Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi born on November 23rd 1987, is a Chilean-American reality television personality. MTV first introduced Snooki in 'Is She Really Going Out with Him?' a show that focused on women dating obnoxious or arrogant men. She later appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore which premiered in December 2009. Polizzi's popularity on the first season of Jersey Shore, which earned her $5,000 per episode, now earns her $30,000 per episode.

Polizzi was a presenter at the 2010 CMT Music Awards, her and the rest of the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12th 2010 and on November 7th 2010,Polizzi appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, Spain. She was subsequently parodied in the South Park episode "It's a Jersey Thing", and is frequently caricatured on Saturday Night Live. On January 4th 2011, Snooki released a book entitled A Shore Thing, describing her search for love on the boardwalk.