Maria Menounos

Birth Name:

Maria Menounos

Birth Place:

Medford, Massachusetts, United States

Profession

Actress, Producer, Soundtrack

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

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