Let us uncover Vanessa Lachey, ethnicity, her net worth, parents, husband and her own success story.
Vanessa Lachey is an actress, model, and TV personality. She is also famous as, Miss Teen USA. 1998. She has worked as a New York-based ET correspondent and MTV personality. In the 2010s and 2020s, she appeared in two network sitcoms and hosted numerous competitive and reality shows.
Lachey is starring in the CBS spinoff NCIS: Hawaii, which debuted in September 2021.
Vanessa Lachey (Ethnicity)– father Vince Minnillo, Mother Helen Ramos Bercero
Vanessa Joy Lachey was born at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Philippines, in the 13th Air Force Regional Medical Center. Her mother, Helen Ramos Bercero, is a native of Manila, the Philippines; her father, Vincent Charles Minnillo, was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Italian and Irish immigrants.
The adopted brother of Vanessa, Vincent Minnillo, is two years older than her.
Her father served in the Air Force, which necessitated many relocations of the family.
In nine years, she resided in eight different places, going to eight different schools, including Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany, and Japan.
After separating in 1983, Minnillo’s parents divorced in 1986.
At the age of 9, her mother walked out of the family.
After Minnillo’s parents remarried, she and her younger brother, Vincent Jr., moved to Turkey with their mother and new stepfather.
The family returned to their father’s home following Operation Desert Shield in 1991, where Minnillo attended The Roman Catholic Bishop England High School in Charleston, South Carolina, where she was a cheerleader.
Vanessa Minnillo – Career Rise
Minnillo was the first Miss Teen USA from South Carolina and the first one from the state to win the pageant’s Miss Congeniality in the year 1998.
She hosted MTV’s The Morning After (2003) and Total Request Live (2003–2007), and became Entertainment Tonight’s New York City Correspondent in 2005.
She hosted 2004’s Miss Teen USA and 2007’s Miss Universe.
Minnillo was a finalist for EWild!’s On! host job, where she was poised to replace Brooke Burke.
With Flirt! Cosmetics, Vanessa Lachey released her own line of makeup collection in August 2007, at Kohl’s department stores.
Vanessa hosted the 2009 ABC series True Beauty. Ten contestants competed for $100,000 and a spot in People Magazine’s 100 most attractive people. Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher produced the show.
The second season featuring her again as the host, began from May 31, 2010, through July 19, 2010.
In December 2011, Lachey co-hosted ABC’s Wipeout.
Vanessa Lachey – Movies and TV shows
Vanessa Minnillo had early roles in shows like 30 Rock, The Bold and the Beautiful, That’s Life, City Girls, Psych, Maybe It’s Me, and Hawaii Five-O.
She played Ashlee in the 2008 episode “No Tomorrow” of How I Met Your Mother.
She starred with Matt Lanter, Kim Kardashian, and Carmen Electra in Disaster Movie (2008).
Critics gave a thumbs-down to the film, although it grossed $35 million on a $20 million budget.
In 2009, Minillo and Kardashian appeared in CSI: NY.
She plays Tracy in Truth Be Told (2015), about two closest friends and neighbours.
She and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished ninth in Dancing with the Stars in 2017.
In 2017, she and professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the seventh couple to be eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, placing them in a tie, at the seventh place.
On April 30, 2021, it was reported that Lachey cast in the CBS police procedural television series NCIS: Hawaii. Lachey joined the cast as Jane Tennant, her first lead role in a television series.
Vanessa Lachey – Book
Harper Collins published Lachey’s first book, ‘Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Begin with You’, on November 16, 2021,
Lachey and Dina Gachman wrote the cookbook, which includes cooking recipes, birthday and date night ideas, parenting advice, band personal stories.
Vanessa Lachey – Husband Nick Lachey
After appearing in the music video for his song “What’s Left of Me” in 2006, she began dating the singer, Nick Lachey. Nick Lachey rose to stardom as the lead vocalist of 98 Degrees and starred in Newlyweds, with his then wife Jessica Simpson.
The couple became engaged in November 2010, and tied the knot on July 15, 2011, on Sir Richard Branson’s private Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.
Nick and Vanessa happen to share the same birth-dates, November 9th. Camden John, Brooklyn Elisabeth, and Phoenix Robe are Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s three children.
Vanessa Lachey – Height
She stands tall at 1. 7 meters or 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Vanessa Lachey – Net Worth and Salary
Vanessa Minnillo (also known as Vanessa Lachey) has a $25 million net worth with her husband Nick Lachey. Her own net worth is an estimated $7 million.
When she was working with Dancing with the Stars, Lachey, according to reports, was paid $125,000 per week and she was there all the way till the seventh week. As a TV host, she could be making around $1 million per season, because the top-billed ones would usually earn $3 million per season.
One of the lucrative brands that Vanessa Lachey modeled for was Bongo Jeans and insider reports say that the average price for a top-billed brand ad featuring a famous influencer is more than $60000.
Vanessa Lachey has 1 million followers on Instagram, and influencers earn $250,000 to $300,000 for every sponsored post. Lachey has partnered with brands like Wells Fargo, Frito-Lays and various beauty brands.
The Lacheys are known to be real estate investors too. They have moved to Hawaii but previously, they would live in California. The Encino home was bought for $4 million according to Architectural Digest, and has been sold for $6.5 million. The new sprawling, luxurious home is in Tarzana for $5 million.
Vanessa Lachey – Salary for NCIS: Hawai’i
Though it has not been stated on record, unofficially reports state that Vanessa Lachey could be making
$100,000 per episode. The fact that the entire family has shifted base to Hawaii states that the contract is indeed lucrative.
Vanessa Lachey – Pictures
Vanessa Lachey – House
Vanessa Valechi, her husband, and their three children moved to Hawaii because she has to continually shoot for NCIS: Hawaii.
The 2015 mansion boasts an open-concept kitchen with white marble counters and stunning light fixtures. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home has mountain vistas.
The backyard has a fireplace, pool, and basketball court.
Vanessa Lachey – Social Media Profiles
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/vanessalachey/?hl=en
Twitter – https://twitter.com/vanessalachey
Facebook – https://twitter.com/vanessalachey