Vanessa Joy Lachey is an American actress, beauty pageant titleholder, fashion model, and television host.
21 Facts About Vanessa Lachey
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Vanessa Lachey has starred in two network sitcoms and hosted various competition and reality shows.
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Vanessa Lachey Joy Minnillo was born at the 13th Air Force Regional Medical Center at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Philippines.
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Vanessa Lachey's 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.
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Vanessa Lachey's father moved the family frequently because of his service in the Air Force.
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Vanessa Lachey lived in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and attended eight schools in nine years.
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Vanessa Lachey's mother left the family when Vanessa was nine years old.
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Vanessa Lachey was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA and won the title Miss Teen USA in 1998.
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Vanessa Lachey was the first Miss Teen USA from South Carolina and the first from South Carolina to be named the pageant's Miss Congeniality.
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Vanessa Lachey was a host on MTV's The Morning After and Total Request Live and became a New York City correspondent for Entertainment Tonight in 2005.
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Vanessa Lachey hosted Miss Teen USA 2004 and Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageants.
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Vanessa Lachey has been featured on the covers of numerous magazines such as Maxim, Vegas, Shape, Parents, People, and Lucky.
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Vanessa Lachey became a co-host of ABC's game show Wipeout in December 2011.
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Vanessa Lachey portrayed Amy in the parody film Disaster Movie alongside Matt Lanter, Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra.
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In 2011, Vanessa Lachey had a guest role as Carmen Chao in NBC's sitcom 30 Rock.
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Vanessa Lachey played Tracy in NBC's sitcom Truth Be Told, about two diverse couples who are best friends and neighbors.
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On September 6,2017, Vanessa Lachey was announced as one of the celebrities who would take part in the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars, competing against her husband, Nick.
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Vanessa Lachey joined the cast in her first leading series role as Jane Tennant, the first female Special Agent in charge of the NCIS: Pearl.
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On July 14,2021, Vanessa Lachey announced that her first book, Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You, would be released on November 16,2021, by HarperCollins.
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Vanessa Lachey shared in the book how not having a relationship with her mother has affected her approach to certain things, as she used her imagination to create celebrations and milestone markers that became annual rituals for her family.
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In 2006, she began dating singer Nick Vanessa Lachey after appearing in the video for his song "What's Left of Me".