Jeannie Mai
Co-Host of The Real & Former Host of How Do I Look?
Jeannie Mai
Co-Host of The Real & Former Host of How Do I Look?
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Biography
Jeannie Mai is an Emmy Award-winning television host, producer, executive producer, entrepreneur, digital personality (YT channel, IG, TT), and advocate whose fearless authenticity, style, and heart have made her one of today’s most dynamic multi-hyphenates. Most recently, Jeannie appeared in and executive produced Apple TV docuseries, Balance, highlighting the importance of perimenopause education and awareness. From her work in women's health, Jeannie was honored with the Women's Health and Wellness Trailblazer of the Year Award by New You in 2026. She also has twice hosted WWD's Real-Time Digital Show at the Golden Globes, serving as the head red carpet correspondent.
Jeannie hosted and served as executive producer of America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation on Amazon Freevee and Amazon Prime Video. She also co-hosted CBS’ hit game show Raid The Cage and is a trusted voice on major live events — she was the Los Angeles emcee for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in both 2023 and 2024. In 2023, Jeannie captivated global audiences as host of the 71st and 72nd Miss Universe competitions in New Orleans and El Salvador.
As co-host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated talk show, The Real, for eight seasons, Jeannie earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host and an Emmy Award for producing, making her the first Vietnamese woman to win an Emmy. Throughout her tenure, she was celebrated for her unfiltered honesty, humor, and unique ability to connect with viewers. Her other credits include Dancing with the Stars, ABC’s Holey Moley, and her popular digital series Hello Hunnay, showcasing her flair for storytelling.
A recognized changemaker, Jeannie was named to the Gold House A100 list honoring the most impactful Asians in culture. She is a tireless advocate against sex trafficking, earning the 2019 Pioneer Woman of the Year award, and creating the award-winning documentaries Stopping Traffic and Stopping Traffic 2. As Chief Brand Officer of Owl’s Brew, Jeannie fuses entrepreneurship with purpose, helping steer the boozy tea brand’s rise in the beverage world.
At the heart of it all, Jeannie is a devoted mother to Monaco and a champion of mental health, self-care, and representation. Whether on-screen, behind the scenes, or online, she uses her platform to inspire people to live with courage, compassion, and joy.
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The Power of Fashion, In Life & At Work
Jeannie Mai’s main goal in all she does it helping others reach their potential. Oftentimes she sees that people are held back by fashion, especially in their careers. For this reason, she strives to educate women and men on how they can empower themselves through their wardrobe and dress for the career they want, not the career they have. In this inspiring speech, Mai—a board member for Dress for Success—shares unique situations from her show on Style Network, How Do I Look?, to describe the power of fashion in leading a successful life, urging audiences to harness that power in their own careers.
Career: Finding It & Building It
As a self-made television personality and spokesperson, keynote speaker Jeannie Mai discovered her natural joy to motivate others and celebrate people's passions at a young age. Realizing the need for a bigger movement to create confidence within women, Mai travels the globe to share her rmotivational message with students, mothers, and women in transition. In this talk, she will help audiences not only identify their passion, but also guide them in how to make the right moves to achieve their career goals.
Healthy Living Topics
Keynote speaker Jeannie Mai speaks on the following topics related to health:
Healthy Diet & Lifestyle: Health speaker Jeannie Mai had a history in which she suffered from eczema, abnormal sleep patterns, difficulty focusing, and constant weight gain. At age 24 she learned that she was celiac deficient (allergic to gluten). With a new perspective on the way Americans eat, Mai shares her tips for healthier living with audiences across the country who are looking to be happier, healthier, and more energetic.
Heart Health: Heart health is a subject near and dear to speaker Jeannie Mai. She actively supports Heartbeat Vietnam, an organization that brings mobile hospitals to rural villages to provide heart examinations and transplants, and in 2010 she and her husband financially supported a six-year-old girl, Be Ha, who was in need of a heart transplant. When it was time for Be Ha to receive her new heart, Mai traveled to Vietnam to be there for her surgery and watched her take her first steps after. Home in the United States, she actively supports organizations fighting heart disease. In her heart health speeches, she combines her upbeat delivery with personal stories of hope and triumph.
Female Empowerment
Jeannie Mai firmly believes femininity is the most powerful quality a woman can have in the world. From teaching women to take an appreciating look at the way they speak, move, walk, think, and react to embracing all the situations in life that have brought them to become the woman they are now, Mai strives to makes every woman feel worthy. In this talk, she shares personal situations that taught her to change her perspectives to become more influential and powerful, and also humbling moments in life that has become the foundation for the woman she has become.
Asian American Pride
Asian American speaker Jeannie Mai tries to be a positive role model for the community whenever possible. Instilled with values from her heritage, she understands what it is like to sometimes feel like an outsider in American culture. Excited to be part of a world where diversity is becoming more widespread and celebrated in the workforce, she is an active supporter of the Asian Professional Exchange (APEX), which brings together Asian American professions to encourage and empower them to reach their dreams. In this inspiring speech, she outlines her personal success story, encouraging Asian Americans to pursue their dreams and celebrate their heritage.
Pray It Forward: Faith & Spirituality
Keynote speaker Jeannie Mai fully attributes her focus and success in life to the principles she's learned through her faith. As a liberal Christian, she shares an open-minded perspective on the biblical values practiced in today's world. Mai—who does not take an evangelical stance on any specific denomination—draws upon her actions and everyday choices in this speech, intimately sharing why, after certain experiences and realizations, she has chosen the faith that guides her today.