Nicole Marie Lenz | |
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Born |
Nicole Marie Lenz January 24, 1980 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
Occupation | Model and actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Nicole Marie Lenz | |
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Playboy centerfold appearance | |
March 2000 | |
Preceded by | Suzanne Stokes |
Succeeded by | Brande Roderick |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
January 24, 1980
Measurements | Bust: 32" Waist: 24" Hips: 32" |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Nicole Marie Lenz (born January 24, 1980) is an American model, health advocate and film and television actress.
Nicole was born in 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Laura Lenz, a secretary and Theodore Lenz, a contractor. She has a younger sister named Emilie. She's of mixed Dutch, German, English, Swedish and Italian ancestry. Lenz was raised in the small town of North Royalton in Ohio. She attended North Royalton High School, where she was a gymnast and cheerleader. Lenz's great grandfather was responsible for the architecture of the Terminal Tower, a landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
She graduated from North Royalton High School in 1998. She has a bachelor's degree in metaphysics from the University of Sedona and has been in mentorship for business and finance since 1997. Nicole is a certified Yoga instructor specializing in combination of metaphysics and Kundalini yoga as medicine. Lenz has one daughter named Leia Elizabeth who was born in 2009.
Lenz previously shared a Los Angeles home with hotel heiress Paris Hilton.
Lenz grew up in northeast Ohio and started modeling for Ford Models in her teens. She gained major public recognition in 2000, appearing in the Millennium issue of Playboy Magazine as Miss March 2000, after winning 3rd place in a worldwide contest where over 15,000 women were entered. She was also featured in the November issue of W photographed by Mario Sorrenti. She subsequently signed a modeling contract with Elite modeling agency, before appearing on the cover of Men's magazines including French Playboy and Italian Max magazine. She was also ranked number 94 of the 100 Sexiest Women in the US by Stuff and Maxim Magazine, in 2007.