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Holly Madison

Birthdate	December 23, 1979 (1979-12-23) (age 29)1
Birth location	Astoria, Oregon, U.S.
Birth name	Holly Cullen2
Measurements	36D-23-36
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Eye colour	Brown
Hair colour	Brunette (natural) Blonde (dyed)
Ethnicity	Caucasian
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Holly Madison Cullen (born December 23, 1979) is an American model and television personality, best known for appearing as Hugh Hefner's number one girlfriend with Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson on the reality TV series The Girls Next Door. Although Madison has modeled for Playboy, as well as having been part of a Playmate search, she has never technically been a Playmate. Her most recent work was as a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Holly was born Holly Madison Cullen² in Astoria, Oregon.¹ Her father traveled around due to work in the timber industry, and from ages two through eleven, she grew up on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, near Ketchikan. Her family then moved back home to St. Helens, Oregon. She attended Portland State University for two years as a double-major in theatre and psychology.³

In 1999, Madison moved to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University. To afford college tuition, she competed to become a Hawaiian Tropic model and worked at Hooters. After being noticed, she began to receive invitations to the Playboy Mansion. After more than a year of visiting the mansion, Madison was invited to move in. She became one of Hefner's seven official girlfriends in August 2001. In February 2002, after all but two of his girlfriends left, Madison became Hef's "#1 Girl" and moved into his bedroom at the mansion.¹ Hefner's two other girlfriends, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, had their own bedrooms down the hallway. After all of her Playboy success, she was named among the top Hooters girls of all time in 2008 as part of the restaurant's twenty-fifth anniversary.⁴

Madison has spoken openly about her plastic surgery, having had a rhinoplasty (nose job) and breast augmentation, going from a size A-cup breast to a D-cup.⁵ She is having her lower back tattoo of the Playboy Bunny removed. ⁶

She was chosen to replace Jewel Kilcher on Dancing with the Stars after Kilcher was forced to withdraw (along with Nancy O'Dell) due to injuries sustained during rehearsal. She partnered with Dmitry Chaplin. On March 31, 2009 Holly and Dmitry were voted off the show in a double elimination episode.⁷

Career

In 2003, Madison shot a pictorial for Cyber Girl of the Week, a feature of the Playboy website. She also appeared on the cover and inside of the November 2005 issue of Playboy magazine, along with Marquardt and Wilkinson as part of a special pictorial promoting The Girls Next Door. The girls were featured again on the covers of the September 2006 and the March 2008 issues of Playboy.

In season three of the show during the episode "My Bare Lady," Madison stated that she wants to have a career producing Playboy spreads. During seasons three and four, Holly has been shown working at the Playboy studios as an intern and later a junior photo editor. She also helped design and put together The Girls Next Door 2008 calendar.

In February 2009 she quit working for the company all together due to the split from Hefner making her position "awkward".⁸

A self-described animal lover, Madison started writing articles about pets in 2006 for a friend's quarterly magazine, The Coolest Little Pet Magazine. She describes herself as "mistress of the Mansion pooches". In April 2007, Madison was featured nude in a PETA ad, with the tagline "I'd rather go naked than wear fur".⁹

In 2009, she attempted a Guinness World Record rallying women from all over Las Vegas to hold the World's "largest bikini parade ever", winning the title.¹⁰

Personal life

In the past, Madison has stated that she wanted to marry Hefner and have his children. During an interview at the Playmate of the Year luncheon in May 2008, Hefner stated, "I love Holly very much and I think we’re going to be together the rest of my life, but marriage isn’t part of my puzzle. It’s not a personal thing; I just haven’t had much luck with marriages."¹¹

On October 7, 2008, Madison announced in a video posted on TMZ.com that her relationship with Hefner had ended, but that she, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson are "still filming stuff together."¹² Hugh Hefner confirmed the breakup stating that, "If Holly says it's over, I guess it's over." Hefner also confirmed that all three girls are committed to a sixth season of The Girls Next Door, and that he plans to find new live-in girlfriends.¹³

In November 2008, Madison began dating illusionist Criss Angel, but the relationship ended in February 2009.¹⁴¹⁵ Holly was interviewed by People on March 4, 2009, stating "I'm never dating anybody again. I don't need a man. I'm really happy with myself and being with my friends...I'm focused on forwarding my career. I'm working on producing my own shows. Girls Next Door was a great place to start but it was somebody else's show. I'm just ready to move on." ¹⁶ In the final episodes of Girls Next Door, which aired in February 2009, Madison made several references to the pending breakup with Hefner.

Filmography

	"PETA" Madison in an advertisement for PETA's anti-fur campaign.
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Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	The Last Broadcast	Miss Lady Bright Eyes
2006	Scary Movie 4	Herself
2008	The House Bunny	Herself
2009	The Telling	Stephanie
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	MTV Cribs	Herself	1 episode
2003	The Surreal Life	Herself	Episode: "The Wedding and Goodbye"
	Doggy Fizzle Televizzle	Herself	Episode: 4
2004	The Sharon Osbourne Show	Herself	1 episode
	The Bernie Mac Show	Bunny	Episode: "The Talk"
	Viva La Bam	Herself	Episode: "Drive-Way Skate Park"
2005	The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch	Herself	1 episode
2005-2006	The Tyra Banks Show	Herself	2 episodes
2005-2009	The Girls Next Door	Herself	61 episodes
2006	E! True Hollywood Story	Herself	Episode: "Hugh Hefner: Girlfriends, Wives and Centerfolds"
	Amazon Fishbowl	Herself	1 episode
	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Herself	Uncredited, 2 episodes
	Robot Chicken	Herself (Voice)	Episode: "Drippy Pony"
	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Herself	1 episode
2007	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Herself	Episode: "Birthday Suit"
	Phenomenon	Herself	Episode: Three
	Last Call with Carson Daly	Herself	1 episode
2008	Today	Herself	1 episode
	Celebrity Family Feud	Herself	Episode: "Vincent Pastore vs. The Girls Next Door"
	Living Lohan	Herself	Episode: "The Billionaire Babysitters"
	Chelsea Lately17	Herself	1 episode
2009	Dancing with the Stars	Contestant	Replaced Jewel due to leg injuries.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Holly Madison

• Official Website
• Holly Madison at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Madison, Holly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cullen, Holly
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Television personality, adult model
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Astoria, Oregon, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH