Heather Christensen | |
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 Heather Christensen skateboarding in Tampa, Florida, 2002. | |
| Born | October 1, 1979 |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) [1] |
| Hair color | Red |
| Eye color | Blue |
Heather Christensen (born October 1, 1979) is an American glamor model, noted for her work in various Playboy publications.
She was Playboy Special Editions Model of the Year for 2001. [1] In 2002, she posed as a mermaid in the Wet and Wild 2002 edition.
Christensen was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Tampa, Florida when she was 20. She was seen by a scout from Playboy, and began to model, which "sort of interrupted" [2] her longer term plans. [3]
Christensen has a wide range of hobbies, including rock climbing, diving, snowboarding, hiking, and singing. She is an especially noted skateboarder, who has been skating since 1998, first with a boyfriend, then by herself. The hobby cost her a broken arm, at Skatopia in Ohio, when she fell on a metal ramp; the fracture forced her to quit her job (and her boyfriend left her). She stayed with the hobby, and later lived with professional skateboarder Anthony Furlong. [3] Playboy airbrushed out the scars on her arm in her pictures, and asked her to skate topless for a pictorial (which she says was "... embarrassing. I was like 'this hurts really bad!'" [4] ). The hobby has been a conflict for her modeling, as she can't skate for a week before a pictorial, to avoid bruises. [4]
Christensen continued to study while working as a model. She earned a bachelor's degree in biology, [2] and went to veterinary school, [5] to become a veterinarian specializing in reptiles. [3] She says she'd like to "Live in a tropical paradise [...] traveling around the world rescuing exotic animals", [5] and has kept turtles, snakes, lizards, and frogs at her home. Other hobbies include restoring a 1968 Ford Mustang. [3]
