Jeannie Mai Biography – Jeannie Mai Wiki
Jeannie Mai also referred to as Jeannie Mai Jenkins is an American television presenter, make-up artist, and stylist. She is best known for her work on the makeover show How Do I Look? and the syndicated daytime talk show The Real. As a fashion expert, she is frequently featured on television programs such as Today, Extra TV, Entertainment Tonight, and Insider. She has also appeared as a host for E! as well as the Miss Universe pageant. She is currently a sideline reporter on Holey Moley on ABC.
At age 18, she launched her career as a makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics while a resident of San Jose. As a trainer, she worked her way from face to face until she was eventually traveling the world to work for celebrities such as Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys. This led her to also serve as a celebrity-makeup stylist for MTV’s Total Request Live, KCAL Los Angeles, and Good Day Sacramento.
In 2003, she started auditioning for local television networks with self-written scripts to demonstrate her hosting talents. She was hired to co-host the Asian-American magazine-style show Stir, on the International Channel. Later, the San Francisco-based California Music Channel hired her to host her own music countdown. Mai went on to become an entertainment reporter and producer of the WB’s The Daily Mixx.
In 2005, she got her first primetime hosting role on Character Fantasy on the USA Network, where she inspired guests each week to live their fantasies. After this, she moved to Los Angeles to feature on MTV’s Granted alongside Frankie Muniz and hosted segments related to fashion and entertainment news on networks such as E!, Lifetime, TLC, and NBC on the lattermost’s talk morning program Today. She also began appearing as a member of the beauty squad on TLC’s 10 Years Younger.
In 2008, she served as host of TLC’s Miss America Reality Check. She also starred in the makeover special Dude, Where’s Your Style, and became spokesperson of the cosmetics Never Accept Ordinary. In 2009, she became the host of the Style Network’s fashion makeover show How Do I Look?. She also served as a correspondent and weekend host on NBC’s Extra TV with Mario Lopez. In the digital realm, she was the resident contributor to Perez Hilton’s fashion site Cocoperez.com. In 2011, Mai started hosting the Miss Universe pageant and was a fashion consultant on the NBC weight-loss competition The Biggest Loser. Furthermore, Mai also hosted the stylist competition The Next Style Star from Maker Studios and was the digital correspondent for NBC’s Fashion Star. In 2012, she was a guest judge on Asia’s Next Top Model, Cycle 1.
In 2013, Mai was the host of a live weekly series titled Style Pop on the Style Network. Since 2013, she has served as a co-host of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real, originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, and Tamera Mowry, which premiered on July 15, 2013. Following a trial summer run during 2013 on the Fox Television Stations group, it was picked up to series the following year. In 2018, Mai and her co-hosts won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for their work. In 2015, she was the host of the reality competition Steampunk’d on GSN. She also was a fashion correspondent on Entertainment Tonight.
In 2016, she brought her show How Do I Look? to Asia’s Diva network. The following year, she portrayed Lady Luck on the American game show The Joker’s Wild. She also became an ambassador for ReimagineMyself.com a program encouraging people living with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) to reimagine life with the chronic disease.
On September 2, 2020, she was announced as one of the celebrities competing in the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars. She was forced to exit the show on November 2, 2020, after being diagnosed with epiglottitis, an inflammatory condition that can cause swelling and block airflow to the lungs. She attended Milpitas High School.
Jeannie Mai Age
She was born on January 4, 1979, in San Jose, California, United States.
Jeannie Mai Husband
In November 2018, Mai started dating American rapper Jeezy. The couple became engaged on March 27, 2020, and were married a year after their engagement in an intimate ceremony at their home in Atlanta, Georgia. On September 20, 2021, she revealed on the season premiere of The Real that she and Jenkins were expecting their first child together.
She was previously married to Freddy Harteis on August 11, 2007, the couple announced that they had filed for divorce on October 20, 2017, which was finalized in December 2018.
Jeannie Mai Family
She was born Jeannie Camtu Mai and raised in San Jose, California, to a Vietnamese mother named Olivia Tu Tram Duong and a Chinese-Vietnamese father named James. Her siblings are Dennis Mai and Daniel Mai.
Jeannie Mai Children
On September 20, 2021, she revealed on the season premiere of The Real that she and her husband, Jenkins were expecting their first child together.
Jeannie Mai Religion
Mai adheres to Christianity.
Jeannie Mai Height
She stands at a listed height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.62 meters) tall.
Jeannie Mai Instagram
Her Instagram account is @thejeanniemai.
