Verona Pooth

Verona Pooth (née Feldbusch; born 30 April 1968) is a German actress, television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 1993 and Miss Intercontinental 1993 and represented Germany at the Miss Universe 1993.

Early life

Pooth was born Verona Feldbusch in La Paz, Bolivia, to German engineer Ernst Feldbusch and Bolivian hairdresser Luisa Feldbusch (1935–2015). Her parents were divorced in 1978. Pooth grew up with her mother in Hamburg, her father's hometown.

Career

Beauty pageants

Pooth took part in several beauty pageants in the 1990s. She won the finals of the following beauty contests: Miss Hamburg (1992), Miss Germany (1993), Miss Intercontinental (1993), and Miss American Dream (1995).

Film and television

Pooth hosted the erotic TV show Peep from 1996 to 1999 and her own late-night comedy talkshow Veronas Welt from 1998 to 2000. In 1998, she appeared in one episode of the US series Conan the Adventurer. Pooth made her film debut in On the Wings of Love in 1999 and acted in several more movies in the 1990s and 2000s. She has dubbed certain cartoon characters since 2005, first time in the film Chicken Little.

Pooth presented the scripted reality TV shows The Swan – endlich schön! (2004) and Engel im Einsatz – Mit Verona Pooth (2008). She was part of the jury in the TV show Pool Champions – Promis unter Wasser (2013) and offered private insights into her family's life and education in the show 6 Mütter (2017).

Pooth received the German Bambi Award in 2004 and 2006.