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Rachel Hunter (born September 9, 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a fashion model, actress and reality TV show host.

Rachel Hunter began modelling by age 17 and rose to prominence after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989. She appeared on many magazine covers, including Vogue and Cosmopolitan and on the 1994 “Dream Team” cover of Sports Illustrated’s annual swimwear issue.

She was paid a reported $1.8 million to pose topless for Playboy magazine in 2004. She also became the face and body of Ultimo, a Scottish lingerie house, famously replacing Penny Lancaster, the then-girlfriend of Rod Stewart. She was replaced by Helena Christensen in November 2005.

She has appeared in several independent movies, including 1999’s A Walk in the Park and 2000’s Two Shades of Blue. She had a brief appearance as a sexy “soccer mom” in Dennis Dugan’s The Benchwarmers (2006) and also played a sultry, bikini-clad mother in the video clip for Fountains of Wayne’s 2003 song “Stacy’s Mom”.

She has been a contestant on the TV-series Dancing with the Stars and The Real Gilligans Island. In 2005 she hosted a series of “Make Me A Supermodel”, a reality show for Britain’s Five TV channel. The series was marked by an ongoing feud between Hunter and contestant Jasmine Lennard. In 2006 she hosted a reality program for US cable TV channel WE, Style Me With Rachel Hunter. Contestants on the show participated in a series of fashion challenges to prove that they “measured up” and were capable of being Hunter’s stylist. Hunter, Phillip Bloch and Milica Kastner were judges. The opportunity to style Hunter for the People’s Choice Awards and a cash prize was awarded to the winner, Buick Audra.

On 18 January 2006, Hunter suffered ridicule after withdrawing from a scheduled appearance on The Howard Stern Show, which is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio. Hunter and her publicist claimed that they were unaware the show was to be filmed for Stern’s “onDemand” channel and backed out because she wasn’t “camera-ready”. Stern derided her on air as “fat” and a “nobody”.

At the age of 21 she wed British rock star Rod Stewart, who is 24 years her senior. Together they had two children, Renee and Liam. In January 1999, Hunter and Stewart separated, and divorced in 2005 - it was rumoured to have projected to cost Rod $66 million, but having signed a pre-nuptual agreement, Hunter claimed a lump sum plus full financial support of Renee and Liam, on the agreement of remaining in Los Angeles, California.

Since then she has been romantically linked with other stars such as Bruce Willis and Kevin Costner. She has also been linked to many rockers including Robbie Williams, Wes Scantlin, Tommy Lee. Rumoured to have been engaged to Sean Avery of the L.A. Kings, she is currently dating Jarret Stoll of the Edmonton Oilers.

In 2004, Hunter had a scare when she found a lump in her breast. After getting the lump checked out by doctors, Hunter was relieved to discover she did not have cancer, but a blocked duct. However, she still had to undergo surgery because the blockage was beginning to poison her blood

Hunter is an Ambassador to The “Born Free Foundation”, and established the “Rachel Hunter Lowland Gorilla Fund”

Her father is a cleaner in a New Zealand mall.

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