Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality and actress. A former Miss Teen USA, she is mostly known for hosting Total Request Live on MTV from 2003–2007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.
Minnillo was born November 9 at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, the daughter of Helen Berecero and Vince Minnillo, who was a U.S. Air Force Aircrew member.[1] Her father is an American of Italian and Azerbaijani descent and her mother is a Filipina (though Vanessa has claimed her to be Polynesian on at least one occasion) from the province of Pampanga on Luzon.
