In her early life, Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo) best known as Vanessa Minnillo was born November 9, 1980 with birth name is Vanessa Joy Minnillo at her hometown in Clark, Angeles City, Philippines. Vanessa Minnillo’s father is an American of Italian and Irish descent, and her mother, the former Helen Bercero, is of Philippine decent. Vanessa Minnillo has an adopted brother, Vincent, who is two years older. Vanessa Minnillo’s family moved frequently because of her father’s service in the Air Force. Vanessa Minnillo lived in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and attended eight different schools in nine years. Vanessa Minnillo attended the Roman Catholic Bishop England High School and was a cheerleader in City of Charleston, South Carolina (SC), United States of America (USA). Vanessa Minnillo also attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School, located in Metropolitan City of San Bernardino, California (CA), United States of America (USA), for one year.
In hosting, the pageants served as a springboard to wider fame. Vanessa Minnillo was a host on MTV’s “Total Request Live” (TRL) from 2003 to 2007 and became a New York City correspondent for “Entertainment Tonight” on 2005. Vanessa Minnillo hostedMiss Teen USA (2004) and co-hosted Miss Universe (2007). Vanessa Minnillo was a finalist in E!’s competition to replace Brooke Burke as host of “Wild On!” (“Wild On!” is a travel show that was produced from 1997 until 2003 by E!.). Vanessa Minnillo hosts “True Beauty”, a competition in which 10 contestants vie for $100,000 and inclusion in People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People issue. The series premiered on ABC on January 5, 2009, with a first season that ran through February 23, 2009. ABC renewed the series for a second season which ran from May 31, 2010 through July 19, 2010. Vanessa Minnillo will become co-host of ABC’s “Wipeout” beginning on winter season 2011.
In advertising, after leaving MTV and “Entertainment Tonight”, Vanessa Minnillo was featured in print and web-based advertising for BONGO Jeans’ Spring/Summer season 2007 collection. Vanessa Minnillo has been spokeswoman for a cosmetics product, a line Vanessa Minnillo helped create which debuted on August 2007, in Kohl’s department stores. On May 2006, Maxim magazine ranked Vanessa Minnillo #15 in its annual “Hot 100″ issue. Vanessa Minnillo has been featured on the covers of Maxim magazine (October 2005, October 2006), Shape magazine (March 2007), and Lucky magazine (July 2007).
In acting, Vanessa Minnillo has appeared in television series including “That’s Life”, “City Girls”, “The Bold and The Beautiful”, “Psych”, “Hawaii 5-0″, and “Maybe It’s Me”. Vanessa Minnillo on 2008 played Ashlee in an episode of “How I Met Your Mother”. Vanessa Minnillo starred in the 2008 comedy “Disaster Movie”, a spoof of big-budgetHollywood disaster movies. Released on August 29, 2008, the film had moderate box office success, earning $34,624,652 worldwide. The film received extremely negative reviews, earning six Razzie Award nominations. As of January 2011, it stands at number sixteen on the IMDb Bottom 100.
Vanessa Minnillo signed on to appear in “Redefining Love”, a 2009 romantic comedy, but Vanessa Minnillo is not listed in the final cast. TVGuide.com on November 2009 announced that Minnillo would guest star alongside “Disaster Movie” co-star Kim Kardashian on CBS’s “CSI: NY”. “The ladies (Vanessa Minnillo and Kim Kardashian) portray two women who’ve managed to concoct a very interesting scheme that ends in murder”, confirmed executive producer Pam Veasey. Vanessa Minnillo’s former MTV colleague and close friend, La La Vasquez, as well as the band Train, will also appear in the episode. Vanessa Minnillo on 2011 guest starred on “30 Rock” as Carmen Chao, Avery’s coworker at NBC who is competing for the same promotion.
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