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“I studied journalism undergrad and graduate. It was what I always wanted to do and I worked my way up in Hollywood”
Birthname:
Giuliana DePandi
Assets:
great smile, hot body, Italian ancestry less
Giuliana Rancic (nee DePandi) was born in Naples, Italy in 1975. Her family moved to the United States, namely Washington DC, during her childhood. Fluent only in Italian, Giuliana prides herself on the fact that she taught herself English by watching day-time soaps and other television shows.
After high school, Giuliana enrolled into the University of Maryland and received a B.A in journalism, and later a masters' degree in the same subject from the American University in D.C.
During her career, she has managed to write for numerous Entertainment fields, including 'Detour' magazine and most notably as co-host/anchor for 'E! News'. Not forgetting stints reporting about The Pentagon and White House prior to E!. She was ranked #94 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.
It is with E! that she has managed to achieve a name for herself. In June 2006, she also released a book entitled 'Think Like a Guy: How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One', a dating advice book for women in the first stages of a relationship.
With this venture, she has been in every aspect of the Entertainment field: Print (Magazines, books); Small Screen (E!News and various guest spots on episodic TV)and Big Screen (Scenes in 'Malibu's Most Wanted' (2004) and 'Paparazzi' (2005)).
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