Cooking is a favorite hobby. Took classes at the Culinary Institute of
America before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a modeling
career.
Father was Irish and mother was from Belize.
2000 graduate of Auburn High School (Auburn, New York).
Sang opera in high school.
Graduate of same high school (Auburn High School in Auburn, New York)
as fitness model/athlete Julie Ross, sports agent Joe Kehoskie, and MLB player Tim Locastro.
Went from working as a waitress to a high-profile job on the popular
NBC TV show Deal or No Deal (2005) less than a year after returning to her native
California in January 2006.
Earned an Associate's degree in hotel management from Monroe Community
College in Rochester, New York.