Vanessa Lachey

Vanessa Lachey (née Minnillo) is a former beauty queen who has become renowned as a TV personality. She is a model, host and actress of enchanting beauty and style.

Early Accomplishments

In 1998, she was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA and became the first person from that state to become Miss Congeniality as she won the Miss Teen USA that same year.

She became the host of Total Request Live on MTV from 2003 to 2007, anchored Miss Teen USA in 2004 and became an Entertainment Tonight reporter in 2005.

Best Known For

She hosted True Beauty (2009-10), Wipeout (2011-12), Top Chef (2017-date) and co-hosted Miss USA in 2018 & 2019.

She has starred in the film, Disaster Movie (2007) TV series, Dads (2013-14) and Truth Be Told (2015) as well as a contestant in Dancing with the Stars in 2017 with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Sexual Orientation

Vanessa is straight and got married to Nick Lachey in 2011. They had begun dating in 2006, but broke up in June 2010 for less than 4 months before reigniting their love which led to an engagement in 2010.

Before Nick, she had dated guys like Orlando Bloom and Derek Jeter for 3 years.

Family

Vanessa and her adopted elder brother, Vincent Jr. are children of American dad, Vincent Minnillo and Filipino mom, Helen Ramos Bercero. She and Nick are parents to 2 sons; Camden (b. 2012) and Phoenix (b. 2016) and daughter Brooklyn (b. 2015).

Religion

Vanessa is yet to speak on the topic but judging by the schools she attended and the popularity of Catholicism in the Philippines, one might believe that she is a non-religious Roman Catholic.

Worth To Know

She and her husband have the same birthday but she is 7 years younger.

After appearing in Nick’s music video for What’s Left of Me in 2006, the pair began dating.

Her middle name is Joy.