| Maria Menounos (Μαρία Μενούνος in Greek) (born on 8 June 1978 in Medford, Massachusetts) is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter.In 1995, Menounos began to compete in beauty pageants. The following year, she won the title of Miss Massachusetts Teen USA and competed at Miss Teen USA where she failed to place. That pageant was won by Christie Lee Woods, who later competed on The Amazing Race 5.Later Menounos attended Boston's Emerson College. During her senior year, she was hired as a reporter for Channel One News, known as the top news source for American students. Her work for Channel One's 10-minute segments included traveling to El Salvador to report on the earthquake of 2001 and interviewing President George W. Bush.At the age of 17, Menounos produced "In the Land of Merry Misfits", independent film's first fairy tale. The 35mm feature film was produced by Menounos while attending Emerson College with director Keven Undergaro, then head writer for MTV's Singled Out. The negative of the film was stolen [1] and the film was never completed but her work on the film, and the film's director, helped her land her reporting job at Channel One News and at MTV (ET on MTV). Menounos, however, never forgot the film or the film's director. In 2005 Menounos personally funded the recovery and restoration of the film. The movie is expected to be completed some time in 2006.
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