Tuesday 18 October 2011

Early life

Early life
Rancic was born in Naples, Italy and moved to the United States at the age of 5, where she was raised in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. She is a graduate of Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Maryland), received a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master's degree in Journalism from American University. While in attendance, Rancic served as a features correspondent for the syndicated university television station, covering a number of stories related to the Pentagon, Supreme Court, White House and State Department.

Her father, Eduardo DePandi, is a master tailor. The DePandi family owns Bruno Cipriani, a high-end men's clothing store in the White Flint Mall in North Bethesda, Maryland. She has two siblings: a sister, Monica, and an opera singer brother, Pasquale DePandi.