Former Miss Teen USA beauty, Vanessa Minnillo enters her second season as New York-based correspondent for ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world. Minnillo reports on the latest news regarding music, film, television and fashion.

Not only was Minnillo winner of the 1998 "Miss Teen USA" pageant, but she also served as a judge for "Miss Teen USA" in 2003 and was a backstage correspondent for "The 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant" in 2001.

Prior to joining ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Minnillo encountered overwhelming success at MTV from 2003 to 2005, serving as co-host for "Total Request Live" as well as hosting several MTV specials including "MTV's Prom Date," "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion" and "Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies." While at MTV, she interviewed several high profile celebrities like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, The Rock, Jeff Probst, Good Charlotte, Michael Clarke Duncan and Anthony Anderson. In 2002 Minnillo hosted the UK crossover hit "Top of the Pops" for The WB and this year she hosted the live finale of UPN's "The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott."

In addition, Minnillo has appeared on numerous television sitcoms such as The WB's "Maybe it's Me" in 2002, CBS's "That's Life" in 2001 and NBC's "City Guys" in 2001. She also had a recurring role on CBS's "Bold and the Beautiful" and was one of the finalists in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke, previous hostess for "Wild On."

Born at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, Philippines, Minnillo currently resides in New York City where she enjoys playing flag football, volleyball and tennis. Minnillo also pals around with her three mini-pinschers, Rudy, Little Nicky and Bubba.

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