Lauren Jones
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Lauren Jones is an actress, magazine cover model, and famed bikini model.
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[edit] Early life
Jones was born in Jackson, Mississippi and relocated to New York with her family at 14. After winning a national modeling contest for Seventeen, she was encouraged to pursue her acting and modeling career. Jones is a former homecoming queen, cheerleader, and Miss New York USA beauty queen finalist. Lauren Jones currently owns and operates Lorraine Model and Talent Agency and continues to concurrently pursue a successful career as a model and actor herself. Jones is currently in production with Nickelodeon for the upcoming series "The Naked Brother's Band [1]" set to air January 2007.
[edit] Acting and modeling career
Lauren Jones is known among marketers and in the entertainment industry as "Billionaire Barbie", taking once unknown brands to global recognition and billion dollar sales revenues[2].
Jones recently signed an endorsement contract with Met-RX as "Miss MET-Rx 2007" and will represent the brand through her title. Jones is also a MET-Rx calendar girl. Through her affiliation with the brand, Jones will be seen in the 2007 Met-RX calendar and at publicity events nationwide, including the Mr. Olympia event for 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jones has appeared on the soap opera Guiding Light and in the June 2005 issue of Maxim. Lauren has also popped up in Fortune, Seventeen, Best Body, Dubb, Sync, and Men's Health, as well as on the covers of Sound & Vision, Natural Bodybuilding,The New York Sportscene and the extreme sports magazine AXL.
Modeling for Axe, Burger King and Coppertone campaigns, she has recently worked alongside blue-collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy for the 2006 CMT Music Awards in promo spots and commercials nationwide.
Lauren Jones has been dubbed "New York City's Most Requested Bikini Babe" [3] and is quickly becoming known as "America's favorite bikni babe". This comes after Jones' success as a famed bikini model and through her endorsement contract with fitness brand, MET-Rx. Now, as Miss MET-Rx 2007, Jones has begun a nationwide travel tour until 2008. She appears as the number one bikini model in a sexy commercial currently airing [4].
As of recent reports, Jones was crowned Miss Cracked 2006 as a spokesmodel and brand representative for the humor magazine Cracked Entertainment.
[edit] Pro wrestling
Some know Jones as a pro athlete, working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand as a wrestler and scripted Smackdown diva. She was hired after appearing on the cover of the October 2004 issue of SmackDown! magazine with superstar Big Show, where she made such an impression on talent relations they hired her immediately. She was subsequently asked to join the company in their global travels and TV appearances and went on to prove her athletic ability in the ring. While on the road with WWE, Jones was trained by official WWE trainers, along with Hiroko (wrestling manager), and wrestler Rene Dupree.
Jones appeared on the show weekly and competed in SmackDown!'s "Rookie Diva of 2005" contest at No Way Out, with Joy Giovanni, Michelle McCool and Rochelle Loewen. She remained with SmackDown! during Wrestlemania 21 and for months following until leaving the company in July 2005 for career related reasons. Contrary to reports, she was not released from WWE and remains on very good terms with the company. It is reported through online interviews that Jones would accept an invitation back to WWE, however it would be to wrestle and ultimately aim for a women's championship title.
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[edit] Trivia
- Jones holds a college degree in design and management.
- Lauren Jones owns and operates "Lorraine Model and Talent Agency", of which she is the President and CEO.
- Lauren Jones quickly gained notoriety and global recognition with her famous online ring entrance through her WWE debut [5].
- Lauren Jones is currently featured in a Nicolock commercial [6].
- Lauren Jones recently wrapped production on the film Spiderman 3 and the TV show, "The Naked Brother's Band" for Nickelodeon.
- Lauren Jones is a Hawaiian Tropic model contest winner.
- Lauren Jones has appeared as a bikini model on MTV2's Wondershowzen.
- Lauren Jones appeared on Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee after winning a national modeling contest for Seventeen Magazine.
- Lauren Jones is a highly requested fitness model [7].
- Jones further holds the title of Miss New York United Nations 2006 where she is an advocate in her community for such organizations as the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer awareness.
[edit] References
- Extensive Lauren Jones Interview - August 2006
- Interview July 2006
- Article from The Clarion-Ledger, 2003
- Lauren Jones Reference with photos, stats and commercial
