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Is Aubrey O'Day Set to Bare All in Topless Vegas Show?

FOXNews.com - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Holly Madison recently hit headlines by scoring a seductive topless role in the hit Las Vegas 'Peep Show' and it sounds as though one-time...
O'Day to star in Vegas Peepshow? - Digital Spy
Aubrey O'Day to Join Peepshow in Vegas - Hollyscoop
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Fox News

Posted on July 1, 2009, 7:11 am

King of Pop Almost Died Same Way Once Before

FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Holly Madison receiving a bouquet of red roses as she made her stage debut in PEEPSHOW, Las Vegas striptease spectacular at Planet Hollywood...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 2:57 am

Kendra Wilkinson "looked like a princess" on wedding, says Holly ...

Yahoo! India - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Washington, June 29 (ANI): American model Holly Madison has said that her friend and former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson 'looked like a princess' ...
Kendra and Hank's Wedding Day in Pictures - EOnline.com
INSIDE STORY: Kendra Sparkles in a Fairy-Tale Wedding - People
MORE CELEBRITY TRAVEL: Kendra Wilkinson - USA Today
Eagles' Baskett, Wilkinson off to island honeymoon - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Monsters and Critics

Posted on June 29, 2009, 6:19 am

Kendra Wilkinson Was a 'Princess' Bride, Says Holly Madison

People - Found Jun. 28, 2009
As for the bride, 'She looked like a princess,' Holly Madison told PEOPLE a few hours after Saturday's nuptials at the Playboy Mansion.
Kendra Wilkinson, NFL beau are now wed - MSNBC
Hef's Ladies: E! Online Fanpage Countdown - EOnline.com
Kendra Wilkinson weds at Playboy Mansion - Entertainment Weekly Online
It's Official! Kendra Wilkinson Marries Hank Baskett - EOnline.com
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Radar

Posted on June 28, 2009, 5:59 am

Holly Madison 'Teases' in PEEPSHOW

Broadway World - Found Jun. 27, 2009
... welcomed blonde bombshell Holly Madison as the newest addition to the PEEPSHOW cast at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino June 22. Madison, star...
Photo Flash: Shoshana Bean Joins Jerry Mitchell's Las Vegas PEEP ... - Broadway World
Holly Madison jets off to Kendra Wilkinson?s wedding after early ... - Examiner.com
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Broadway World

Posted on June 27, 2009, 1:52 pm

Reality TV romance cursed? Check out the track record

Chicago Tribune - Found Jun. 24, 2009
NEXT DOOR: Hugh Hefner had three times the heartache last year when his closest girlfriends -- Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra...
Reality Romance Is Dead: Before Jon & Kate, There Was Jessica And ... - Access Hollywood
Reality romance cursed? Check out the track record - NPR
Reality romance cursed? Check out the track record - Boston Globe
Reality Romance is Dead: Before 'Jon&Kate,' there was Jessica and ... - Metronews
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Ledger-Enquirer

Posted on June 24, 2009, 3:09 am

Wedding belles Kendra's Playboy wedding

Sydney Morning Herald - Found Jun. 24, 2009
Since the break up Bridget Marquardt has hosted a travel show and Holly Madison was a contestant on the US version of Dancing With The Stars.
Kendra Wilkinson's Pre-Wedding Spa Party - EOnline.com
Kendra Wilkinson Wants Honeymoon Where She Can "Walk Around Naked" - EOnline.com
Wish fulfillment: Kennedy Kendra has plans for her theater - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kendra Wilkinson to honeymoon on private island - AZCentral.com
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on June 24, 2009, 7:22 am

Kendra Wilkinson "looked like a princess" on wedding, says Holly ...

Daily India - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Washington, June 29: American model Holly Madison has said that her friend and former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson 'looked like a princess' on her

Posted on June 29, 2009, 11:54 am

Favorite on again-off-again celebrity couples

New York Daily News - Found 21 hours ago
Maybe he worked his magic on her...again?: Former playmate and 'Girl Next Door' Holly Madison tried to reconnect with ex, Criss Angel, when she moved ...

Posted on July 3, 2009, 4:08 am

Holly Madison Not Dating Criss Angel

Hollyscoop - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Earlier today Star magazine published a report claiming that Girls Next Door star Holly Madison was back on with ex Criss Angel, but Hollyscoop can

Posted on July 2, 2009, 8:45 am

Holly Madison Biography

Holly Madison
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

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
Official web site

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.

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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

Holly Madison posing nude for PETA

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

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

  1. ^ a b c "Biography", The Official Website of Holly Madison. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  2. ^ a b "What's in a Name?", CMG Worldwide, Madison's agent. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  3. ^ "Interview: Holly Madison!!!". Spacecadetz.com. http://spacecadetz.com/2006/09/11/interview-holly-madison/. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
  4. ^ "The Top HOOTERS Girls of all time". HOOTERS Magazine. July/August 2008. p. 108.
  5. ^ "Holly Madison: Plastic Surgery". iFitAndHealthy.com. 2007-04-12. http://ifitandhealthy.com/holly-madison-plastic-surgery/. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
  6. ^ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/29/holly-madison-has-playboy-bunny-tatoo-removed/
  7. ^ "2 more celebrities kicked off ABC's `Dancing'". The Associated Press. 2009-03-31. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8KgwoSr0QHSgmbP-ZAwfxB2MBrQD979DF400. Retrieved on 2009-04-01. 
  8. ^ Gibson, Cristina (2009-02-05). "Holly Madison Quits "Awkward" Job at Playboy". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/hwood_party_girl/b82524_holly_madison_quits_awkward_job_playboy.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-05. 
  9. ^ www.furisdead.com (April 20, 2007). "Playboy Model Holly Madison Stars in 'I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' Ad". http://www.furisdead.com/feat-hollymadison.asp. Retrieved on April 20, 2007. 
  10. ^ ""Largest Bikini Parade Ever" World Record". Miley5! Weekly. http://www.miley5.net/content/index.php?action=show&id=23. Retrieved on 2009-05-23. 
  11. ^ www.foxnews.com (May 12, 2008). "Holly Heartbroken: Hef Reveals Why She’ll Never Be His Wife". http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355057,00.html. Retrieved on May 12, 2008. 
  12. ^ TMZ.com (October 7, 2008). "Holly to Hugh: Hef Off". http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/07/holly-to-hugh-hef-off/. Retrieved on October 7, 2008. 
  13. ^ Lang, Derrick J. (200-10-08). "Hugh Hefner opens up about Holly Madison breakup". Associated Press. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-10-08-hefner-breakup_N.htm. Retrieved on 2008-10-09. 
  14. ^ Gray, Mary (2008-11-01). "Criss Angel: Holly Madison Is a 'Beautiful' Person". people.com. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20237408,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines. Retrieved on 2008-11-10. 
  15. ^ Holly Madison and Criss Angel Kaput Yahoo News, February 25, 2009
  16. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262879,00.html
  17. ^ "Chelsea Lately: Holly Madison". eonline.com. http://www.eonline.com/videos/v32161_Chelsea_Lately_Holly_Madison.html. 

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