Born to a working-class family, this former Miss Massachusetts Teen USA set her sights on journalism while studying at Emerson College. After working on news segments for the school's radio station, this versatile beauty joined Channel One News, which broadcasts to schools across the U.S. Entertainment Tonight snatched up the correspondent in 2002 and eventually made her the host of its programs on MTV and VH1. In 2004 Menounos went from interviewing actors to becoming one herself with a recurring role on One Tree Hill. The next year she left ET to join the competition, Access Hollywood. Off screen she's been unofficially linked with Vin Diesel and participates in humanitarian causes.