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Template:Female adult bio Kendra Leigh Wilkinson (born June 12, 1985) is an American model and reality television participant, best known as one of the three live-in girlfriends of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

Early years

Wilkinson was born in San Diego, the elder of two children. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Diego Chargers. Her father, Eric Wilkinson, left her family when she was four. Wilkinson grew up in Clairemont, a middle-class community in central San Diego, and attended Clairemont High School, from where she graduated in 2003. She played softball for six years with the Clairemont Bobby Sox.[1] When she left high school she began working as a glamor model, and also briefly worked as an office assistant for a dentist. Her family resides in San Diego.

Career

Wilkinson met Hefner at his 78th birthday party in April 2004, where she had been hired to be one of the "painted girls": women who are completely nude except for painted-on accessories. Apparently he had seen her picture, shot by photographer Kim Riley, on a fax machine at the Playboy Mansion and wanted to know who she was. Shortly after they met, Hefner asked Kendra to be one of his girlfriends and he moved her into the Playboy Mansion.

Wilkinson has made several cameos on different programs such as Las Vegas, Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm. She also appeared in Akon's music video "Smack That". While on the set of the video, Eminem poured a bottle of water on her head, sparking an altercation. The incident was discussed on The Girls Next Door.[2] Kendra also showed her creative side as a rapper on MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar which debuted on August 30, 2007. Wilkinson rapped to Ludacris’ “Fantasy”, apparently in response to the question asked by the show's host, “Can Kendra move her mouth as fast as she moves her booty?”[3] She went on to take second place, losing to Shar Jackson on October 18, 2007.

Her stated career goal is to become a massage therapist or sports announcer. As of December 2005, she has become a regular "blogger" columnist at the website of the Philadelphia Eagles,[4] the team for which her mother had been a professional cheerleader.[5]

She is featured on the E! reality television series The Girls Next Door, which follows the lives of Hefner's current girlfriends. Wilkinson lives in her own room in Hefner's mansion with her dogs, Raskal and Martini. In 2006, she appeared in the Playboy Special Editions Sexy 100.

In 2007, she appeared in Nickelback's music video of "Rockstar", along with Girls Next Door co-stars, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.

Personal life

Kendra owns two dogs, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Raskal and a Jack Russell named Martini, as seen on The Girls Next Door.

On August 13, 2008, the Wall Street Journal front page reported that Kendra was the Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden's "Biggest Celebrity Fan". Kendra, it was noted, has described Olive Garden's cuisine as "my soul food". The newspaper emphasized that Miss Wilkinson's repeated enthusiastic public endorsements of the family restaurant are genuine, personal and are not tied to any payment from Olive Garden. In fact, the company was reported as viewing Wilkinson's endorsements as "a mixed blessing" which it was reluctant to comment on.[6]

Filmography

Films

TV appearances

References

  1. ^ League Member information - San Diego - Clairemont Girls Fastpitch Softball League
  2. ^ "Eminem is a Meanie Yo!". TMZ.com. 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2007-04-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Rock Reality Show Recap: Twista Schools the Novices on "Celebrity Rap Superstar"". Rolling Stone. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Eagles Sign Up Playboy Bunny As Blogger - Sports News Story - WCAU | Philadelphia
  5. ^ Philadelphia Weekly, December 2005
  6. ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121857145147234237.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone "When You're Here, You're Family -- But What About a Playboy Model", by Rebecca Dana, Wall Street Journal, August 13 2008, page A1


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