Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White has celebrated her daughter’s 27th birthday by sharing some throwback photos – with fans gushing she is the TV legend’s ‘mini-me.’
The 67-year-old personality – who has been engulfed in rumors that she may be fed up with the hit show – took to Instagram to wish Giovanna ‘Gigi’ Santo Pietro a happy birthday.
Vanna gushed about her ‘amazing’ daughter, who is a ‘talented’ tattoo artist, as she shared two side-by-side photos of her.
One throwback snap was of Gigi as a baby, while the other was the brunette beauty today.
Fans flooded the 27-year-old with well wishes as they claimed she was the spitting image of her mother.
Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White has shared a rare glimpse of her daughter Giovanna ‘Gigi’ Santo Pietro as she paid tribute to her on her 27 birthday
The legendary TV stalwart took to Instagram to wish Gigi a happy birthday on her special day
One of the photos showed Gigi as a baby donning a blue dress.
The other snap saw her many years later as an adult.
She captioned the post: ‘Happy 27th to my amazing daughter! You are so beautiful, smart, kind and a talented artist! I love you Gigi!’
Fans flooded the comments and waxed lyrical about Vanna’s ‘mini-me.’
One person said: ‘Very pretty she does look like you with dark hair.’
Another user added: ‘Spitting image of Vanna.’
Someone else wrote: ‘Happiest birthday to your gorgeous daughter! She is your mini-me!’
One user commented: ‘I thought that was Vanna! Happy birthday, you are very beautiful!!’
One of the photos showed Gigi as a baby donning a blue dress while the other showed her as an adult
Fans flooded the comments and waxed lyrical about Vanna’s ‘mini-me’
Vanna shares two children with ex-husband George Santo Pietro: son Nikko, 29, and daughter Gigi.
Aside from being the iconic Wheel Of Fortune cohost for the last four decades, Vanna – a former Miss Georgia USA contestant in 1978 – has acted in minor roles and appeared as herself in films and TV.
Vanna was one of the three substitutes for former Wheel Of Fortune hostess Susan Stafford who left in October 1982, becoming the regular hostess just two months later in December.
However, she has now found herself in hot water as she is finding it so hard to continue without her longtime costar and leading man, Pat Sajak, that she may call it quits before her contract is up.
The legendary 67-year-old turned the tiles alongside Sajak, 77, for four decades until his recent retirement, and now cohosts the gameshow alongside his replacement, Ryan Seacrest.
But an insider told DailyMail.com that Vanna is finding it so difficult to ‘jibe’ with the American Idol host, 49, that she is considering exiting the show before her two-year contract ends in 2026.
Vanna (seen with Pat Sajak) shares two children with ex-husband George Santo Pietro: son Nikko, 29, and daughter Gigi
The legendary 67-year-old turned the tiles alongside Sajak, 77, for four decades until his recent retirement (duo seen in season 10 together)
‘Vanna is retiring from the show when her contract ends, but there is a part of her that wants to walk away sooner,’ a show insider said.
‘It is just so difficult to do this without Pat.
‘She just doesn’t jibe with Ryan like she did with Pat, and no one really ever expected her to. There is just no way that she possibly could.’
They continued: ‘Vanna feels that she has put her time in. She devoted her entire life to this show and she had an incredible run while making a fortune.
‘She knows that the show needs to go in a different direction and appeal to a younger demographic. She wants the show to continue.
‘This will require a younger female host, someone who can be to Ryan what she was to Pat.’
