Vanessa Minnillo has some serious career ambitions. “My goal is to be acting and winning an Oscar,” the 27-year-old MTV alum told In Touch at the 4th Annual Pink Party in Santa Monica on September 13. “I want to be an actress with an Oscar and babies.” Vanessa — whose romance with Nick Lachey is still going strong — says she looks to Academy Award winner Julia Roberts for inspiration. “She’s phenomenal!” says Vanessa. “I would love to be just like her.” Vanessa, who recently appeared in Disaster Movie, aspires to the career of Julia Roberts, who won an Oscar in 2001 for Erin Brockovich.

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