Website www.leeanntweeden.com Eye color brown Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Name Leeann Tweeden | Weight 136 lb (62 kg) Hair color brunette Spouse Chris Dougherty (m. 2010) | |
Occupation Model, announcer, television personality Residence Los Angeles, California, United States TV shows Poker After Dark, The Best Damn Sports Sh, National Heads‑Up Poker Ch, 54321, Poker Dome Challenge Similar People Josh Beckett, Shane Dorian, Ben Bostrom, Lisa Guerrero, Eric Bostrom Profiles | ||
Leeann tweeden and gray water ops
Leeann Velez Tweeden (born June 13, 1973) is an American model and sports commentator.
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- Leeann tweeden and gray water ops
- Leeann tweeden
- Early life
- Career
- Appearances
- Personal life
- Advocacy
- References
Leeann tweeden
Early life
Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia to Bill, a retired Air Force Chief Mechanic and Catherine. She is half Filipino on her mother's side. After graduating from Osbourn Park High School, in 1991, Tweeden moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in modeling.
Career
In 1992, while working as a hostess at a Hooters restaurant (she was in their 1994 calendar) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she won first place in the Venus International Model Search. This break led to national exposure, including a regular role as a fitness model on the TV show Fitness Beach. Tweeden modeled for promotional work for Hooters, Venus International, Frederick's of Hollywood.
Tweeden was a correspondent for Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period from 2001 to 2007. In 2008, Tweeden became the third hostess of the NBC late night television series Poker After Dark. She has also appeared on the political discussion series Hannity, as a member of the "Great American Panel" and occasionally appeared on the panel of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
Tweeden was seen doing Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pre- and post-game coverage on Fox Sports West and is currently working on Fox Sports 1's UFC Tonight, with Kenny Florian and Ariel Helwani.
Tweeden is currently on the Los Angeles morning radio show "“McIntyre in the Morning” on KABC / 790 AM from 5 - 10AM as the news anchor. She joined the show on February 7, 2017
Appearances
In 1996, Tweeden appeared non-nude in a fitness model pictorial for Playboy magazine. Fifteen years later, at 38 years old, she appeared again in the December, 2011 issue of Playboy, this time posing in a nude pictorial.
In 2002, she was a guest character in the motocross video game Freekstyle as a motocross rider.
The March 2007 Issue of FHM (which was the final printed US issue) featured Tweeden as the cover girl.
As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".
Personal life
In 2010, Tweeden married Chris Dougherty, a military pilot for the California Air National Guard. They have two children: Kane (a boy) and Kaia (a girl).
Advocacy
In 2009, she became the public face of the website Rethinking Autism, which uses a series of videos to educate the public about autism.