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Shana Hiatt Biography

Shana Hiatt
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Shana Hiatt

Hiatt hosting the World Poker Tour in 2005
Born December 1975 (age 34)
Occupation Model, presenter, and poker player

Shana Hiatt (born 17 December, 1975) is a model and presenter who has appeared in several magazines.

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Background

A former Army brat raised primarily in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey1, she is best known for hosting the first three seasons of World Poker Tour on the The Travel Channel.

Poker

While Hiatt was a non-player prior to her job with the World Poker Tour, she is now an avid online poker player who occasionally plays in casinos.2 She is formerly the host of Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, both on NBC. Shana left the shows in 2008 due to pregnancy. She was replaced by Marianela Pereyra in Poker After Dark and by Leeann Tweeden in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.3

After leaving the World Poker Tour in 2005, Hiatt sued the producers in order to get a restraining order to prevent them from keeping her from working on a rival poker show on NBC, Poker After Dark. The WPT argued a non-compete clause was part of her contract, but Hiatt countered that she never signed it. The suit additionally revealed Hiatt left the WPT over a "hostile working environment" involving her husband, movie producer Todd Garner whom she married in October 2005.4 Hiatt was previously married to James Van Patten, brother of World Poker Tour co-host Vince Van Patten.

Modeling

Hiatt was Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 1995 having represented Beach Haven, New Jersey after winning the local Hawaiian Tropic pageant at Touché nightclub in 1994. After becoming Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA, Hiatt was the cover model and posed nude inside the pages of Playboy in their April 1995 The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic issue. She also was on the cover for the video of that photo shoot Playboy: The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic, Naked in Paradise where she also appears with husband Tommy Gunn (pornographic actor) in her video sequence.

Hiatt was a guest host of Wild On! featured on the E! network. She has also appeared in television shows and movies including Must Love Dogs and Grandma's Boy .

Notes

  1. ^ Bodnar, Jason. "Shawnee grad bets on childhood dream through poker series", Burlington County Times, November 18, 2004
  2. ^ NBC.com: The Goddess of Poker
  3. ^ "Leeann Tweeden bio". NBCsports.MSNBC.com. NBC Universal. 2008-04-19. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24214360/. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
  4. ^ CardPlayer.com: Injunction Granted on Hiatt's Behalf

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