Vanessa Minnillo: Summary

Recent Role:: Host on True Beauty

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 11-9-1980

Birthplace:: Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines

Birth Name:: Vanessa Joy Minnillo

AKA:: Vanessa Minillo, Vanessa J. Minnillo

Vanessa Joy Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, Philippines. Her father, Vince Minnillo, was an Air Force Aircrew Member (now retired) of Irish and Italian extraction, and her mother, Helen Berecero, a Filipina he met while based in the Philippines. She and her family, which includes a two-years older brother, Vincent, lived in California, Nevada, Florida, Germany, and Japan before settling down in Charleston, South Carolina. Vanessa attended seven different schools during this time, and participated in cheerleading and volunteer work for numerous different local charities. After her parents' divorce in 1986, Helen was awarded custody of both children and Vanessa only saw her father on weekends. When her mother remarried, the family moved to Turkey, where her new step-father, a U.S. Airforce Serviceman, was assigned. They were forced to evacuate when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, leading to the Gulf War of 1991, and Helen brought the kids back to the United States, leaving them with their father until she could get back on her feet. That would be the last Vanessa would see of her mother, who never returned. Instead, she began a new life, along with her brother, living with father Vince and his new wife, Donna, whom she now calls her "best friend." With her life more settled, Vanessa began to turn her attention to the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant in 1996. She had loved cheerleading since a young child, and was very keen on performing in front of an audience. With her unaffected style and natural ebullience, she easily won over the judges, sweeping all the categories before winning the crown. Two years later, on August 17, 1998, she competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Though it was pre-empted by CBS's live coverage of a speech by President Bill Clinton regarding the Monica Lewinsky ordeal, in the end, she wooed the Miss Teen USA judges just like she had the Miss South Carolina judges two years earlier. It was her second pageant, and her second victory. In the three years since handing over her Miss Teen USA crown, Miss Minnillo has concentrated on college, acting, and modeling. She has a promising future, and was recently one of the finalists in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke as hostess for the show 'Wild On.' Though the job ultimately went to Cindy Taylor, Vanessa made a big impression with 'Wild On' fans across the world, and hopes to continue working in television for some time to come. Besides being a TRL co-host ('03-present) and ET correspondent ('05-present), Vanessa enjoys residing to her New York City home were she spends time with her family and friends as well as her pets, four dogs, Dalmatians- LeeLa and her daughter, Evie and son, Mason as well as her German Hunting Terrier, Ryder.

This is an original biography created by: Brittney Bing (all rights reserved, copying is strictly prohibited without permission) Vanessa Joy Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, Philippines. Her father, Vince Minnillo, was an Air Force Aircrew Member (now retired) of Irish and Italian extraction, and her mother, Helen Berecero, a Filipina he met while based in the Philippines. She and her family, which includes a two-years older brother, Vincent, lived in California, Nevada,...

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TheAnonymous1
member since: Jan 16, 2006
Cute! ...Continue »
i think she's average looking as well. I liked the fact that she was miss teen usa 1998, and that I'm happy for her dating nick. She deserves alot better though if you ask me! Average beauty...though you might not agree with me. Just like that guys was saying whether she was proud to be half flip or not, but really I don't care. I'm just playing on looks alone, and from one filipina to another!
03/13/07 08:46pm | report abuse
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rymmor2302
member since: Dec 8, 2006
Vanessa should be proud of her origin.. ...Continue »
I don\\\'t really know her that much except that she and the Lachey(?) guy are all over the tabloid. I find her charming and beautiful (at first)..until my friend told me that she\\\'s part filipino and in a way makes me proud of her BUT when I read her profile on the internet and some of the posted profiles she claimed that her mom was of polynesian descent and not a filipino it kinda made me an impression that she\\\'s not proud of her origin. What\\\'s wrong about being a PART FILIPINO Vanessa? You should be proud of it cuz if not because of that blood you won\\\'t be that good looking and you won\\\'t be where you are now and you won\\\'t be with that guy you are with now...you should be proud of being part filipino.
12/07/06 05:13pm | report abuse
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littlebabie2
member since: Apr 16, 2006
She is so much prettier and so much more talented than Jessica Simpson. She is finally getting noticed! ...Continue »
She is so much prettier and so much more talented than Jessica Simpson. She is finally getting noticed! She is so much prettier, sweeter, and more talented than Jessica. And I am glad she is dating Nick Lachey. I watch TRL with her a lot and I am really glad she is hosting and not the weird Jessica Simpson. Vanessa Minnillo is much more awesome than Jessica and Nick goes better with her. Vanessa Minnillo is very talented and should relase her own album to top Jessica's since Jess's isn't doing so well. Vanessa is better than Jessica. Case closed.
09/23/06 10:20am | report abuse
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akdorsey27
member since: Apr 17, 2004
She's very underrated for the work that she does. I think that she would make a great actress but she does a very good job on TRL and Entertainment Tonight. ...Continue »
I love her work. I try to watch TRL everyday but I don't catch Entertainment Tonight that much. I think that she would be very good in tv shows and movies. She does a very good job on TRL but she isn't always on there. She is always wanting to do other projects and she does. She was recently in Nick Lachey's new video for his new album.
06/09/06 04:38pm | report abuse
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dnr928
member since: Aug 17, 2005
Steaming hot VJ ...Continue »
I Heart Vanessa Minnillo. I love her on TRL she is gorgeous, her voice is one of the best parts about her. I hate Derek Jeter though, so that made me bring her down 1 point. She deserved every bit of that Maxim cover and I hope she goes on to greater things... like me, perhaps?
01/24/06 11:55am | report abuse