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Birth Name:
Vanessa Joy Minnillo
Birth Place:
Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines
Date of Birth:
November 9, 1980
What Race or Ethnicity:
Filipino, Spanish, Irish and Italian
Minnillo is a former Miss Teen USA and she is famous for hosting Total Request Live on MTV from 2003–2007. Her father Vince, was an American Air Force officer of Irish and Italian descent, while her mother Helen Berecero, is a Filipina from the province of Pampang. However, she has stated that her mother is Polynesian on more than one occasion.
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First of all, anyone who is not proud of her heritage should be ashamed of herself. I am mixed. Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese and America. My husband is Irish/German so our son gets all the mixed. It’s idiotic to think that everyone who marries an air force in Clark came from the red district. That’s just people being ignorant. Same way with people saying the country is poor. Maybe you should do your research cause that is not true. The country may not be perfect but it’s far from being poor. I come from a well-off family in the Philippines and I met my husband in the US. It’s not always what people think. Same thing having whores in the US, girls that work to go through college. Are you saying that they don’t deserve anything good!! Filipinos that are embarrassed of their race, they should be ashamed of themselves. No one can even guess my race and I always correct people telling them I am a Filipino!
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