1. Gia Marie Allemand was an American actress, model, and reality television contestant.
17 Facts About Gia Allemand
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Gia Allemand was known for appearing in Maxim and competing on two ABC reality shows The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love and Bachelor Pad.
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Gia Allemand finished second in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic competition and the Miss Red Hot Taj Mahal Super Bowl contest in 2005.
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Gia Allemand is best known for appearing as a swimsuit model in Maxim in 2007.
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Gia Allemand said in an interview that she has always had a passion for acting and performing.
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Gia Allemand was a former professional ballet dancer, but her dancing career was shortened after she injured her hamstring and Achilles tendon.
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Nevertheless, Gia Allemand took acting classes in high school and at Hartford College.
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Gia Allemand was cast to play the supporting role of actress Ava Gardner.
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Gia Allemand was the second to the last contestant eliminated by Pavelka.
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On February 18,2010, Gia Allemand appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she discussed her life after being on The Bachelor.
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Gia Allemand cited an existing relationship as the reason she refused to participate in the show's "kissing contest" game which led to her elimination in the third episode.
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Gia Allemand appeared in the episodic short film Ghost Trek: The Kinsey Report, a horror-comedy about a paranormal reality show, in which Gia Allemand plays the role of producer Shawna Leibowitz.
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Gia Marie Allemand was born to Eugene and Donna Allemand in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York City, and grew up in the borough of Staten Island and nearby in suburban Manorville, New York, on Long Island, where she graduated from Lindenhurst High School in 2001.
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Allemand's parents separated in 1992, later divorcing; Donna Allemand married Tony Micheletti, whom she described as closer to Gia than was Gia's biological father.
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Gia Allemand died on August 14,2013, at the age of 29, and her death was confirmed to be a suicide.
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Gia Allemand had attempted suicide two days before by hanging herself with a vacuum cleaner cord in her New Orleans home.
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Gia Allemand's death was noted during a 2014 episode of The Bachelor.