As a journalist, Emmy Award-winner Maria Menounos holds the distinct honor of having conducted the only interview with the entire Obama family - an interview touted by ABC News as the top defining moments leading to Obama’s victory. Menounos’s achievements have thus far set numerous industry milestones. Her groundbreaking conversational style of reporting led her, at the age of 22, to become the youngest person ever to host Entertainment Tonight. She would go on to do the same for TODAY Show and Nightly News. Menounos is the first person in the history of Hollywood to report for network news and star in a wide-release feature film. Menounos is also a part time WWE professional wrestler and personality, with a record of 4-0. Menounos also created the ABC special, "Dance Battle America," with Julianne Hough. Her production company has several other projects in production.

Menounos is also the two-time New York Times bestselling author of The "Every Girl's Guide To…" book series. She was also the longest running international spokesperson and face of Pantene hair care products.

Along with being a champion of talent and helping women and human beings in general, Menounos is particularly passionate about animals and is avid in pet rescue. A girl who did not speak English until the first grade and one who worked as a janitor cleaning Boston nightclubs throughout her adolescence, Menounos is proof that you can come from humble beginnings and succeed. Most importantly, she is proof that you can remain true to yourself and humble and still care deeply for others.

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