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Jenny Mcarthy Biography
Jenny was born November 1, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois.
Jenny is a well seasoned
supermodel, television personality and actress. She is the second of four
daughters born to a hard working, middle class family, her mother a housewife,
and her father a steel mill foreman. Jenny grew up on the south side of Chicago
and her father always worked overtime to send his girls to an expensive Catholic
school. As a youngster, Jenny had the dream of becoming a Olivia Newton-John or
Lynda Carter.
When Jenny was nine, she dressed in country-and-western attire, and with her
grandmother's gargantuan sized bra stuffed with socks, she played Dolly Parton
for Halloween. After graduating from high school, Jenny attended Southern
Illinois University to study nursing. After two years of college, she decided to
embark on a modeling career.
Jenny, being a believer in angels, looked to the sky and saw the Playboy
building. She says that, "Something drew me there". My self-conscious was going,
"no, no, no", but my inner drive was going, "Yes, Yes, Yes". Jenny delivered
pictures of herself to Playboy. The editors liked what they saw and offered her
$20,000 to pose for Miss October 1993. With this exposure, she won the Playmate
of the Year, along with a $100,000 salary, and a bevy of promotional duties.
Jenny moved from her native Chicago to seek fame and fortune in the City of
Angels. Jenny soon learned that auditions were hard to come by even for a
Playmate, but her incessancy landed an interview at MTV. Fortunately, MTV's
producers liked what they saw in Jenny, and she was hired to co-host "Singled
Out", which debuted in the Summer of 1995.
Jenny's snappy banter and amusing facial expressions made her an overnight
success. MTV was eager to keep her as host and came up with a whooping $500,000
one year contract that promoted her to full-fledged VJ. They also gave Jenny an
opportunity to format the program to best suit her talents. Playboy, keen to
further their relationship with Jenny, offered $500,000 for more nude pictures
of the blonde beauty. It looks like this is one Playmate that won't be replaced
for a long time.
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