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Jennifer Gimenez in Hollywood, California on March 28, 2013
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Occupation | Actress, model, sober living manager |
Jennifer Gimenez is an American model, actress and reality television personality. She has appeared in music videos for Tupac Shakur, Babyface and Mick Jagger, in films such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and on TV shows such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Karen Sisco. She ranked 77 on Maxim magazine's 2001 Hot 100 list.
Gimenez is also a recovering survivor of substance abuse, and has appeared as the sober living House Manager for the VH1 reality television series, Sober House, a spinoff of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, on which she has appeared as a rehab technician at the Pasadena Recovery Center.
Gimenez, who is of Argentinean descent, was born in the United States, but lived in Argentina, in a village with dirt roads, until she moved back to the United States at the age of six. She has one brother.
Gimenez was discovered by photographer Bruce Weber one day at the age of 13, while she was enjoying an afternoon with her mother Nelida, and brother Dwight at the Santa Monica Pier. Webber thought the 5’6” Gimenez, who "hadn’t really developed", as she recalls, would make a good model.
Gimenez claims on her website to have been the youngest model to grace the cover of American Elle. She also appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Guess.