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Vanessa Lachey, formerly Vanessa Minnillo, has a birthday today. And here at Mandatory, we're all about celebrating birthdays. So in honor of the lovely television personality, host, model and actress, we've put together a birthday gallery of beautiful Vanessa Lachey photos and added some fun facts about her to celebrate her life. Keep clicking for more, and follow Vanessa on Twitter. -
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Vanessa Minnillo was born at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. Her father Vincent is a retired Air Force Aircrew Member. She is of Irish, Italian and Filipino descent.
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Minnillo is probably most well-known for being a host on MTV's "Total Request Live." She hosted TRL from 2003 to 2007.
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During her time on TRL, Vanessa also became a New York City correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight." She worked on the show until 2010.
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Vanessa Minnillo married former boy band singer and ex-husband of Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, in July 2011. Here she is getting a little cray at her bachelorette party. Strangely enough, today is her husband's birthday, too (Happy Birthday, Nick Lachey!).
The couple had a son on September 12, 2012, so Vanessa Lachey is a proud new mom.
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In 1998, Vanessa Minnillo was crowned Miss Teen USA (as Miss South Carolina), and was also named the pageant's Miss Congeniality.
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After winning Miss Teen USA, Minnillo garnered wider fame as a television personality and host. Along with TRL, she went on to host several pageants (Miss Teen USA in 2004 and Miss Universe in 2007) and TV shows. She is currently a co-host of ABC's "Wipeout."
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Vanessa Lachey is also a successful actress. She got her start in 2001 on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful." She went on to appear in movies such as "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Disaster Movie," and on TV shows like "30 Rock" and "Hawaii Five-0."
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She has been featured on the cover of Maxim magazine twice, in October of 2005 and 2006. Here are a couple of hot photos from her shoots. This is hot photo #1.
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This is hot photo #2.
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Finally, she has very nice gams.
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Happy Birthday, Vanessa Lachey!
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