Career
A former Army brat raised primarily in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey, she is best known for hosting the first three seasons of World Tour on The Travel Channel. While Hiatt was a non-player prior to her job with the World Tour, she is now an avid online poker player who occasionally plays in casinos. She was the host of After Dark and the National Heads-Up Championship, both on National Broadcasting Company. Hiatt left the shows in 2008 due to pregnancy.
She was replaced by Marianela Pereyra in After Dark and by Leeann Tweeden in the National Heads-Up Championship.
After leaving the World Tour in 2005, Hiatt sued the producers in order to get a restraining order to prevent them from keeping her from working on a rival poker show on National Broadcasting Company, After Dark. The WPT argued a non-compete clause was part of her contract, but Hiatt countered that she never signed lieutenant
Hiatt used to be married to James Van Patten, brother of World Tour co-host Vince Van Patten. Hiatt was Mission Hawaiian Tropic United States of America in 1995 and had represented Beach Haven, New Jersey, after winning the local Hawaiian Tropic pageant at Touché nightclub in 1994.
After becoming Mission Hawaiian Tropic United States of America, Hiatt was the cover model and posed nude inside the pages of Playboy in their April 1995 The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic issue.
She also was on the cover for the video of that photo shoot Playboy: The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic, Naked in Paradise. Hiatt was a guest host of Wild On! featured on the East! network. She has also appeared in television shows and movies including Must Love Dogs and Grandma"s Boy.