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Profile of Jackie Bass

Jackie Bass was born July 22nd, 1990. She grew up in Atlantic Beach, Long Island and attended Lawrence High School. There she was chosen by her peers to become student government president. She was also Junior class president, on honor roll, in National honors Society and Italian Honors Society. Not only was she skilled academically, but also physically. Jackie was apart of her school's volleyball and softball team. Her greatest memory of high school is hanging out with her close group of friends. She wouldn't have made it through high school with out them. She reminisces on times when they would hang out at each others house and do absolutely nothing, but have so much fun. After high school, Jackie attended Hofstra University majoring in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences and a minor in Russian. As an extracurricular activity, Jackie joined Sigma Delta Tau Sorority. She never thought her college friends would match up to her high school ones, but by joining a sorority they did. After joining Jackie became Vice President, which oversees all general board positions. Jackie excelled in her position and brought the sorority out of the slump it was currently in. When asked what her favorite memory is so far in her life, Jackie said her trips to St. Martin. She has been going there now for almost 20 years, which is practically her whole life. She explains its her home away from home and a chance to get away and relax. She also talks about meeting her boyfriend Anthony and all her memories with her family. As she is about to graduate college, Jackie hopes to get into grad school and eventually become a speech pathologist.

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Vanessa Minnillo Pregnant!

 That's right! Its officially confirmed that Nick Lachey and wife Vanessa Minnillo are expecting their first child in late summer/early fall. Nick Lachey dropped the news this morning on "Live! with Kelly," while he co-hosted. "This is the one thing that more then any other I've looked forward to and its overwhelming," gushed the dad to be. She is now 12 weeks along and the couple couldn't be more happier!

Vanessa had been on the show in early January and after took a pregnancy test in New York after she was done taping. He explained that she didn't feel herself and was having cramps and heavy back pain.  "I'm here to tell you the stage here is a very fertile place," Nick said on the show. There had been speculation of them having a child back when they vacationed in Mexico. Reporters had said she was showing a bump in her bathing suit. They plan to learn the sex of the baby and Nick was even going over possible names on the show. "If it's a girl, I think I might like Sophia. If it's a boy, Im not sure," said Lachey. He did add that he always liked the name Colin John, so people could call him C.J. for short. Vanessa is craving a lot of Mexican food, especially burritos. Nick said on the show, "If you could only imagine what our house smells like these days." The cutest part of the show was when Nick was telling Kelly Rippa that he will do anything to care to her needs. What a great hubby!

 The couple met on the set of Nick's "Whats left of me" music video back in 2006 and married on Richard Branson's Necker Island this past July. Even though they have been married for less then a year, they have always hinted that they wanted to start a family. (Who can blame them!)  

Nick's first wife, Jessica Simpson is also due to have her first baby with fiance Eric Johnson. Coincidence???