Vinny Guadagnino is an American reality TV star who appears on Jersey Shore, but is also described as a social media juggernaut in his own right, with over two million followers on twitter. The 24-year-old Guadagnino comes from a traditional Italian-American family (his mother was born in Sicily, Italy) and was himself born and raised in Staten Island, New York. During an episode of Jersey Shores fourth season, Vinny’s family farm was visited and after the success of his role in the show, the Italian American has decide to polish up his acting skills and take classes.
His forte is comedy acting, and as such his efforts have already paid off with an appearance in MTV’s The Hard Times of RJ Berger as well as classic youth show 90210. Earlier in his life, Vinny was a political aide for a New York State Assemblyman. He puts a lot of time and effort into charity work, most notably launching a line of shirts for the charity “I Have A Vision”, with proceeds donated to anti-bullying. he has also partnered with The Jed Foundation, a non-profit organisation that concerns itself with the emotional health of young people and college students. Known as the innocent one who avoided drama on Jersey Shore, Vinny is now a published author, his first book “Control the Crazy” was released in April 2012.