Maria Menounos Biography

Fast Facts

• Came in fourth place while competing with partner Derek Hough on season 14 of "Dancing With the Stars" in 2012
• Got her start in beauty pageants as a teenager where she competed in Miss Massachusetts Teen USA and Miss Teen USA in the mid-90s
• After several small guest roles on various series throughout the 2000s, she would later go on to join "Extra" in the fall of 2011 to join co-host Mario Lopez
• Began reporting during her senior year in college and was subsequently hired by "Entertainment Tonight" in 2002
• Fluent in Greek, her parents emigrated from Greece before she was born
• A longtime fan of WWE wrestling, she began appearing as a host a participant on the program beginning in 2009
• Graduated from Emerson College in Boston