Courtney Stodden

Courtney Stodden
Stodden in Santa Ana, California for Josway on April 27, 2013
Born	Courtney Alexis Stodden (1994-08-29) August 29, 1994 (age 22) Tacoma, Washington, United States
Occupation	Model
Years active	2010–present
Known for	Couples Therapy (2012) Celebrity Big Brother (2013) The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition (2016)
Spouse(s)	Doug Hutchison (m. 2011; sep. 2017)
Website	Official website

Courtney Alexis Stodden (born August 29, 1994) is an American reality show contestant, actress, model, recording artist and a national spokesperson for PETA, the animal rights activist organization. In 2011, then 16-year-old Stodden received widespread media attention after marrying then 50-year-old actor Doug Hutchison.

Courtney Alexis Stodden was born on August 29, 1994, in Tacoma, Washington, to Alex Stodden and Krista Keller. She has two older sisters, Ashley and Brittany. Stodden describes her childhood as "beautiful and fun", stating that she was "extremely spoiled, in a good way".

Stodden says that she dropped out of high school because she was bullied over "the way she looks", and continued her education by being home schooled through an online private Christian academy.

Stodden began in the entertainment industry by competing in a beauty pageant, the Miss Teen Washington USA pageant in 2010. She then ventured into modeling. As of 2011^[update], her measurements are listed as 36-23-35, and she is 5 feet, 4 inches (162 cm) in height. Stodden's mother, Krista Keller, initially served as her manager but Keller quit in the spring of 2015, citing "creative differences". Stodden is currently managed by Hutchison.

In July 2012, Stodden and Hutchison were interviewed about their relationship on the Fox talk show Father Albert, in an episode of ABC's Good Morning America, and E! News.

The couple appeared as cast members in the second season of the VH1 reality television series Couples Therapy, which premiered in October 2012. The series features publicly known couples receiving therapy for relationship problems. According to Stodden, the couple enrolled in therapy in order to resolve issues that arose in their marriage from their age difference. Despite the criticism leveled at the couple, and her own reservations about the dynamic of their relationship, Dr. Jenn Berman, the marriage counsellor who worked with the couple during their appearance on the show, stressed that she does not believe that Hutchison is, or was, seeking out young people, saying, "He's not a predator. He's not someone, who if Courtney left him, would be trolling the Internet or high schools for underage girls. That's not his m.o. This is not a guy who was seeking out teenagers. He was teaching a class, she wanted to be an actress, it was an acting class... And that’s how it started."