Adrianne Curry
Adrianne Marie Curry-Rhode (born August 6, 1982) is an American fashion model, actress and television personality. She is best known as the winner of the first cycle of "America's Next Top Model" in 2003. Career. Modeling. Curry won the first cycle of "America's Next Top Model". She was signed to Wilhelmina Models in New York City. She has modeled for several magazines, including "Life & Style", "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, Jaime 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. She appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial for the American edition "Playboy" in February 2006. 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 the top  100 "Playboy" spreads 2008 edition. In late 2006, Curry modeled for a technological demo created by Nvidia to showcase their video cards. She is a spokesmodel for "The Flex Belt" alongside Lisa Rinna and Denise Richards. 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 & 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 science fiction reality show "Celebrity Paranormal Project" in 2006, along with her husband, and on WE TV's "From Russia with Love" that documented her trip to Russia and aired 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 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. In June 2008, Curry and her family and friends appeared on NBC's "Celebrity Family Feud". Between November and  December 2010, Curry worked as the "Resident Celebrity Gamer" panelist judge on the second series of "The Tester", a reality program on the PlayStation Network. She has returned to the panel in the third series which began on February 7, 2012. Curry hosted live coverage of Blizzcon for Direct TV in 2011, as well as Hosting live from E3 for Namco Bandai in both 2011 and 2012. Personal life. On the seventh episode of "My Fair Brady", Curry briefly opened up about her troubled childhood. At the age of five, she was abducted, held captive, and molested by a sex  predator. Several years later, at the age of twelve, she was abducted by an 18-year-old male acquaintance, who locked her in a closet for two days and inflicted physical and sexual torture upon her. By the age of thirteen, she was addicted to heroin, cocaine and cannabis. She also frequently self-harmed and attempted suicide numerous times. At the age of 17, she dropped out of Joliet West High School but later earned a GED. Prior to auditioning for "Top Model", she overcame her drug addictions. Christopher Knight proposed to Curry on the season finale of "My Fair  Brady", on VH1, which aired on November 6, 2005. The show was renewed for a second season that began in June 2006, and focused on the couple's wedding preparations. The couple wed in Curry's hometown of Joliet, Illinois 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." In 2007, Curry and Knight appeared  on the "Dr. Phil Show" to discuss their marital issues on an episode dealing with large age gaps in relationships. Dr. Phil predicted that their style of arguing, particularly Knight's hurtful comments, was a strong predictor of impending divorce in couples. The couple announced their separation on May 29, 2011. The couple filed for divorce on August 19, 2011 and it became final in 2013. At the 2014 San Diego Comic Con, when a friend was sexually assaulted, Curry (who was costumed as Catwoman) defended the victim by counter-attacking the assailant, hitting him with the hilt of her  bullwhip. Curry announced her engagement to movie trailer-voice actor Matthew Rhode on August 5, 2017. Curry left Hollywood for good to pursue a "normal" "rural" life. Curry now runs her own lifestyle blog from her remote location. She and Rhode moved to Whitefish, Montana. They eloped in Glacier National Park in Montana on September 15, 2018. She is of Italian descent through her maternal grandmother. Curry was raised as a Roman Catholic, but later identified as an atheist during her marriage to Christopher Knight after they had debates over religion. As of October 2020, Curry has professed her belief  in God and, although remaining irreligious, stated, "I will always have a place in my heart for the Catholic Faith and their lovely Cathedrals."