Niki Taylor
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| Birth name | Nicole Renee Taylor |
| Date of birth | March 5, 1975 |
| Place of birth | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Hazel |
| Measurements | 34.5-25-34.5 (US) 87-64-87 (EU) |
| Shoe size | 9 (US) 40 (EU) |
| Spouse(s) | Matt Martinez (1994–1996, 2 children) Burney Lamar (2006–present) |
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Nicole Renee "Niki" Taylor (born March 5, 1975) is an American model.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Nicole ("Niki") Renee Taylor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Ken and Barbara Taylor, a Broward Sheriff's Deputy and a photographer, respectively. She was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida and attended Cooper City High School. After graduating, her education included studying special effects and taking song and dance classes. She has an older sister, Joelle, and had a younger sister, Kristen ("Krissy"), a fellow model, who died of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia on July 2, 1995, at the age of 17.
[edit] Modeling career
When she was 13, she signed with Irene Marie Models in South Florida. There she met photographer Jean Renard, who became her manager. She subsequently won a Fresh Faces contest in New York City and a $500,000 modeling contract.
She began professional modeling at the age of 14. Two years later Niki was a teen millionaire and president of her own company, Niki, Inc.
Her first magazine cover was an issue of Seventeen at age 16; and at 17, she graced the cover of Vogue. (Her official website, nikitaylor.com, claims that she is the youngest model to appear on the cover, but that record belongs to Brooke Shields, who was 14 when she appeared on the cover in February 1980.)
Even without that distinction, Niki has over 400 worldwide magazine covers to her credit. In May 1996, she set a record by appearing on the cover of six major women's magazines in the same month: Allure, Vogue, ELLE, Marie Claire, Self, and Shape. They have become known as the "Niki Six."
In 1991, she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
In 1992, Taylor became the first spokesmodel under 18 to sign a major contract with CoverGirl and she became a feature in their national advertising campaign. Some of her other ad campaigns have been for Liz Claiborne; Nokia; Ellen Tracy; L'Oréal; Lee Jeans; and Pantene. Taylor also simultaneously had six enormous billboards in NYC's Times Square, in addition to three yearlong billboards for Liz Claiborne.
She appeared in the 1997, 1998 and 1999 editions of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as well as on the 1998 cover of its swimsuit calendar.
Outside of modeling, Taylor has been an interviewer for several segments of the international syndicated show, Lifestyles. She has covered events for NBC and guest-hosted MTV's Fashionably Loud. She also appeared in Keith Urban's "Somebody Like You" music video. (They were dating from 2002-2004.)
Taylor is signed to New York Model Management.
[edit] Health struggles
On May 2, 2001, Taylor was critically injured in a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia. The driver of the car was attempting to answer his cell phone, lost control of the car and smashed into a utility pole.[1] Taylor was wearing her seat belt at the time and was not thrown from the vehicle; however, she suffered severe internal injuries, including a collapsed lung and serious liver damage. The accident left her unconscious for six weeks and then bedridden for an additional month. Taylor was treated at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and had 56 operations, as well as substantial physical therapy. In 2001, she went to rehab to treat an addiction to Vicodin, a prescription painkiller.[2]
[edit] Marriage and children
On July 19, 1994, Niki Taylor married Arena football player Matt Martinez. That December, they had twin sons, Jake and Hunter, 13.[3] Two years later, Taylor and Martinez divorced.[citation needed].
In October 2006, Niki became engaged to NASCAR driver Burney Lamar.[4] Their wedding was on December 27, 2006 at the Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, California. Instead of gifts, the couple asked for donations to be sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for terminally ill children in North Carolina.[5]
[edit] Later life and career
In July 2005, Niki Taylor opened a clothing store, Abbie and Jesse's, in Franklin, Tennessee with her manager and friend Lou Taylor (no relation).[6]
In the fall of 2005, Niki launched her first fragrance, "Begin by Niki Taylor." She also founded the Begin Foundation for the Advancement of Women in Business.
On January 29, 2007, Taylor filed a federal lawsuit charging E! Entertainment with slander and emotional distress for its profile Boulevard of Broken Dreams.[7] She alleges the producers promised to promote her successes but instead misrepresented her as a failure. "The first episode," the Complaint stated, "... is a false portrayal of Ms. Taylor as being continually plagued by ill fortune and tragedy."[8] The lawsuit indicates the documentary alarmed a cosmetics company with which she was negotiating to start a cosmetics line.[9]
Supermodel Niki Taylor and male supermodel Tyson Beckford co-host the new Bravo series Make Me A Supermodel. It premiered on January 10, 2008.[10]
She lives with her husband and two sons in a French colonial house on seven acres in Brentwood, Tennessee.[11]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Model Niki Taylor out of surgery. CNN (2001-05-03). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ Stephen M. Silverman (2001-06-27). Niki Taylor Begins Physical Rehab. People magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ Niki Taylor interview. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ Niki Taylor Engaged. US magazine (2006-10-10). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ Model Niki Taylor Weds NASCAR Driver. People magazine (2006-12-29). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ Callaway, Libby (2005-08-04). Niki Taylor has always kept the faith, from the runways of Paris to her new boutique in Cool Springs. Tennessean.com.
- ^ Supermodel Files Lawsuit For E! Profile. Playfuls.com (2007-01-30).
- ^ Supermodel Niki Taylor's Lawsuit Against E! Entertainment and E! Networks
- ^ http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/ent/taylore12607cmp7.gif
- ^ Niki Taylor, Tyson Beckford to host Bravo's 'Make Me a Supermodel'. Reality TV World.com (2007-10-22).
- ^ Niki Taylor Picks Motherhood Over Modeling. people.com (2006-07-22).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Niki Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
- Niki Taylor's profile in the FMD-database
- SI Swimsuit Collection gallery - Niki Taylor
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