Tiffany Pollard

**Tiffany "New York" Pollard** (born January 6, 1982) is an American reality television personality and actress. She is best known for her participation in the VH1 Network's *Flavor of Love* and *I Love New York* television series. Pollard was given the nickname "New York" by rapper Flavor Flav, whom she dated on the Seasons 1 and 2 of Flavor of Love; she is, to television viewers, better known by her nickname than her given name. Pollard is also known colloquially by her self-proclaimed nickname, the "HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge)", which she exclaimed in the Flavor of Love series in an attempt to taunt her competitors.

## Personal life

Tiffany was born in Utica, New York to Michelle Rothschild-Patterson (also known as "Sister Patterson") and Alex Pollard. She has an older brother named Derek. Pollard attended John F. Kennedy Middle School and graduated from Thomas R. Proctor High School.

Professionally, Pollard has used the surnames of both her parents, who are unmarried. She has admitted to having breast implants.

Pollard was engaged to *I Love New York* season 1 winner Patrick "Tango" Hunter for a sixth-month period until Hunter called off the engagement on the reunion show. Pollard was also engaged to George "Tailor Made" Weisgerber, the winner of *I Love New York 2*. On September 8, 2008, Pollard announced on episode 6 of her show, *New York Goes to Hollywood*, that she had officially separated from Weisgerber. It was announced on the Celebrity Net Worth website that Pollard has a net worth of $500,000.

## Television appearances

### Flavor of Love

Pollard clashed with virtually all the other contestants. Although these feuds were, in general, nothing more than screaming matches, an incident in the penultimate episode of season one led to violence. After her elimination, an outraged Brooke "Pumkin" Thompson spat on Pollard after the two had exchanged words. Pollard vowed to "whoop Pumkin's ass", and attempted to do so at the season one reunion. The moment was rated number one on various VH1 and MTV reality show specials, including VH1's 20 Greatest Celebreality Fights. While on the series Pollard shared a kiss with Flavor Flav that was the longest kiss in reality television history. The final two contestants journeyed to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where Flavor Flav chose Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander, over Pollard, to be his mate.

### Flavor of Love 2

After his relationship did not work out with Alexander, Flavor Flav chose to do a second season of his dating show and invited Pollard to help him eliminate contestants halfway through the season. She agreed and was later added as a participant. In the finale, Flav chose Deelishis over Pollard. Pollard verbally fought with Flav in the season finale, asking why he had brought her back only to be ultimately eliminated. However, the two announced on the Flavor of Love: After the Lovin reunion show that aired October 28, 2006, that they would remain friends.

### I Love New York

I Love New York was Tiffany Pollard's first reality television series on VH1. The series is a spin-off of another relationship competition series, the Flavor of Love, which featured Pollard as a finalist in two consecutive seasons. In July 2006, VH1 published a casting call for contestants for a new series tentatively titled The Flavorette. Various blogs speculated that the star of this program could be Flavor of Love season 1 contestant Rain, Hoopz (Nicole Alexander) or Pollard. Before the season 2 Flavor of Love finale, Pollard denied having her own show but after the finale aired, she confirmed she was the "Flavorette" and that she was already down to the final three contestants. The show premiered on Monday, January 8, 2007 and was the most-watched series debut in VH1 history. Spin-offs from the series include I Love Money, New York Goes to Hollywood, Real Chance of Love, New York Goes to Work, and Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair.

### I Love New York 2

*I Love New York 2* premiered October 8, 2007 on VH1. In the finale of I Love New York 2, contestant "Tailor Made" proposed to Pollard, but was turned down. During the I Love New York 2 reunion special, Tailor Made proposed a second time and Pollard accepted.

### New York Goes to Hollywood

*New York Goes to Hollywood* premiered August 4, 2008 on VH1. The eight episode season follows New York as she tries to establish herself as an actress in Hollywood, California.

### New York Goes to Work

*New York Goes to Work* premiered on the VH1 Network on May 4, 2009. The reality show follows New York as she searches for a regular job. The jobs are selected by fans (via text messaging) from a list of three possible jobs for each episode. New York receives a $10,000 bonus each week if she is able to impress her employer. However, if she instead quits, fails or gets fired, she receives no bonus for the week. Altogether, New York wins $45,000, earning bonuses in 4 jobs (in episodes 1, 2, 5 and 6); losing, failing in, or quitting 4 jobs (in episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8); and coming to a draw in the season finale. At the end of the series, a mobile poll is presented giving three choices for New York's next task, and the most votes are cast for *I Love New York 3*.

### Recent TV appearances

On April 14, 2015, Pollard appeared on an episode of the E! Network's series, *Botched*, where she detailed her botched surgeries that have left her breasts sagging with extra skin. She appeared on the show in hopes of getting them corrected, so she could resume her reality TV career.

On January 5, 2016, Pollard entered the *Celebrity Big Brother* house in the United Kingdom to participate in the show's seventeenth season. She was involved in an infamous misunderstanding in which Pollard believed that David Gest had died of cancer inside the house; it subsequently turned out the deceased was David Bowie, the ex-husband of Pollard's fellow housemate Angie Bowie.

Throughout her time on the show, Pollard proved popular with the British public and achieved the most votes to save her over her fellow contestants on at least one occasion. On February 5, Pollard made the final and came in fourth place, ranking higher than any other American female who had been on the show. D

## Acting career

Pollard's first movie role was in 2008, in the comedy *First Sunday*. She appeared in a supporting role, acting alongside Ice Cube, Regina Hall, and C. J. Sanders.

Pollard participated in a 2009 national tour of the *Vagina Monologues* with an all-black cast, most of whom are also former reality show contestants. Pollard has also appeared in a play called The Clean Up Woman in 2009, and is scheduled to appear in another play called The Trial of The Chicago 7 in 2010.

## References

1. ↑ IMDb bio for Tiffany Pollard. *Internet Movie Database (IMDB)*. Retrieved on May 8, 2020.
2. ↑ Breen, Matthew (January 2007). Who Loves You, Baby?. Out. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNY native Tiffany 'New York' Pollard no longer 'Botched': 'The HBIC is back'. *The Post-Standard*. Retrieved on 12 July 2015.
4. ↑ Ask New York – More of Your Questions Answered. VH1 Blog (November 29, 2007). Retrieved on 2009.
5. ↑ LaRue, William. "She loves VH1 ... and it loves her", January 8, 2007.
6. ↑ Daniels, Karu F. (2007-01-06). Miss New York: Busting Loose, Part One. Black Voices. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
7. ↑ De Leon, Kris (April 17, 2007). I Love New York Star Rejected By Her Chosen Suitor. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
8. ↑ New York Goes to Hollywood: Episode 6 Extras. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
9. ↑ Tiffany "New York" Pollard Returns On E! Show "Botched". BallerStatus.com (April 15, 2015).
10. ↑ Reality Star Tiffany New York Pollard Thinks Her Boobs Are Jacked Up—See the Botched Sneak Peek! on Botched. *E! Online*. Retrieved on 12 July 2015.
11. ↑ Greenwood, Carl (5 February 2016). Celebrity Big Brother winner announced.
12. ↑ Dehnart, Andy (February 5, 2009). Reality Stars Will Perform in the Vagina Monologues. Reality Blurred.

## External links

* Tiffany Pollard at TV.com
* Tiffany Pollard links at FreeOnes
* Tiffany Pollard at Babepedia
* Tiffany Pollard article at *Wikipedia*