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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.
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.
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. 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.
Curry and her family and friends appeared on NBC's new show Celebrity
Family Feud, which premiered on June 24, 2008.
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." She has
confessed to being a big Star Wars fan. |
