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Rita Verreos | |
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| Born | July 19, 1968 |
| Occupation | Television host |
| Television | Survivor: Fiji HSN FOX Telemundo Jewelry Television |
Rita Rosina Verreos (born July 19, 1968) is a Venezuelan actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. She is most well-known for her participant in Miss Venezuela 1988 and for her appearance on reality television show Survivor: Fiji .
A native of Venezuela, Verreos moved to San Francisco with her family when she was eight years old. Her father is of Greek descent, while her mother is of Panamanian descent. She attended UC Berkeley before graduating cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in Italian and French Literature. [1] She is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. After graduating from UCLA, she got married and moved to Mexico City to live with her husband and children for eleven years before moving to San Antonio in 2003. She and her husband divorced in 2004. [2]
She currently lives in Miami, Florida.
Rita married actor and producer Carl Mergenthaler on June 8, 2014.[ citation needed ]
Verreos was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela 1988 pageant while representing Municipio Vargas, and competed in the 1988 "Reinado Mundial de Banano" pageant in Machala, Ecuador, placing second to Ximena Correa of Ecuador. [3] [4] Verreos has also judged many pageants, including Miss Oklahoma USA, Miss Kansas USA, Miss Hawaiian Tropic San Antonio, Miss, Teen & Mrs. International. She has also coached in many pageants including Miss Texas, Miss California and Miss USA. [2]
Verreos competed in San Antonio magazine Conexión's 2005 "Hottest Latina" contest, placing as second runner-up, and in the CMT reality television program The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search . [5]
Rita was recruited by Survivor casting director Lynne Spillman at a beauty pageant, and became a contestant on Survivor: Fiji , the 14th season of the series. [6] Her strategy was to draw on her sex appeal to win the show's million dollar prize. [2] She lost 15 pounds during filming, and suffered broken cartilage in her nose. Verreos was the sixth castaway to leave the island. [7]
Verreos was a contestant on the May 29, 2009, episode of The Price is Right . [8] Verreos' television debut was in 2003 as a TV spokesperson for H-E-B, a Texas-based supermarket chain [9] which aired on the Kens 5 (CBS) morning talk show, "Great Day SA."
Verreos has also hosted "En Nuestro Hogar" on Telemundo and Azteca America in San Antonio (June, 2007), acted as a fill-in for the Kens 5 morning news Traffic Anchor (2008), served as a guest host on HSN (2009-2010) and as a "beauty tips expert" on Fox Utilisima's "Hola Martin" (2011), and acted as a fill-in anchor for KVDA Telemundo. She appeared as the TV spokesperson in the World Car TV commercials (Univision, Telemundo, 2008–2014) and infomercials on WOAI (San Antonio). She has appeared in national television commercials for Safelink cellular phones and Bedoyecta Vitamins. She created, produced and hosted the web show Latin Connection (2008-2014), and from 2017 to 2018, she appeared in roles in the Telemundo series Sangre de mí tierra (2017), Al otro lado del muro (2018), and Mi familia perfecta (2018). In 2019 she became one of the few News Anchors presenting and producing newscasts for both Spanish language (Telemundo KXTQ and KASA) and English language (FOX34) networks. Currently she is the first and only TV Show Host on Jewelry Television presenting shows in English and Spanish.
Verreos is a former professional ballerina, [10] and has modeled in Venezuela, Mexico, and Los Angeles, [2] for designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Victor Alfaro. She also appeared in the 1990 film Marked for Death . [11] Rita was the "In Arena" Host at the AT & T Center for the Spurs Organization female basketball team the Silver Stars during the 2010 season. [12] In 2008, she was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment" Award by La Prensa Newspaper. [13] In 2010, Rita won the "Dancing with the Lonestars" Ballroom dancing competition to raise funds for a local charity in San Antonio, TX. [14] In 2011, Rita received the President's Call to Service Award for Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism for her decade of philanthropic work. [15]
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Another contestant, Rita Verreos, 42, grew up in San Francisco and went to UC Berkeley for 2 years.
Rita Rosina Verreos (Municipio Vargas) fue enviada a dos eventos. Primero al "Reinado Mundial de Banano 1988", en Machala (Ecuador). Clasificó como virreina. Ganó Ximena Correa (Ecuador). Posteriormente fue Miss San Francisco en el "Nuestra Belleza" en donde figuro como Segunda Finalista. Se regresó a San Francisco, California (USA), donde vivía. En 1993 apareció en Venezuela, como novia del cantante inglés Peter Gabriel. Más nunca
A finalist in the 2005 Hottest Latina contest, Verreos is a contestant on the reality show 'Survivor: Fiji,' which aired on CBS in 2017. She also has competed in CMT's competitive reality show, 'The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search.'
{{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)Rita Verreos, 42, a former professional ballerina, is also among the castaways on the South Pacific island. She is the younger sister of Project Runway fashion designer Nick Verreos, so maybe she and Yi discussed haute couture to pass the time.