Jeannie Mai (TV Personality)

For the Eurasian Vietnamese Singer, see Jeannie Mai (Singer).

Jeannie Mai (1979-    ) is an American television personality who had first gotten her start as a make-up artist for celebrities.  She is originally from San Jose, California and was born to parents of Vietnamese origin.

While a freshman at De Anza College where she was studying to become a communications major, Jeannie Mai began working for MAC Cosmetics at the age of 18.  As a trainer at MAC Cosmetics, she was able to hone her skills as a make-up artist and within a couple of years developed for herself a clientele that included such high profile celebrities like Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keyes and Rosario Dawson.  She also found work as a celebrity make-up artist on Good Day, Sacramento, MTV's Total Request Live and KCAL Los Angeles.

Jeannie Mai began working in front of the camera in 2003 co-hosting an Asian-American magazine show, Stir.  Her wit and charming personality was quickly taken notice by the executives at California Music Channel, a San Francisco based music videos program, who offered her a position to host her own music countdown.  Shortly thereafter, Jeannie Mai became an entertainment reporter and producer on WB's The Daily Mixx.  

In the following years, Jeannie Mai's popularity as a television personality would grow to a national level hosting various entertainment and fashion related segments for such networks as E!, Lifetime, TLC and NBC.  Her sense of style and insightful editorials on fashion were widely received by television viewer audiences which spawned a career for Jeannie Mai as a fashion expert.  She has been affectionately dubbed as a "fashion wearapist" by her fans through the years.  Since 2011, Jeannie Mai has been co-host of the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

Since 2013, Jeannie Mai has hosted a live weekly show, Style Pop, for the Style Network.  She is also the co-host of the widely popular Fox talk show, The Real, alongside Tamera Mowry, Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon and Tamar Braxton.  She has continued to make frequent appearances as a fashion expert on such television programs such as The Today Show, Wendy Williams and E! News.  

In addition to her television work, Jeannie Mai also devotes much of her time as a philanthropist.  She is quite active with Heartbeat Vietnam, an organization that helps to provide health care for impoverished children in Vietnam, and NightLight International, an organization that helps rescue women and children who have been victimized through sex trafficking.

She has been married since 2007 to Freddy Harteis, the host of The Hollywood Hunter for the Sportsman Channel.

Link(s):

30 Sexiest Vietnamese Celebs of 2016

External Link(s):

Jeannie Mai's Official Website