Snooki

Nicole Catherine "Snooki" Polizzi (born November 23, 1987) is a Chilean-American reality television personality who appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore starting in 2009.

Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1



"The Snooki Song" (Parody of Tik Tok by Ke$ha)


Snooki's Love Pendant



Snooki on WWE


Oprah Narrates Snooki Getting Punched







Early life

Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile.[4] She was adopted when she was six months old and was raised by Italian American parents,[5] her father a volunteer firefighter and auto-salvage supervisor and her mother an office manager.[6] Polizzi received her nickname, Snooki, in middle school when her friends named her after "Snookie", a male character in Save the Last Dance, because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy. She grew up and attended school in Marlboro, New York, where she was a cheerleader.[4] During high school, she suffered from an eating disorder, at one point weighing 80 pounds (36 kg).[7] Polizzi attended community college after graduating from Marlboro High School, where she studied to become a veterinary technician.


Career

MTV first introduced Polizzi in Is She Really Going Out with Him?,[8] a show that focused on women dating obnoxious or arrogant men. Polizzi and her beau, Justin, appeared in episode 14, "Jerz Pud".[9]


Polizzi at James Madison University, 2010
Polizzi became part of the reality TV series Jersey Shore after being scouted by the casting director, an employee of Doron Ofir Casting. The New York Times identified her as "the breakout member of the cast".[4] According to The New York Times, her actions on the show have caused her to be the target of public disdain while having a "strange appeal".[4] One reported measure of her appeal was that she was one of the most popular Halloween costumes of 2010.[10] Polizzi's popularity on the first season of Jersey Shore, which earned her $5,000 per episode, now earns her $30,000 per episode. While shooting in Seaside Heights, Polizzi was punched in the face by New York City school gym teacher Brad Ferro.[11][12] The hit was deleted from future showings of the episode. Videos of the punch went viral on YouTube and were featured in many news media. After the punch was made public, Polizzi's appearance fees increased from $2,000 per event to $10,000 per event.[3] Subsequently, Brad Ferro was fired from his teaching position and was forced to move in with his grandmother when his unemployment insurance ran out, and eventually enlisted in the United States Army when he could no longer find work.[13]
Polizzi was a presenter at the 2010 CMT Music Awards[14] On July 27, 2010, the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the New York Stock Exchange and Polizzi rang the opening bell.[15] Polizzi and the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010.[16] Polizzi also appeared on TLC's Cake Boss episode "Snookie, Super Anthony & a Ship" on November 8, 2010, in which she orders a cake for her mom. On November 7, 2010, Polizzi appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, Spain. She was subsequently parodied in the South Park episode "It's a Jersey Thing", and is frequently caricatured on Saturday Night Live by actor Bobby Moynihan.
On September 30, 2010, it was announced that Polizzi would be writing a book entitled A Shore Thing, describing her search for love on the boardwalk.[17] On January 4, 2011, A Shore Thing was released. Despite a promotional campaign that included appearances by Polizzi on The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with David Letterman, the book was not a sales success, selling approximately 9,000 copies within its first month of release, during which it accumulated 16 one-star customer reviews on Amazon.com. One publishing executive attributes the book's sales to the fact that "rather than a tell-all, it was disguised as a novel."[18][19]
In April 2011, Snooki was paid $32,000 to speak at Rutgers University. Her message included what it’s like being a celebrity, and also what she thinks is important in school, including the advice “Study hard, but party harder”.[20] There was a big uproar from current Rutgers students, as well as alumni in which they questioned as to why the university paid a celebrity like her to come in, when many don’t consider her a good role model. Polizzi made an appearance on the March 14, 2011 episode of WWE Raw, where she got into a brawl with LayCool, which led to the formation of a 6-person Mixed Tag Team match at WrestleMania XXVII which was won by Polizzi and her partners Trish Stratus & John Morrison.
Personal life

Polizzi lives in Marlboro, New York.
Legal troubles
On July 30, 2010, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Polizzi was cited on a count of interfering with the quiet enjoyment of the beach, which the Associated Press called "essentially disturbing the peace", as well as for disorderly conduct and criminal annoyance of others. In a September 8 plea bargain in which the latter two charges were dropped, Judge Damian G. Murray sentenced her to a $500 fine and community service. In handing down the sentence, he characterized Polizzi as "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe".[21] Her arrest was taped during production of season three of Jersey Shore.
On May 31, 2011 in Florence, Italy, Polizzi was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. According to Italian police, Polizzi was cited and released. Two police officers sustained minor injuries.[22]

References from Wikipedia.com