Jonathan "Jon" Gosselin gained fame as one of the stars of the TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8, a reality-based series from 2007 to 2009 that also featured his wife Kate Gosselin and their eight children. Jon and Kate married in 1999, and he worked a variety of jobs while she worked as a nurse. Using fertility treatments, Kate gave birth to twin girls in 2000 (Cara and Madelyn, born 8 October); in 2004, again ...

Brooke Burke was the globetrotting, bikini-clad host of Wild On, an adventure travelogue on the cable network E!, from 1999-2002. (Burke took over for former host Jules Asner, and was succeeded by Cindy Taylor.) Burke is a former Ford Agency model whose early assignments included posing for lingerie company Fredericks of Hollywood and appearing in high-profile ads for Bally's exercise clubs. Her work on Wil ...

Actress and television personality. Born Julie Kitaen on August 5, 1961, in San Diego, California. Around the age of 12, Kitaen gave herself the nickname "Tawny." She had a hard time at school because of her dyslexia, and she eventually dropped out of Mission Bay High School in San Diego. To support herself, Kitaen landed some modeling work and some small acting roles. Kitaen's big break came in 1984 with t ...

A rare reality TV star with a career rooted in the real world, Bethenny Frankel was born in New York City in 1970. She became intimately involved in the show business community as a large-scale event planner, helping produce movie premieres and award shows, but a love of food and a need to promote a natural lifestyle led her to change gears. She attended Natural Gourmet Cooking Institute, and soon started a ...

Kristin Holt Adams first burst on the scene when she sang her way to the top 30 finalists in the first season of Fox's "American Idol." She was then asked  to return as the co-host and special correspondent for the second season of the show, helping her launch a successful hosting career. But she's more than just a girl that can carry a tune - She made a name for herself in videogame culture as the host of ...

Born on March 8th, 1982 in Nuevo Leon Mexico, to Argentinean parents René Drachenberg and Sylvia Galeano, Kat Von D moved to Colton, California at the age of four. Growing up, she was very close to her grandmother who greatly influenced her love for art. Her grandmother introduced her to playing the piano and listening to great composers such as Beethoven, Kat Von D's favorite. She grew up close to her pare ...

Beth Ostrosky might not have seemed like a future sex goddess when she was attending Fox Chapel High School in suburban Pennsylvania, or attaining a degree in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, but anybody who noticed the beautiful blond's svelte physique or megawatt smile probably had an inkling. Ostrosky began modeling part-time in high school and continued to keep up the career as a si ...

Imogen Thomas is a former Miss Wales and is probably best known for being a Big Brother 7 housemate. Imogen lasted three months in the house which is the longest ever stay for a female housemate to date. Since then, Imogen has graced the cover of many magazines and newspapers. Imogen has taken part in numerous TV programmes including BBLB, Big brothers Big Mouth, T4 Sundays, Richard and Judy, TMF- The Agenc ...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck was known as Elisabeth Filarski when her bubbly personality caught viewers' attention on the show Survivor in 2001. She'd graduated from Boston College in 1999, where she'd played softball, but her popularity on the reality show focused her career toward the small screen. She nabbed a gig hosting a Style Network show about high fashion on a low budget called The Look for Less, and she s ...

Co-host of NBC's Today show since 2006, Meredith Vieira is a television journalist whose credits include work on CBS's 60 Minutes and ABC's The View. Vieira got her start as a radio news announcer in Worcester, Massachusetts, after graduating with a degree in English from Tufts University (1975). She was recruited in 1977 by WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, and her talent for human interest stories quic ...