Leeann Tweeden Biography

Leeann Velez Tweeden was born on June 13, 1973 in Manasass, VA. She is 5'8" tall, her measurements are 34-24-35 (36-24-35), and she has brown hair and brown eyes.

After graduating Osbourn Park Senior High in Manassas, VA in 1991, Leeann took off for Colorado Springs at the age of 17 where she worked as a waitress at Hooters. Although much attention is paid to her employment there, it seems that she only actually worked at Hooters for two days. Leeann gave up an acceptance at Harvard to go into modeling full-time.

At age 19, her career was launched when she won the Venus International Model Search contest in October, 1992. In 1993, she traveled the United States and appeared on National TV for Venus Model Search fitness trainer Tony Little.

Leeann was the host of the 1993 Venus Model Search (she also was the 1994 television co-host of the finals and returned to host the 1995, 1996, and 1997 finals). Her best friend and mentor in the business is Venus' marketing director Lou Maggio. He has been her "father figure" in modeling. All this landed Leeann her FIRST magazine cover as well. She appeared on the cover of Swimwear USA Magazine.

At 20, she moved to Los Angeles to further her career as a model and actress. Leeann began modeling for Frederick's of Hollywood in 1993. No model has graced the cover of the Frederick's catalog in recent years more than Leeann.

Leeann appeared in the Hooters Calendars of 1993 and 1994. The image with the yellow background is actually a 1993 trading card put out by a company called Star Pics (she is on about 8 cards in total). Leeann also appeared in the Hooters card set of 1994, the 1994 Women of the World card set, and in the 1996 Lingerie card set.

It was Fall 1994, when a 21 year old Leeann appeared on a Playboy cover (it seems that she was in a Book of Lingerie of 1993 as well). She graced the cover of the November/December 1994 issue of Playboy's Book of Lingerie.

She also appeared on the Star Search Television Series, the Vicki Lawrence Show, Entertainment Tonight, and the Jerry Springer Show. 1996 was the big break year for Leeann, landing a role on Fitness Beach on ESPN2.

She also was the cover model and posed for a layout in the August, 1996 issue of Playboy Magazine. Leeann's exposure to the general public increased even further in 1997, being the model for the lead character in a new comic book Coven 13 from No Mercy Comics.

For the next few years, Leeann would complete a lot of different print work. This includes the 1997 Personal Watercraft Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the 1997 and 1998 Frederick's of Hollywood Model Calendars, Carushka Bodywear, the Leeann Tweeden 1998 Calendar (shot by her favorite photographer Mario Barberio), and different Playboy magazines. Her work for Playboy includes: Girls of Summer (1995), Book of Lingerie (1996), Hardbodies (1996), Cover Girls (1997), Girls of Summer (1997), Book of Lingerie in October and December of 1998, and Barefoot Beauties (1999).

It seems that www.photographics.net jumped the gun on announcing it was an authorized Leeann site. While the 'official website' at www.leeann-tweeden.com hasn't been online since around May of 1998. It wasn't around long. In fact, I bought a membership about a week before the official site unexpectantly went down.

Leeann was extensively featured on different websites such as The Saoler Magazine, and the Sirens Sanctuary. The Saoler Magazine stock photography is actually from the Edenquest shoot in 1994. Her only topless work was for the Edenquest video mentioned above.

Also in 1999, Leeann appeared in two calenders, the 1999 Pro Import Calendar and the Angels 1999 Calendar.

Since then, she has appeared in a Fox Sports television show High Octane. I believe that show is longer in heavy rotation. You can currently catch her on another Fox Sports show titled Blue Torch. She also is featured on the FX Network's Toughman Contest.

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