Snooki Biography

Birth Name: Nicole Polizzi

Nickname : Snickers, Snooks

Height : 4' 9" (1.45 m)

Birth Place: Santiago, Chile

Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/23/1988, Sagittarius

Profession: Reality show cast member

Nicole Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile. Polizzi is of Chilean descent (including Italian Chilean ancestry), and was adopted when she was six months old and was raised by Italian American parents. Polizzi earned her nickname, Snooki, in middle school when her friends named her after “Snooky”, a character in Save the Last Dance because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy.

Polizzi grew up and attended school in Marlboro, New York, where she was a cheerleader. During high school, Polizzi suffered from an eating disorder, at one point weighing a mere 80 lbs. The 4’9″ Polizzi attributes maintaining her position as a cheerleader partly led to her disorder. Polizzi attended community college after graduating from Marlboro High School, where she studied to become a veterinarian.

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is a reality TV star on MTV's Jersey Shore who likes to live hard, play hard and party harder. A short, busty human firecracker who could simultaneously mud-wrestle Paris Hilton and Heidi Montag and emerge victorious, Nicole Polizzi has gained substantial fame in the MTV crowd and on the guido circuit for her television exploits -- her crowning moment: getting punched in the face. The aliens observing our daily activities might be perplexed about her fame, but it's curiosities like this that keep them (and reality TV devotees) coming back for more.

MTV first introduced Polizzi in Is She Really Going Out with Him?, a show that focused on women dating obnoxious or arrogant men. Polizzi and her beau, Justin, appeared in the Episode 14, “Jerz Pud”.

Polizzi became part of the reality TV series Jersey Shore after responding to a Facebook advertisement she saw about auditioning. The New York Times identified her as “the breakout member of the cast”. 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”. One measure of her appeal was that it was reported in 2010 that she was one of the most popular Halloween costumes for the year.

Polizzi’s popularity on the first season of the Jersey Shore, which earned her $5,000 per episode, now earns her $30,000 per episode. While shooting in Seaside Heights, a drunk man in a bar punched Polizzi in the face. 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.

Polizzi presented an award at 2010 CMT Music Awards. On July 27, 2010, the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the New York Stock Exchange and Polizzi rang the opening bell. Polizzi and the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010. 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.

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. It will be released January 2011 and will describe her search for love on the boardwalk.

On November 7, 2010, Polizzi appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, Spain.