Eric Nies

{{Short description|American model and television personality}}

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| name = Eric Nies

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| caption = Nies in October 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|5|23}}

| birth_place = Ocean Township, New Jersey[https://web.archive.org/web/20101108011108/http://www.mtv.com/shows/realworld-season1/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=1022 Biography page for Eric Nies at MTV.com]{{cite journal|last = Lynn|first = Allison|title = Nies 'n' easy: MTV stud Eric Nies has his life back in shape| journal=People Magazine|date = October 7, 1996|quote = It is a sunny morning in the spring of 1995, and Eric Nies is fiddling with the sunroof of the stretch limo heading to his hometown of Ocean Township, N.J.}}

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Eric Nies (born May 23, 1971) is an American former model and reality television personality. He first gained fame as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: New York, before going on to appear on that show's spinoffs and other reality shows, such as The Grind and Confessions of a Teen Idol. Nies revealed on the 2000 special The Real World 10th Anniversary Special that three years into hosting The Grind, a business manager stole a quarter million dollars from him, effectively leaving him destitute and ruining his career, after which he contemplated suicide.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/06/25/ewcom-rates-real-world-reunion/ |title=EW.com rates The Real World reunion |first=Justine |last=Elias |date=June 25, 2001 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}