Vanessa Minnillo
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Vanessa Joy Minnillo was born on November 9, 1980 in Clark Air Force Base, Philippines. She is an American television personality and former Miss Teen USA.
She served as a co-host for “Total Request Live" (TRL) on MTV from 2003 to 2005 playing videos from the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. In addition to being a MTV VJ, Minnillo has hosted a variety of MTV specials including "MTV Prom Date" (2004), "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion" (2004), and "Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies" (2004). While at MTV, she interviewed several high profile celebrities like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, The Rock, Kayne West, Jeff Probst, Good Charlotte, Michael Clarke Duncan and Anthony Anderson.
Minnillo has also served as host for other shows including the UK crossover hit "Top of the Pops" for The WB , the live finale of UPN's "The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott.", "The Greatest Commercials: Super Bowl vs the World", and many more.
In addition, Minnillo has appeared on numerous television sitcoms such as "The Break" (2003), WB's "Maybe it's Me" (2002), CBS's "That's Life" (2001) and NBC's "City Guys" (2001). Minnillo was one of the finalists in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke, previous hostess for "Wild On."
Her last credits include 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), an episode on "How I Met Your Mother" (2008) and up-coming comedy Disaster Movie (2008).
She is currently dating Nick Lachey.
Filmography
- Redefining Love (2009)
- Disaster Movie (2008)
- "How I Met Your Mother" (1 episode, 2008)
- 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- The Greatest Commercials: Super Bowl vs the World (2005) (TV)
- "MTV Prom Date" (2004) TV series
- The Miss Teen USA Pageant (2004) (TV)
- 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion (2004) (TV)
- The Break (2003) (TV)
- "Beat Seekers" (2002) TV series
- "Maybe It's Me" (1 episode, 2002)
- "That's Life" (1 episode, 2001)
- "City Guys" (1 episode, 2001)
- "The Bold and the Beautiful" (8 episodes, 2001)
