Adrianne Marie Curry (born August 6, 1982 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American fashion model and reality television star. Curry first became publicly known as the winner of the first season of America's Next Top Model. She is married to Christopher Knight, who portrayed Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. She currently runs a weekly show on the NowLive network.
America's Next Top ModelCurry auditioned for the debut season of America's Next Top Model and became one of the ten girls to make it into the house. She became the first winner of the competition, defeating the runner-up Shannon Stewart.
Modeling CareerCurry lives in Los Angeles. She has modeled for Life & Style Weekly, Us Weekly, Star, OK!, Stuff, People, Maxim, Marie Claire, 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, Jamie 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.
Television and filmCurry 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 and Half" (2003) on UPN. Curry also appeared on FX's (2007) DIRT starring Courtney Cox, with whom she shared scenes. Adrianne has also been a special guest on Criss Angel's show, "Mind Freak".
Curry appeared on WE tv's From Russia with Love. The show documents her trip to Russia. It is set to air in 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 Christopher Knight began dating, and later moved in with each other. 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. Knight proposed to Curry on the season finale of the show, which aired on November 6, 2005. The show was renewed for a second season, and focused on the couple's wedding preparations. The second season began airing on VH1 in June 2006. The couple wed in Curry's hometown of Joliet 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." Season 3 of My Fair Brady 3 is set to begin airing on January 21, 2008.
Nvidia used Curry as the model in the 3D rendering demo in the picture shown above. The demo was designed to show off the power of their Geforce 8800 and 8600 series products. The demo is downloadable and will run with purchase of those products.
Personal lifeOn the October 3, 2005 broadcast of the Opie and Anthony XM Satellite Radio show, Curry discussed her bisexuality and revealed numerous past relationships with women. In addition, on the January 17, 2006 broadcast of Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio show, Curry discussed her sexual orientation at length.
During a January 17, 2008 interview with "The Cowhead Show" on WHPT in Tampa, FL, Curry started a feud with show host Cowhead claiming she was being talked about badly. Cowhead told Curry she needed to call and discuss the situation on-air otherwise her personal cell phone number would be given out. Curry and Cowhead exchanged emails back and forth that can be seen on the show website and their feud is still continuing.
Select filmographyJack Rio (2008) as Lisa
Fallen Angels (2006) as Shell
Light Years Away (2006) as Alexis Best
Hot Properties (2005) as Danushka
Half & Half (2003) as Roberta [Wikipedia]