Biography: Adrianne Curry

Adrianne Marie Curry (born August 6, 1982; Joliet, Illinois) is an American model, best known as the first winner of the reality television series America's Next Top Model. She is married to Christopher Knight, who portrayed Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. She runs a weekly show on the NowLive radio network, in which she is an investor.

Career

Modeling

Curry won the first cycle of America's Next Top Model.

Curry was signed to Wilhelmina Models in New York City. She has modeled for several magazines, including Life & Style Weekly, Us Weekly, Star, OK!, Stuff, People, Maxim and made the Maxim Hot 100 list in 2005., Spanish Marie Claire, Von Dutch, Von Dutch Watches, Salon City, Macy's, Famous Stars and Straps, Lucky, Ed Hardy, Kinis Bikinis, Beverly Hills Choppers, and Merit Diamonds.

Curry's runway shows include Anne Bowen Spring 2005, Jamie Pressly, Pamela Anderson's line, Ed Hardy, Von Dutch, and Christopher Deane. She has appeared in a commercial for the Merit Diamonds Sirena Collection that ran from November 2004 to January 2006.

Curry appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial for Playboy in February 2006 (U.S. Version). She returned for a second cover and nude pictorial in the January 2008 issue. Curry made Playboy's 2008 top 25 sexiest women, along with Playboy's top 100 Playboy spreads 2008 edition.

In late 2006, Curry modeled for a technological demo created by Nvidia to showcase their video cards.^[[1]]

Television and film

Curry was a co-host on the television game show Ballbreakers. In 2006, she appeared on Gameshow Marathon as a celebrity panelist on the Match Game episode. She starred in "Rock Me Baby" (2004) and Half and Half (2003) on UPN. Curry also appeared on Dirt starring Courteney Cox, with whom she shared scenes. She appeared in rock band's The Click Five music video Just the Girl, along with husband Christopher Knight.

Curry appeared on VH1's celeb sci-fi reality show Celebrity Paranormal Project in 2006, along with her husband.

Curry appeared on WE tv's From Russia with Love. The show documents her trip to Russia. It aired in November 2007. She has also starred in the films Fallen Angels, Light Years Away and "Jack Rio".

In early 2005, Curry appeared on VH1's fourth season of The Surreal Life. After the season ended, Curry and fellow house guest Christopher Knight began dating, and later moved in together. On September 11, 2005, VH1 began airing My Fair Brady, a show that documented their life together and paid her an estimated US$450,000. The show led her to being featured in Maxim's Hot 100, a list of the "hottest" women on earth.^[2] and ranked #100 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2005.^[3] Season 3 of My Fair Brady began airing on January 21, 2008 and focused on Curry's breast enhancement surgery and Knight's competing (and contrary) desire to start a family.

Curry and her family and friends appeared on NBC's new show Celebrity Family Feud, which premiered on June 24, 2008.

Personal life

Knight proposed to Curry on the season finale of My Fair Brady, which aired on November 6, 2005. The show was renewed for a second season, and focused on the couple's wedding preparations. The second season began airing on VH1 in June 2006. The couple wed in Curry's hometown of Joliet on May 29, 2006 in a gothic-style wedding. Says Curry of the goth-themed ceremony, "I wanted to go as Gothic as I could and as traditional as I could without ruffling anyone's feathers. ... I wanted to have a black dress ... but I knew it would break my grandmother's heart."^[4] She has confessed to being a big Star Wars fan.^[5]

Filmography

• Half & Half (TV series) (2003) as Roberta
• Hot Properties (TV series) (2005) as Danushka
• E! True Hollywood Story (2006) as herself
• Fallen Angels (2006) as Shell
• Light Years Away (2007) as Alexis Best
• Jack Rio (2008) as Lisa

Producer

• "My Fair Brady" (co-producer) (5 episodes, 2008)
• Chris & Adrianne Do Russia (2007) (TV) (co-executive producer)

References

1. ^ PR NewsWire[[1]]
2. ^ Maxim Online - Adrianne Curry
3. ^ "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2005. http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2005/. Retrieved January 28, 2007. 
4. ^ "Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry to marry tomorrow". http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/26/christopher_knight_aamp_adrianne_curry_t. 
5. ^ Adrianne Curry: America's Next Top Star Wars Fan StarWars.com - January 8, 2010

External links

• Adrianne Curry at the Internet Movie Database
• Adrianne Curry at Fashion Model Directory

Adrianne Curry main page.