Klimaszewski Twins

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Klimaszewski Twins
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The Klimaszewski Twins at the 2004 Glamourcon in LA
Birth nameDiane Klimaszewski
Elaine Klimaszewski
Born (1971-09-13) September 13, 1971 (age 51)
Leicester, Massachusetts
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski
Diane and Elaine Power
Gold (Diane) and Silver (Elaine)
Lolli (Diane) and Pop (Elaine)
Billed height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [1] [2]
Billed weight140 lb (64 kg)
Trained by Ultimate Pro Wrestling
Debut1999
Retired2001

Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski (born September 13, 1971) are Polish American [3] models better known as the Coors Light Twins. They are also actresses and were briefly members of World Championship Wrestling's Nitro Girls. [4]

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Careers

The twins made their first television appearance as teen dancers on Star Search in 1987 followed by appearances as models on the NBC game show Let's Make a Deal in 1990. They started acting in 1991 in Problem Child 2 . In 1998, they worked together for a magic trick performed by The Masked Magician in Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed . On November 29, 1999, the twins debuted as Lolli and Pop on World Championship Wrestling in a segment with Johnny the Bull and Big Vito LoGrasso. [5] In 2000, their ring names were changed to Gold and Silver and they briefly became members of the Nitro Girls dance group. [6] The twins then signed with the World Wrestling Federation later that year, although the role that they were to play was not made clear. [7] They were sent to Ultimate Pro Wrestling, a developmental territory, where they competed as the Power Twins. [8] The Klimaszewskis were released by the WWF in June 2001. [7]

They were cast as the Coors Light Twins beginning in 2002, in an ad campaign called "Love Songs" created by the agency Foote Cone & Belding. [9] Coors reported that these were "the highest-scoring spots in Coors history" and they quickly became part of popular culture, parodied by Jennifer Garner and Rachel Dratch on Saturday Night Live while the real twins were invited to sing the national anthem at sporting events. [10] The ads became a subject of political controversy when Pete Coors ran for the United States Senate in the 2004 election. [9] [11] [12]

The sisters have appeared as regular cast members on Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge , as the Big Time Twins. They appeared in full makeup, and with CGI animated tongues, as aliens in "Broken Bow", the series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise . [13] They also had guest appearances in the movie Scary Movie 3 as the Coors Light Twins, and they run their own fashion line, ZipperGirls. [4] [14]

Filmography

YearTitleDiane's roleElaine's roleNotes
1990 Let's Make a Deal ModelModel
1991 Problem Child 2 Hot Tub GirlHot Tub Girl
1995 Weird Science TiffanyBrittanyEpisode: "Bikini Camp Slasher"
1996 Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous Aerobic Girl
1996 Tiger Heart AmyAmanda
1996 Spy Hard Twin #1Twin #2
1996 The Last Frontier Twin #2Twin #1Episode: "Babes in Joyland"
1997 Pauly GeenaShoshanaEpisode: "Pauly Come Home"
1997 Looking for Lola DancerDancer
1998 Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed Herself - Magic AssistantHerself - Magic Assistant
2001SkippyBikini TwinBikini Twin
2001 Star Trek: Enterprise DancerDancerEpisode: "Broken Bow: Part I"
2001-2002 Nikki DancerLow Voice Prostitute / Dancer3 episodes
2002Murderous CamouflageDetective Johnson #2Detective Johnson #1
2003-2004 Hollywood Squares Herself - PanelistHerself - Panelist10 episodes
2003 The Drew Carey Show Mandy - Minnesota Twin #1Sandy - Minnesota Twin #2Episode: "A Means to an End"
2003 Gigli Beach Dancer
2003 Ripley's Believe It or Not! HerselfHerselfEpisode: "4.21"
2003 Scary Movie 3 DianeElaine
2003PrincessStacyTracy
2004 She Spies Twin #2Twin #1
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments HerselfHerself
2005 Drop Dead Sexy BrandyAmber
2006 Date Movie Slut TwinSlut Twin
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson MeganAshleyEpisode: "2.128" (Uncredited)
2006 Bachelor Party Vegas ChrissyMissy
2008Bar StarzTwin #1Twin #2

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