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Shanna Moakler
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Shanna Lynn Moakler, born on March 28, 1975, is an American model, actress and reality television star. She was crowned Miss USA in 1995 and has appeared on the television series Pacific Blue and Meet the Barkers.

Moakler, who is of Portuguese and Irish descent , was born to John W. Moakler III, a dentist, and Gail Moakler in Providence, Rhode Island. She has two older brothers, Kirk and John W. IV, and an older sister. As a child, Moakler enjoyed weekend visits to her grandfather's farm, where she could "play outdoors and be a tomboy."[4] Moakler was a competitive roller skater for twelve years (participating in roller skating competitions analogous to ice skating competitions).

Moakler attended Barrington High School, where she claims to have been "the biggest dork." According to Moakler, she was "4-foot-11 and 75 pounds" until she finally hit puberty at age seventeen. By the time she graduated, however, Moakler had dated the captain of the football team and was voted "best dressed." She moved to Miami after high school to pursue a modeling career. Moakler later moved to New York City and then to Los Angeles.  

Moakler, at the age of 17, represented Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 1992. She placed third in the preliminaries, sixth in the interview segment, and fifth in the swimsuit competition (scoring 9.115, 9.279 and 9.087 respectively). Moakler made it to the semi-finals and finished seventh overall. In 1995, Moakler was named Miss New York USA and represented New York in the Miss USA pageant, held that year in South Padre Island, Texas.

Moakler finished second (to Miss Texas USA) in the preliminaries and in each of the interview and swimsuit divisions, with scores of 9.06, 9.62 and 9.61 respectively, and first in the evening gown competition, with a score of 9.86. Overall, Moakler was the first runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant. In May of 1995, at the age of 20, Moakler received the 1995 Miss USA crown when the winner, Chelsi Smith, became Miss Universe. Moakler enjoyed some aspects of her reign as Miss USA, such as celebrity pool tournaments. However, she has complained that the experience required her to "sign autographs at places like Bob’s Home Furnishing Rentals." She was also forced to live with a pageant chaperone, who made sure she dressed and acted appropriately.

Moakler began modelling at the age of fifteen. She has appeared in various publications, including Cosmopolitan and Brentwood magazines. In December 2001, Moakler was named Playmate of the Month by Playboy magazine. She has admitted that posing nude was "a little scary at first." Moakler's Playboy fact sheet listed her measurements as: 34" bust (C), 24" waist, 34" hips, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 117 pounds. Moakler appeared in a campaign for Cutty Sark that was photographed by David LaChapelle.

Moakler started her television career in 1996 with appearances on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Due South. Moakler then played "Lisa" in Friends 'Til the End, a 1997 NBC movie of the week starring Shannen Doherty. In 1998 she appeared on an episode of Timecop in the role of Allison Kendall. Shanna Moakler on Pacific BlueBeginning in 1998, Moakler was a regular on the television drama Pacific Blue. The USA Network series featured a team of police officers who patrolled the beaches of Santa Monica, California, California on bicycle. In seasons four and five Moakler played Officer Monica Harper, described as the trouble-maker rookie. Moakler has admitted that, even equipped with a $5,000 Trek bike, she was somewhat accident-prone on the set, saying that when the cast had to "ride really close together for the camera" they would often "crash into each other like idiots and end up in a big ball of arms and legs." Moakler was a celebrity contestant on Search Party, a game show on the E! network. The show filmed at exotic beach resort locations and required contestants to team up for competitions such as athletic events and scavenger hunts. Moakler appeared on three episodes in 1999 to 2000.

In 2003, Moakler appeared on Punk'd to help Ashton Kutcher and his crew set up her then-boyfriend, Travis Barker. They "punk'd" Barker by having a waiter flirt excessively with Moakler when she was on a date with Barker at a restaurant. The episode originally aired on November 30, 2003. In 2005, Moakler had guest appearances as "Mariska" on Joey (starring Matt LeBlanc) and as "Josie" on Jake in Progress (starring John Stamos). Moakler and Barker starred in Meet the Barkers, a reality series on MTV that premiered April 6, 2005. The series followed the couple throughout their daily activities. It covered the couple's wedding and their life as a family. The show continued for two seasons through February of 2006.

Moakler, along with husband Barker, appeared in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation entitled "Poppin' Tags", which originally aired on April 13, 2006. She played a character named "J-Lady," while Barker played a rapper involved in conflict with a rival rap artist. Method Man also guest starred on the episode. Moakler appeared on the third season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on September 12, 2006. She was eliminated in week two. Moakler appeared on HBO's Entourage. Moakler appeared on Telemundo's Mas Vale Tarde. Moakler appears as a host on The CW's Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants where mother and daughter pairs compete for $100,000.