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Vanessa Lachey Biography

Birth Name:Vanessa Joy Minnillo

Birth Place:Clark Air Force Base, Philippines

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

Designed shoes for the company ShoeDazzle in an effort to help raise money for the military charity Operation Shower
In 1998, she was awarded the title of Miss Congeniality at the Miss Team USA pageant
Was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for best television personality in 2006
In 2011, she got married to actor and musician Nick Lachey
An army brat, she moved multiple times in her childhood, growing up in Germany, Japan, California, Florida and Turkey
Became recognized when, representing South Carolina, she was crowned as Miss Teen USA in 1998
Was forced to move back to the United States from Turkey following the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein