Vanessa Lachey

Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo; born November 9, 1980)[1] is a Filipino-American television personality, beauty queen, fashion model, television host and actress. She was named Miss Teen USA in 1998. She has been a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and hosted Total Request Live on MTV. She has starred in two network sitcoms, and has hosted various competition and reality shows through the 2010s and 2020s.

Vanessa Lachey
Minnillio at the Maxim Magazine's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration, Santa Monica, California on May 13, 2009
Born
Vanessa Joy Minnillo

(1980-11-09) November 9, 1980
Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines
OccupationTelevision personality, beauty queen, model, television host, actress
Years active1998–present
TitleMiss South Carolina Teen USA 1998
Miss Teen USA 1998
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2011)
Children3
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998
(Winner)
Miss Teen USA 1998
(Winner)

Early life

1980–1997

Vanessa Joy Minnillo was born at USAF Clark Regional Medical Center in Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines.[2] Her father, Vincent Charles Minnillo, is an American citizen from Cleveland, Ohio of Italian and Irish descent, while her mother, Helen Ramos Bercero, is from Manila, Philippines.[3][4][5][6] Minnillo has an adopted brother who is two years older.[7] Her father moved the family frequently because of his service in the Air Force. She lived in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and attended eight different schools in nine years. Minnillo's parents separated in 1983 and were divorced in 1986.[8]

Minnillo's parents both remarried. She and her brother Vincent Jr. relocated to Turkey with their mother and new stepfather. By 1991, in the wake of Operation Desert Shield, they returned to their father's home, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina, where Minnillo attended the Roman Catholic Bishop England High School and was a cheerleader.[9] From then on, she lived with her father and stepmother, Donna. She also attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School, in San Bernardino, California, for one year.

1998–2007

Minnillo was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA and went on to win the title Miss Teen USA in 1998, the first Miss Teen USA from South Carolina and also the first from South Carolina to be named the pageant's Miss Congeniality. She was a host on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) from 2003 until 2007[10] and became a New York City correspondent for Entertainment Tonight in 2005. Minnillo hosted Miss Teen USA (2004) and co-hosted Miss Universe (2007).

After leaving MTV and Entertainment Tonight, Minnillo was featured in print and web-based advertising for BONGO Jeans' Spring/Summer 2007 collection.[11] She has been spokeswoman for Flirt! Cosmetics, a line she helped create which debuted in August 2007, in Kohl's department stores.[12] In May 2006, Maxim magazine ranked Minnillo #15 in its annual Hot 100 issue.[13] She has been featured on the covers of Maxim (October 2005, October 2006), Shape (March 2007), and Lucky (July 2007).

2007–present

Lachey was a finalist in E!'s competition to replace Brooke Burke as host of Wild On!.[8] She also hosted 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. Lachey became a co-host of ABC's Wipeout beginning in winter 2011.[14] Her first appearance was on December 8, 2011. Due to her pregnancy, Lachey left the show in late 2012 and was replaced by Jill Wagner.

Lachey has appeared in television series including That’s Life, City Girls, 30 Rock, The Bold and the Beautiful, Psych, Hawaii Five-O and Maybe It's Me. In 2008, she played Ashlee in the How I Met Your Mother episode "No Tomorrow". She starred in the 2008 comedy Disaster Movie, a spoof of big-budget Hollywood disaster movies. Released on August 29, 2008, the film was a moderate box office success, earning $34,624,652 worldwide. The film received extremely negative reviews, however, earning six Razzie Award nominations. It stands at number one on the IMDb Bottom 100.

Lachey (as Vanessa Minnillo) signed on to appear in Redefining Love, a 2009 romantic comedy,[15] but she is not listed in the final cast.[16] In November 2009, TVGuide.com announced that Minnillo would guest star alongside Disaster Movie co-star Kim Kardashian on CBS's CSI: NY. "The ladies [Vanessa and Kim] portray two women who've managed to concoct a very interesting scheme that ends in murder," confirmed executive producer Pam Veasey.[17] Minnillo's former MTV colleague and close friend, La La Vasquez, as well as the band Train, also appeared in the episode.[17] In 2011, she guest starred on 30 Rock as Carmen Chao, Avery Jessup's (Elizabeth Banks) coworker at NBC who is competing for the same promotion. Minnillo later guest starred on the then-new series Hawaii Five-0 with then fiancé Nick Lachey.

On September 6, 2017, Lachey was announced as one of the celebrities who will take part on the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars, competing against her husband Nick. She was paired with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.[18] Chmerkovskiy's wife, Peta Murgatroyd, was paired with Nick. On October 30, Lachey and Chmerkovskiy became the seventh couple to be eliminated from the competition, finishing in joint seventh place.[19]

Personal life

Minnillo began dating singer Nick Lachey in 2006. Nick Lachey separated from Jessica Simpson in December of 2005 in the previous year and the two divorced at the end of June in the same year of 2006. Minnillo and Lachey met when she appeared in the music video for his song "What's Left of Me".[20] In June 2009, they broke up,[21] but in October 2009, Lachey confirmed that they were back together after having been "single for a minute".[22] Minnillo and Lachey became engaged in November 2010.[23]

The couple married on July 15, 2011 at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.[24] Nick and Vanessa Lachey have three children together.[25][26][27][28][29]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Julie Angel Credited as Johnny's Wedding Date; as Vanessa Minnillo
2008 Disaster Movie Amy as Vanessa Minnillo

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 That's Life Cheerleader Episode: "Oh, Crap!"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2001 City Guys Hot Girl Episode: "Dances with Malcolm"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2001 The Bold and the Beautiful Amanda Wexler Recurring role; 8 episodes, as Vanessa Minnillo
2002 Maybe It's Me Sexy Student Episode: "The Prom Episode: Part 2"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2003 The Break Malia Television film; as Vanessa Minnillo
2004 The Real World: San Diego Reunion Host Episode: "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2005 The Real World: Philadelphia Reunion Host Episode: "Fistful of Philly: The Real World Philadelphia Reunion"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2005–2015 Entertainment Tonight Herself / NYC Correspondent 25 episodes
2003-2007 Total Request Live Herself also host; as Vanessa Minnillo
2006 High School Stories Herself also host; as Vanessa Minnillo
2007 Miss Universe 2007 Herself also host; as Vanessa Minnillo
2008 How I Met Your Mother Ashlee Episode: "No Tomorrow"
2009–2010 True Beauty Herself also host; 10 episodes; as Vanessa Minnillo
2009 CSI: NY Grace Chandler Episode: "Second Chances"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2010 Psych Gina Episode: "Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2010 When I Was 17 Herself Episode 1.8; as Vanessa Minnillo
2010 This Little Piggy N/A Television film; as Vanessa Minnillo
2011–2012 Wipeout Herself also host; 24 episodes
2011 30 Rock Carmen Chao Episode: "¡Qué Sorpresa!"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Susan Episode: "Powa Maka Moana"; as Vanessa Minnillo
2011 Nick & Vanessa's Dream Wedding Herself Televised wedding (Reality television)
2013–2014 Dads Camilla Main role; 19 episodes
2015 Lachey's: Raising the Bar Herself Reality television
2015 Truth Be Told Tracy Cooper Main role; 10 episodes
2016 Sebastian Says Jenna TV Movie
2016 First Wives Club (TV series) (unaired pilot) Sasha Main role
2017 Dancing with the Stars Herself / Contestant Season 25
2017–present Top Chef Junior Host
2018 Miss USA 2018 Co-Host
2018 A Twist of Christmas Abby Hewitt TV Movie
2019 American Housewife Crissy
2019 Miss USA 2019 Co-Host
2019 BH90210 Guest role
2019 Love Is Blind Co-host

Music videos
YearTitleArtistRole
2006What's Left of MeNick LacheyLove Interest
gollark: Again, please trust me so I can check.
gollark: Please trust me tooo.
gollark: SolarFlame is lying to you.
gollark: INSTALLIT
gollark: pastebin run RM13UGFa

See also
  • Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region

References
  1. "Vanessa Lachey". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1983 Image Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1983; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27158-1412-9". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved March 15, 2015. (subscription required)
  3. "Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1983 Image Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1983; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27264-19072-26 — FamilySearch.org". Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  4. "Nepales, Ruben V; Pampanga-born Vanessa Minnillo going places; Philippine Daily Inquirer". Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  5. Ayuyang, Rachelle Q; There's Something About Vanessa
  6. "Dressed To Kill"; Maxim Online
  7. "Vanessa Minnillo Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 1980-11-09. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  8. Vanessa Minnillo. "Vanessa Minnillo Biography". People.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  9. IMDb biography, accessed 2007-08-19
  10. Minnillo Says Tootles to TRL, accessed 2007-08-19
  11. Vanessa Flashes Her BONGO – TMZ.com – Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors
  12. "Vanessa Minnillo's New Gig: Makeup Designer! – Off the Rack – StyleWatch – People.com". Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  13. Vanessa Minnillo of 2006 Hot 100 on Maxim.com
  14. James Hibberd (2011-06-16). "'Wipeout' renewed for fifth season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  15. "Minnillo signs on for Wilmington film". StarNewsOnline.com. February 29, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  16. Redefining Love at IMDb
  17. Stanhope, Kate. "Kim Kardashian and Vanessa Minnillo to Appear on CSI:NY". TV Guide.
  18. "'Dancing With the Stars' season 25 celebrity cast: Frankie Muniz, Barbara Corcoran, Nick Lachey and more". ABC News. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  19. "'Dancing with the Stars': Who went home in the shocking double-elimination?". USA Today. October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  20. "Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Are Engaged". mtv.com. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  21. "Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Split". People. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  22. "Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo: Back On!". People. 2009-06-23. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  23. "Vanessa Minnillo & Nick Lachey Are Engaged!". People. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  24. Garcia, Jennifer. "Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo: Why We Picked Necker Island for Wedding", People, July 18, 2011
  25. Michaud, Sarah and Garcia, Jennifer. "Nick and Vanessa Lachey Welcome Son Camden John", People, September 13, 2012
  26. Webber, Stephanie (January 6, 2015). "Vanessa Minnillo Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby Girl Brooklyn Elisabeth With Nick Lachey: First Photo". Us Weekly. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  27. Vanessa Lachey (2015-01-06). "Proud Parents: Baby Girl Lachey is Here!". Vanessa Lachey. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  28. Schnurr, Samantha (September 3, 2016). "Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey Expecting Baby No. 3". E! Online. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  29. Quinn, Dave (December 26, 2016). "'A Christmas Miracle!' Nick and Vanessa Lachey Welcome Son Phoenix Robert". People Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
Preceded by
Terrence J and Julianne Hough		 Host of Miss USA with Nick Lachey
2018, 2019		 Incumbent
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