Biography for Vanessa Minnillo
Born: 9 November 1980
Birthplace: Pampanga, The Philippines
Best Known As: 1998's Miss Teen USA and host of True Beauty
Birthplace: Pampanga, The Philippines
Best Known As: 1998's Miss Teen USA and host of True Beauty
Vanessa Minnillo was a teenage beauty queen before she became the host of TV shows like Total Request Live and True Beauty. Minnillo won the Miss Teen South Carolina pagaent in 1997 and went on to become 1998's Miss Teen U.S.A. From there she landed jobs in front of the camera, as an actress on TV's The Bold and the Beautiful (2001) and as a hostess for pageant shows, MTV and Entertainment Tonight . She was tapped in 2008 to host the Ashton Kutcher-Tyra Banks production True Beauty for ABC.
Her name is sometimes confused with that of actress
Her name is sometimes confused with that of actress
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..." (1997). Though the job ultimately went to Cindy Taylor, Vanessa made a big impression with "Wild On..." (1997) fans across the world, and hopes to continue working in television for some time to come.
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