Jeannie Mai: Biography in Details
Who is Jeannie Mai?
Jeannie Mai is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning host, actress, and stylist. She is renowned as the host of the talk show, The Real.
Next, she will be presenting the documentary, Stopping Traffic 2: Surviving Sex-Trafficking. As of now, the documentary is being filmed.
Jeannie Mai- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Parents, Siblings
She was born Jeannie Camtu Mai on the 4th of January 1979 in San Jose, California, U.S. Her father, James Mai is of Chinese ethnicity, and her mother, Olivia TuTram Mai is of Vietnamese ethnicity.
She has two siblings that including her two brothers, Daniel and Dennis.
Hard Childhood
She went through a very hard time during her childhood. Raising her as a child, her parents had to go to work for their family to survive. Hence, they had to rely on other family members to take care of her and her siblings.
At the age of 9, she started experiencing sexual harassment from one of her family members. Constantly, she went through that feeling for five years.
When she told her mother, she never believed in it. Due to that, she has a strained relationship with her mother.
Also, Jeannie Mai wants to make sure that nobody goes through such events. Hence, she strongly advocates against it.
Jeannie- Education
She graduated from Milpitas High School in Milpitas. Later, she attended De Anza College in Cupertino, California.
Jeannie Mai- Professional Life, Career
– Jeannie Mai started her career as a makeup artist with the cosmetic manufacturer, MAC Cosmetics.
At the time, she was 18 years. Associated with the company as a trainer, she worked with celebrities like Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys.
– Also, she worked with Television stations like KCAL and KMAX as a stylist.
– Moving forwards, she wanted to explore her career as a host. As a host, she debuted with the Asian American TV show, Stir.
-Later, she hosted her music countdown show on California Music Channel based in San Francisco.
– In 2005, Jeannie Mai started hosting the TV series, Character Fantasy on the USA network. Altogether, she hosted 9 episodes till 2009.
Later, she hosted MTV’s Granted along with the co-host, Frankie Muniz. Also, the host appeared in TLC’s 10 Years Younger as a beauty squad.
– In 2008, she even hosted the beauty pageant, Miss America. Later, in 20011, she also landed as the host of the Miss Universe.
– In 2013, she was featured on the daytime talk show, The Real as the initial panel of the show. To date, she hosts the show along with the co-hosts Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, Tamera Mowry, and Tamar Braxton.
Moving forward, she appeared in the TV shows, The Joker’s Wild, How Do I Look?, and GSN.
Jeannie’s Awards, Nomination
- 2018- Daytime Emmy for The Host.
- 2018, 2019- NAACP Image Awards for The Host.
- 2016, 2017, 2019- Nominated for Daytime Emmy.
Mai’s Net Worth, Salary
Through her career as the talk show host, she has made a net worth of $4 million as of 2022. As the host of The Real, she makes in the range of $31k to $121k.
Also, as a stylist, her earnings are $23k to $113k. Apart from that, she makes her TV appearance too.
Jeannie’s Controversy, Rumors
As of now, Jeannie Mai has not been through any sort of controversy that created a buzz in the media.
Body Measurements- Height, Weight
Jeannie Mai is a brown-eyed brunette. Her height is 5 feet 4 inches and weighs around 58kg.
She wears a dress of size 4 (US) and a shoe of size 7 (US).
Social Media Profiles
Jeannie Mai has over 2.4 million followers on Instagram, over 894k followers on Facebook, and over 259.4k followers
On Twitter, she is following the personalities like Katie Porter, Holey Moley, and Joe Tessitore.
She also has a YouTube channel, TheMaiTube with around 22.2k subscribers.
Jeannie Mai’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | January | Thursday |
| 2025 | January | Saturday |
| 2026 | January | Sunday |
| 2027 | January | Monday |
| 2028 | January | Tuesday |