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Adrianne Curry
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Adrianne Marie Curry, born August 6, 1982 in Joliet, Illinois, is an American fashion model and reality television contestant.

Curry is famous for winning the first season of America's Next Top Model.

Before participating in ANTM, Curry was a waitress at Hooters. She dropped out of Joliet West High School in Joliet, Illinois in 2000 when she was a junior. Afterward, she earned her GED. She was also involved with drugs and had gone to rehab prior to ANTM. Additionally, on the show she mentioned having fallen for numerous modeling scams in her pursuit of becoming a model, paying hundreds of dollars to fake modeling agencies.

While on ANTM in 2003, Curry had a unique drive to win the competition. She gained the respect of many judges when she showed up to elimination while she was coping with food poisoning. After winning ANTM, Curry believed she would receive a "big" Revlon contract. In Adrianne Curry's interview with www.PR.com, she said the contract did not end up being what she expected. "We were told throughout the taping of the show that the winner would have a huge cosmetics deal with Revlon," she said. "Billboards, magazines and all that wonderful fun stuff. What ended up happening was, I found out later on when I was waiting around for this deal that never showed up… I was told that it was just convention work. I never got paid till this day for the work that I did for them. There had been a deal already arranged before they even picked out the contestants of the show that it would not be a big contract, but that it would just be this thing. They weren't even sure if the show would make it on the air, let alone be a smash success and then into this cult phenomenon. To be in season one of America's Next Top Model was fabulous because we were the first, but it was also a great learning experience." Because of her experiences subsequent to winning, Curry has expressed dislike for Tyra Banks in several magazines, including Page Six, The Daily Collegian, Steppin' Out Magazine, and Playboy. Curry's involvement in the show was subsequently edited from the opening credits of Cycles 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. However, Curry does make an appearance in Cycle 2 of ANTM, and is mentioned during the opening of the first episode of Cycle 6 as being a past winner on the show.

Curry lives in Los Angeles, and has modeled for Life and Style Magazine, Stuff Magazine, People, Maxim, Marie Claire, Lucky, Macy's, Famous Stars and Straps, Beverly Hills Choppers, and Merit Diamonds. Curry appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial for Playboy in February 2006 (U.S. Version) where she was paid US$1,000,000 for the shoot.

Curry's runway shows include Anne Bowen Spring 2005, and Christopher Deane. She has appeared in a commercial for the Sirena Collection (Merit Diamonds) that ran from November 2004 to January 2005.

Curry was a co-host on the television game show Ballbreakers.

Curry had a cameo part in two episodes of the second season of UPN's sitcom Half & Half. Curry participated in the Vh1 show Celebrity Paranormal Project. Adrianne's virtual-self recently appeared in a new demonstration by NVIDIA for their next hardware, the GeForce 8 series.