| Lexie Karlsen | |
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| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| March 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Stacy Marie Fuson |
| Succeeded by | Natalia Sokolova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1978 Mesa, Arizona |
| Measurements | Bust: 34"C Waist: 23" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 107 lb (49 kg; 7.6 st) |
Alexandria ("Lexie") Karlsen (born October 26, 1978) is an American model, actress and author.
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Biography
Alexandria (Lexie) Karlsen is an American model who is the only one to be a Playboy Playmate, Penthouse Pet, Perfect 10 model and represented by mainstream FORD Agency FORD/RBA as well. She hosted on "The Nude View", on pay channel Vavoom, and a dating and sex advice show on Vavoom's website, a takeoff on her book, "The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating."[1] With a background in journalism and finance, Karlsen has been described as a brainy adult model. At age 15, Karlsen began writing for then what was The Phoenix Gazette / Arizona Republic and also Tribune Newspapers in Arizona as a student correspondent reporter. [2]At age 18, Karlsen obtained her Series 6 and Series 63 licenses and worked for Vanguard before beginning to model full time.
She began posing nude on a "amateur" web site under the name "Rachelle"[3], and then under her own name for Perfect 10 magazine in their summer 1997 premiere issue, and was selected Playboy Playmate of the Month for March, 1999. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda. Lexie has appeared in several Playboy videos and special editions, working steadily for Playboy for more than three years following her centerfold appearance. In 2001, Karlsen started writing a regular column on love and dating for Perfect 10. Karlsen has also been featured in the November 2002 issue of Stuff magazine in the layout titled "A Day in the Life of a Centerfold".
Karlsen appeared in Playboy's rival publication, Penthouse magazine, as its Pet of the Month for July 2006. Her appearance in Penthouse made her only the third adult model to be selected as both a Playboy Playmate and a Penthouse Pet, following only Linn Thomas and Victoria Zdrok.
Karlsen has appeared in numerous mainstream magazines, including Stuff (US), on the cover of Stuff (UK), in Maxim, on Beverly Hills 213, in Scottsdale magazine, in Phoenix magazine, and numerous other catalogs, editorial and print. She is one of the few nude models who also works extensively in the mainstream market.[4]
In addition to her work with men's magazines, Karlsen was regularly featured on the FX channel's The X Show, UPN's Battle Dome, and as a try-out Barker Beauty on five episodes of CBS's The Price Is Right show. She has also worked on shows such as Ripley's Believe It or Not, Talk Soup, The Late Late Show, The Tonight Show, and others.[4]
She has also authored a book titled The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating: How to Meet More Women plus many other columns and articles for other magazines.
Andrew Yao Cases
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal prosecutors charged Philadelphia businessman Andrew Yao with lying about his relationship with Karlsen to a grand jury investigating larger charges of fraud and money laundering; Yao gave Karlsen $650,000 via wire transfer, which he claimed was for airplanes and a movie deal, but Karlsen says it was a gift as she had dated Yao for four months.[5] Testimony at Yao's trial showed that he was also dating Erica Jiles a/k/a Juliet Cariaga (Penthouse Pet of the Millennium) and two other unnamed former Playboy Playmates in the same timeframe, each of whom received cash and gifts from Yao in excess of $10,000. Karlsen was the prosecution's star witness. Yao's gifts to her, including the wire transfers from his company accounts, jewelry, an automobile and a house, totaled nearly $1 million. [6] [7] Yao was married with three young children at the time, although Karlsen says Yao told her he was in divorce proceedings. Yao was later convicted for lying and was sentenced to a year in prison. [8] On June 4, 2008, Yao pled guilty to ten counts of fraud and money laundering in Federal court in Philadelphia.[9][10] In February, 2009, he was sentenced to serve five years in prison, and to pay $12.5 million in restitution on the fraud and money laundering guilty plea.[11] Yao commenced serving his sentence on March 23, 2009. [12]
Thomas Karlsen
Karlsen is the daughter of Thomas Karlsen, long-time Campaign Treasurer for Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini, was convicted in 1989 of embezzling approximately $500,000 in campaign funds, and was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison. [13][14] Karlsen was 10 years old at the time. Thomas Karlsen later died in October 2002 from cirrhosis of the liver.
See also
- List of people in Playboy 1990-1999
- List of Playboy NSS models
- List of Penthouse Pets
- List of people from Arizona
References
- ^ Vavoom TV (Dead Link October 2008)
- ^ Miami Night Out Interview
- ^ Rachelle's Web - Studio2
- ^ a b Lexie Karlsen, Ford/RBA
- ^ Davies, Paul Suit alleges big law firm let Ponzi scheme unfold Wall Street Journal, reprinted Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 18, 2007
- ^ Chase, Randall Witnesses say Yao gambled at Las Vegas casinos Union Tribune(San Diego) March 13, 2007
- ^ Shiffman, John. Showtime: The Onetime Highflier and His Centerfold Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2007
- ^ O'Sullivan, Sean, Yao gets prison for bankruptcy lies The News Journal (Delaware) March 18, 2008
- ^ Dale, Maryclaire, "High-rolling businessman admits $40M loan fraud" Forbes (June 4, 2008)
- ^ O'Sullivan, Sean Guilty plea abruptly ends Yao trial The News Journal (Delaware) June 5, 2008
- ^ Scharr, Cindy, "Radnor businessman gets 5 years for fraud", Delaware County Daily Times February 9, 2009
- ^ O'Sullivan, Sean, "Yao case set pace for fiscal scandals", The News Journal (Delaware) (March 23, 2009)
- ^ O'Sullivan, Sean, Businessman lived high life before bankruptcy The News Journal (Delaware) March 17, 2008
- ^ Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinion No. 1991-38 (January 17, 1992)
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alexandria Karlsen |
- Alexandria Karlsen at Playboy.com
- Alexandria Karlsen at the Internet Movie Database
- 2002 Interview of Alexandria Karlsen
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The Price Is Right Barker's Beauty 2003 (five episodes) |
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