Leeann Tweeden

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Leeann Velez Tweeden (born June 13, 1973) is an American model and television personality of Spanish, Filipino and Norwegian descent[citation needed].

Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia. She graduated from Osbourn Park High School in 1991. Tweeden eschewed college altogether and instead pursued a career in modeling. Just two years after leaving her Virginia high school, while working as a hostess at a Hooters restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she won first place in the Venus International Model Search in 1992. This break led to national exposure. Tweeden modeled for promotional work for Hooters and Venus International along with Frederick's of Hollywood and Playboy.

The March 2007 Issue of FHM (which was the final printed US issue) features Leeann as the cover girl.

Tweeden will join the Covino and Rich show on Sirius radio 108 (Maxim Radio) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She also served as a correspondent for FOX Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period from 2000 to 2007. In 2008, Tweeden is the host of the NBC late night television series Poker After Dark.

As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, Tweeden was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".

She has previously been linked romantically to road racer Ben Bostrom, surfer Shane Dorian, and major league baseball pitcher Josh Beckett. Currently, she's engaged to a pilot who flies for JetBlue.

Appearances in Playboy special editions:

Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 40 November 1994 - cover.
Playboy's Girls of Summer July 1995 - page 26.

Quote:

“If it weren’t for those men and women, there’s no way I’d be on TV or be able to do FHM,” Leeann says. “I’d probably be covered in a burka—and what a waste that would be.