Maria Menounos Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki and Career Details

Maria Menounos is an American/Greek entertainment reporter, television personality, professional wrestler, actress and businesswoman. The popular American icon has hosted some of the biggest shows in the USA, including Extra and E! News. Furthermore, she served as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood and co-hosted the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece. She is also the co-creator and currently the CEO of the online podcast series network, AfterBuzz TV.

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Biography and Early Life

Maria was born in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts on the 8^th of June 1978. Her parents were Greek immigrants, Litsa and Costas Menounos, who went to the USA prior to her birth and worked as janitors in a Boston nightclub. She has a younger brother called Peter Menounos and at a young age, the two attended the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Southville, Massachusetts.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Maria Menounos in 2024 and what is her height and weight? Well, Maria Menounos’s age is 45 years old as of today’s date 24th April 2024 having been born on 8 June 1978. Though, she is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 173 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 130 lbs in Pound and 59 kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Dark Brown and hair color is Dark Brown.

Education

Growing up in Medford, Maria went to Medford High School and in 1995, began competing in Beauty pageants. The following year, she won the title, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA and after competing in Miss Teen USA, she was placed in the top 15 with an honourable mention. In 2000, she competed for the Miss Massachusetts title but was the first runner-up.

Maria attended the Emerson College in Boston and graduated in 2000.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

Menounos has been in a relationship with director and producer, Keven Undergaro since April of 1998. Undergaro proposed to her on March 9, 2016, on The Howard Stern Show and she accepted. On December 31, 2017, Menounos married Undergaro in Times Square during its New Year’s Festivities, in a ceremony officiated by Steve Harvey. The couple had an orthodox wedding on October 6, 2018, in Akovos, Greece.

Is Maria Menounos Lesbian?

No, Maria Menounos is not gay.

Professional Career

During her senior year at Emerson, she started off as a reporter for Channel One News, where she traveled to El Salvador to cover the January and February 2001 earthquakes. She also interviewed NATO aircrew members aboard an E-3 AWACS plane during the Military’s Operation Eagle Assist, and also interviewed President George W. Bush.

In 2002, she was hired by Entertainment Tonight to report on Movies, music and fashion. She left in 2005 to focus on acting but later joined the rival program, Access Hollywood. Her voice was featured in the 2005 Electronic Arts video game James Bond 007: From Russia with Love as Eva Adara.

Menounos acted in and produced Adventures of Serial Buddies, which was credited with being the first serial killer buddy comedy. In 2005, she funded the recovery and restoration of the film, In the Land of Merry Misfits, a film that she produced in college.

Menounos is also a big player at AfterBuzzTV, an online entertainment network which she co-founded with her husband. In 2007, she continued her run as an international spokesperson doing print and television ads for Pantene hair products. In 2008, she became the first and only journalist to interview the entire Obama family as a whole.

In 2011, it was announced that she would join Warner Bros’ Extra, where she would co-host with Mario Lopez. On March 18, 2014, her reality TV series, Chasing Maria Menounos, premiered on the Oxygen network. In 2015, she replaced Giuliana Rancic as the co-anchor of E! News but had to step down in July 2017, due to an ongoing battle with a brain tumor. Being a fan of WWE, Maria has really been involved with the company as a host for some of their shows and also being a part of the matches.

Awards

Menounos has received her fair share of awards and accolades during her career. In 2004, she appeared in FHM Magazine and People Magazine as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People”. She beat Jessica Alba and Charlize Theron for “Cyber Vixen of the Year” and in 2010, she won the Madden NFL Pro-AM MVP Award. In 2014, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program for her work on Extra.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Maria Menounos in ’2024’

Menounos has had an impressive career thus far as a television personality and entertainment presenter. She has hosted some of the biggest shows in the USA and these gigs should deserve a big pay-check. For all the work Maria has done so far, she has an estimated net worth of $10 Million as of 2024.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• While in Emerson College, she participated in the organization Emerson Independent Video.
• Apart from just being a popular personality, Maria has also been really involved with charity work, such “Take Action Hollywood!”, a charity she founded after witnessing the effects of AIDS in South Africa.

Maria Menounos is a very entertaining and lovable figure. She has quite a huge audience, and she always keeps them happy. Her career is nothing close to over, she still has a lot to offer, and we look forward to her future accomplishments.