Maria Menounos

 Maria Menounos is a Greek-American journalist, actress as well as a television host who has a net worth of $20 million. Maria Menounos is probably most famous for her work as a correspondent on Today, Extra, Access Hollywood as well as other TV programs.Maria Menounos was born in her home in the Boston neighborhood in Medford, Massachusetts to Greek immigrant parents Costas and Lisa Menounos on June 8, 1978. Her parents were in America prior to her birth. United States prior to her birth and were employed as janitors in a Boston nightclub. As a child, she was a member of her church, the Dormition Greek Orthodox Church. She attended Medford High School. Aged 17 Menounos created the "Land of the Merry Misfits" as an independent movie fairy tale. In 1995, she began to participate in beauty pageants and, in 2006, she won the title of Miss Massachusetts Teen USA. In the following years, Menounos attended Emerson College where she participated in the now award winning organization, Emerson Independent Video. Emerson College was her school of choice. While in school she worked as the reporter of Channel One News. Menounos 10 minute segments featured several memorable assignments. Some of them included the coverage of earthquakes in El Salvador, interviewing NATO crew members in an aircraft as part of Operation Eagle Assist and interviewing George W. Bush.