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Maria Menounos Bio, Parents, Husband, Children, Siblings: Maria Menounos is an American journalist, television presenter, and actress born on June 8, 1978, in Medford, Massachusetts, United States.

She attended the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Somerville, Massachusetts, and continued at Medford High School in Medford.

Menounos began to compete in beauty pageants and in 1996, she won the title of Miss Massachusetts Teen USA and also competed at Miss Teen USA where she placed in the top 15 as well as the first runner-up of Miss Massachusetts USA 2000.

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Menounos graduated from Boston’s Emerson College in 2000 and during her senior year at Emerson, she worked as a reporter for Channel One News traveling to El Salvador to report on the January 2001 and February 2001 earthquakes.

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She also interviewed NATO aircrew members aboard an E-3 AWACS plane during the military alliance’s Operation Eagle Assist and interviewed President George W. Bush

Maria Menounos has risen through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after acts in the entertainment space. She has hosted Extra and E! News and was a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood.

Menounos co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece, and also co-created and is currently CEO of the online podcast series network AfterBuzz TV.

In February 2023, she made major headlines after she revealed that she and her husband, Keven Undergaro are expecting their first child via surrogate.

Maria Menounos disclosed this when she made an appearance on “Live with Kelly and Ryan” on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Maria said she began leaning toward surrogacy after consulting with her doctors adding that, she has been trying to have a child for a decade, and “it’s been a long time.”

In 2017, Maria and her husband’s plans to have a child were put on hold when she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. In an interview, she revealed that she underwent a seven-hour surgery to remove the golf ball-sized tumor.

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The former television host, Maria also shared that, actress Zoe Saldana and reality star, Kim Kardashian have helped her on her journey to motherhood.

Maria Menounos Age

Maria Menounos celebrated her 44th birthday on June 8, 2022. She was born on June 8, 1978, in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Menounos will be 45 in June this year.

Maria Menounos Height

Maria Menounos stands at a height of 1.73 m

Maria Menounos Parents

Maria Menounos was born in Medford, Massachusetts, United States to Greek immigrant parents Constantinos Menounos (father) and Litsa Menounos (mother). Her parents worked as janitors in a Boston nightclub.

Her mother died in 2021 after battling with stage 4 brain cancer.

Maria Menounos Husband

Maria Menounos is a happily married woman. She has been married to Keven Undergaro since 2017.

The pair tied the knot in Times Square during the 2017 New Year’s festivities in a ceremony officiated by Steve Harvey and then again at a 2018 Orthodox wedding in Akovos, Greece.

Keven Undergaro, born on November 18, 1967, is the creator of the online broadcast network AfterBuzz TV as well as a writer and producer for film and television.

Maria Menounos Children

As of February 2023, Maria Menounos was not yet a mother. She didn’t have any biological or adopted children.

In 2017, Maria and her husband’s plans to have a child were put on hold when she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor.

However, at the time of this writing (February 8, 2023), she and her husband, Keven Undergaro were expecting their first child via surrogate.

Maria Menounos Siblings

Maria Menounos grew up together with her younger brother named Peter.

Source: Ghgossip.com

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