SallyAnn Salsano

Her company, 495 Productions, has produced several television reality shows for MTV and syndication, including Jersey Shore and The Real.

[3] Salsano began her career as an intern for TV and radio personalities Howard Stern and Sally Jessy Raphael, then worked in various producer capacities on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Trista & Ryan's Wedding, Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition, and Surprise Weddings I & II.

[6] It produces several television reality shows for MTV, including Jersey Shore.

[4] In 2011, Salsano said, "I'm an Italian girl from Long Island, my dad worked in sanitation, both of my parents drive Cadillacs, my dad wears a diamond-encrusted New York Yankees symbol around his neck.

"[5] She said that she spent several summers at the Jersey Shore growing up, saying, "I was Snooki.