Background
Tarita Virtue was born in Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on February 16, 1970, to a racially and ethnically mixed Trinidadian mother and Jamaican father, but was raised in Boca Raton, Florida.
Tarita Virtue was born in Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on February 16, 1970, to a racially and ethnically mixed Trinidadian mother and Jamaican father, but was raised in Boca Raton, Florida.
Harvard University; University of Florida. Rollins College.
The origins of her name stems from her premature birth during Carnival, a regional celebration in the Caribbean during the Northern Hemisphere"s early spring or late winter. Tarita was selected as "The Sexiest Private Investigator in America" by Maxim Magazine after her work with Anthony Pellicano ("the Principal Investigator to the Stars") became public. According to her biography, the most common question that she is asked is "What are you?" She usually responds with the answer of "a little bit of everything." She was both the "Homecoming Queen" and "Student Government President" at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Florida.
Before becoming an actress and model, Tarita was a Private Investigator at The Pellicano Investigative Agency in Los Angeles, California.
She has been a vegetarian for over 17 years. During college, Tarita attended summer programs at Harvard University, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami.
She majored in Sociology at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Tarita was a premature baby (arriving two months early and only weighing 4 lbs 4 ounces). Tarita attended law school at The University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida. Ever the animal lover and animal rights advocate, Tarita owns or has owned, several dogs, cats, a potbellied pig, parrots, chinchillas, a bearded dragon, duck, fish and who knows what else by the time you are reading this.
2005 Calendar Model - Predator Records Articles: New York Daily News (United States of America), 6 February 2006.
Front Page, "Exciting testimony on tap?" Maxim Magazine (United States of America), April 2005, pp. 112-115, by Judy Dutton, "To Cheat or Not To Cheat: You Want to, you"d love to, but should you? Check out these tales of guys who did, and proceed with extreme caution." Arizona Daily Star (United States of America), 3 March 2005, p. 1, by Philosophy Villarreal, "Be Cool - A to Z" Vanity Fair (United States of America), 1 March 2004, Iss.
523, pp.
222-237, by: Howard Blum & John Connolly, "The Pellicano Brief" Pictorials: Maxim Magazine (United States of America), April 2005, p. 115, by Tarita Virtue, "Field Test: Love Stinks (Our reporter Tarita tests the resolve of 10 married mentor Oops!" Maxim Magazine (United States of America), 1 October 2003, Volume
2003, Iss.
70, p. 34, by Charlie Langella, "Sexiest Private Investigator in America".