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As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".<ref>"The Top HOOTERS Girls of all time". ''HOOTERS Magazine''. July/ August 2008. p. 108.</ref>
As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".<ref>"The Top HOOTERS Girls of all time". ''HOOTERS Magazine''. July/ August 2008. p. 108.</ref>

==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). <ref>{{cite web | url=https://frostsnow.com/american-model-leeann-tweeden-married-life-with-husband-chris-dougherty-children | title=Leann Tweeden Married Life with Husband Chirs Dougherty | publisher=Frostsnow | accessdate=August 9, 2017 }} </ref>


=== Advocacy ===
=== Advocacy ===

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Leeann Tweeden
Tweeden at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain in December 2004
Born (1973-06-13) June 13, 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Model, announcer, television personality
Modeling information
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Hair colorbrunette
Eye colorbrown
Websitewww.leeanntweeden.com

Leeann Velez Tweeden (born June 13, 1973) is an American model and sports commentator.

Early life

Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia, and won her first talent contest at age 16. After graduating from Osbourn Park High School, in 1991, Tweeden moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in modeling.[1]

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. Tweeden modeled for promotional work for Hooters, Venus International, Frederick's of Hollywood and appeared in a non-nude spread for Playboy.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

Appearances

In 2002 she was a guest character in 2002 motocross videogame Freekstyle as a motocross rider.

The March 2007 Issue of FHM (which was the final printed US issue) featured Tweeden as the cover girl.[4]

As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".[5]

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). [6]

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.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Leeann Tweeden". playboy.com. PEI. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ Poker on NBC
  3. ^ a b Leeann Tweeden at IMDb
  4. ^ FHM 's Leeann Tweeden interview and photo spread
  5. ^ "The Top HOOTERS Girls of all time". HOOTERS Magazine. July/ August 2008. p. 108.
  6. ^ "Leann Tweeden Married Life with Husband Chirs Dougherty". Frostsnow. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "Leeann Tweeden videos". Rethinking Autism. Retrieved August 7, 2012.