Rita Verreos
| Rita Verreos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 19, 1968 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Television | America Te Ve |
Rita Rosina Verreos (born July 19, 1968) is a TV Host/Anchor, actress, beauty pageant coach, model, and former beauty pageant & reality television contestant.
A native of Venezuela, Verreos moved to San Francisco with her family when she was 8 years old. She attended UC Berkeley before graduating with Cum Laude from the University of California at Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in Italian and French Literature. She is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. After graduating from UCLA, she got married and moved to Mexico City to live with her husband and children for 11 years before moving to San Antonio in 2003. She and her husband divorced in 2004.
She currently lives in Miami, Fla. Rita married Actor and Producer Carl Mergenthaler (www.imdb.me/carlmergenthaler) on June 8, 2014.
Verreos was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela 1988 pageant while representing Municipio Vargas, and competed in the 1988 "Reinado Mundial de Banano" pageant in Machala, Ecuador, placing second to Ximena Correa of Ecuador. Verreos has also judged many pageants, including Miss Oklahoma USA, Miss Kansas USA, Miss Hawaiian Tropic San Antonio, Miss, Teen & Mrs. International. She's currently one of the Top Beauty Pageant Coaches in the U.S., coaching young women for many pageants including Miss Texas, Miss California and Miss USA pageants.
Verreos competed in San Antonio magazine Conexión's 2005 "Hottest Latina" contest, placing as second runner-up, and in the CMT reality television program The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search.
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