Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born model, actress and reality TV show host, who is a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Background
A naturalized citizen of the United States.
Born in Glenfield, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, her parents divorced when she was still a child. Wanting to be a ballet dancer, she was diagnosed with a rare blood disease as a teenager, which curtailed her dancing ambitions.
At the age of 21, Hunter met rock star Rod Stewart, 24 years her senior, and they were married on 15 December 1990.[13] Together they had two children, Renee and Liam, but separated in January 1999 and their divorce was finalised on 2 November 2006.
Hunter was engaged to NHL hockey player Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings and they planned to marry in August 2009, but the wedding was called off. Hunter resided in Manhattan Beach, California during this period.
Career
Hunter began modelling by age 17 in 1986. Persuaded by her aunt to fly to the United States, she signed for the Ford Models agency of New York, landing the Cover Girl cosmetics contract and becoming the spokesperson for the company. Hunter rose to global prominence after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989.
Hunter guest starred in a 1997 episode of The Drew Carey Show as herself. Trying to develop a career in acting, she has taken a series of acting lessons and appeared in several independent film.
Hunter has been a contestant on the United States reality television series Dancing with the Stars and The Real Gilligan's Island, and appeared on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and NBC's Celebrity Circus.In the late 1980s Hunter lived with rock musician Kip Winger.
On 2012, Hunter was confirmed to be part of the judging panel for the second series of New Zealand's Got Talent.