valentine Video
Description: My First video dedicated to Vanessa Minnillo & Nick Lachey

Title: Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Leaving Katsuya.
Description: Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Leaving Katsuya in Hollywood.03 26 08.