Maria is a New York Times best-selling author, host of E! News, host on Sirius XM, AfterBuzz TV CEO, was a Unified Relay Across America Co-Captain and is a Special Olympics Global Ambassador. She has interviewed every U.S. president since Clinton. Her ground-breaking conversational style of hosting led her, at age 22, to become the youngest to host "Entertainment Tonight." as well as report for "NBC Nightly News" and "the Today Show". She's starred in movies, is a 2 time NY Times best-selling author and CEO of the largest online broadcast network, AfterBuzz TV.
Although Maria Menounos's announcement as a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics didn’t happen until March 2015 which was announced on Live! With Kelly and Michael, Maria has been an Ambassador since November of 2014. Maria served as a co-captain for the first-ever Special Olympics Unified Relay Across America presented by Bank of America. She lead the Special Olympics celebrity campaign for the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 by engaging the Hollywood community to support more than 6500 athletes from 165 counties who competed at the Summer Games. In her role, Maria will continue to pave a way for acceptance and inclusion for all athletes throughout the world.
Alumni Ambassadors
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Apolo Anton Ohno
Olympic Medalist (Speedskating) -
Benedetto Saraceno
Health Expert & Advocate -
Brooklyn Decker Roddick
Actress & Model -
Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Morais)
Legendary Professional Soccer Player -
Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco
Olympian & World Champion Swimmer -
Emma Broyles
Miss America 2022 -
Gleyber Torres
2x MLB All-Star, New York Yankees Shortstop -
Gracie Hunt
Inclusion activist, Unified Partner and Philanthropist -
Joe Haden
Former NFL Player & All Pro Defensive Back -
Lauren Potter
Actor & Advocate -
Maria Menounos
Actor & New York Times Best-Selling Author -
Michelle Kwan
Olympic Medalist, Figure Skating, United States Ambassador to Belize -
Montell Jordan
International Recording Artist/Pastor -
Nancy O'Dell
Media Personality -
Ricardo Montaner
Grammy Award Winning Singer & Songwriter -
Ricky Rubio
Former NBA Player, Cleveland Cavaliers -
Scott Hamilton
Olympic Champion, Figure Skating -
Vanessa Williams
Singer & Broadway Performer -
Willson Contreras
2x MLB All-Star, St. Louis Cardinals Catcher -
Yuna Kim
Olympic Champion, Figure Skating
