Adrianne Marie Curry (born August 6, 1982 in
Joliet, Illinois) is an
American model, who first became famous as the first winner of
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 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 also runs a weekly
show on the
NowLive radio network, in which she is an investor.
Early life
Curry has been very open about the trauma she experienced in her youth. She was abducted and molested as a child and raped in her teens, as she mentioned in the third season premiere of
My Fair Brady.
[[http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1579494&vid=202976 Video of the Season 3 premiere of My Fair Brady at vh1.com]] She also mentioned her struggle dealing with the hurt caused by the trauma she experienced.
Career
Modeling
Adrianne 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., Max (Spanish)
Marie Claire,
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), for which she was paid (US) $2,000,000 . 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 Playboys top 100 Playboy spreads 2008 edition.
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
Courtney 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 is set to air in November 2007. She has also starred in the films
Fallen Angels,
Light Years Away and "Jack Rio".
America's Next Top Model has dissociated itself from Curry (and vice versa), having not mentioned her in any episodes since Season 2 (where she guest-starred in an episode). This was reportedly due to Curry criticizing
Top Model and
Tyra Banks for not delivering the promised prizes she won. Banks then retaliated by removing Curry from the show. Curry also stated that Banks was fake, claiming the supermodel was the nicest person in the world when the camera was on, but once it wasn't she became "
Naomi Campbell in your face." Curry apologized for the comments she made, but Banks continues to shun her.
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.
[Maxim Online - Adrianne Curry] and ranked #100 on the
Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2005.
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. In the season finale, Curry tossed her birth control pills away while they were on a 2nd honeymoon in Hawaii. She recently said, however, that she is not pregnant at the present time.
Nvidia used Curry as the model in their 3D rendering demo (pictured below). The demo was designed to show off the power of their
Geforce 8800 and 8600 series products. The demo is downloadable and will run with purchase of those products.
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 the show, 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."
[Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry to marry tomorrow]
On the October 3, 2005 broadcast of the
Opie and Anthony XM Satellite Radio show, Curry discussed her
bisexuality and revealed numerous past relationships with women. In addition, on the January 17, 2006 broadcast of
Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio show, Curry discussed her
sexual orientation at length.
[www.washingtonpost.com/news/celebs/adrianne_curry]
Select filmography
Gallery
Image:Adrianne Curry NVIDIA.jpg|Curry in NVIDIA DirectX 10 launch promotional event.
Image:Adrianne Curry animation.jpg|Curry and her husband watching a 3D animation of her.
