Alexandria Karlsen
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| Birthdate: | Oct 26, 1978 | |
| Birthplace: | Mesa, Arizona | |
| Measurements: | 34C-23-34 in (86C-58-86 cm) | |
| Height: | 5' 7" (1.7m) | |
| Weight: | 107 lbs (49 kg) | |
Alexandria ("Lexie") Karlsen (born ✦October 26, 1978) is an American model, actress and author. Karlsen is the daughter of Thomas Karlsen, long-time Campaign Treasurer for Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini.
Career
Finance
At age 18, Karlsen obtained her securities licenses and worked for The Vanguard Group before beginning to model full time.
Print Modeling
Karlsen appeared in the Summer 1997 premiere issue of Perfect 10. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1999, photographed by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda. Karlsen appeared in several Playboy videos and special editions, working for Playboy following her centerfold appearance. Karlsen was featured in the November 2002 issue of Stuff (magazine) in the layout titled "A Day in the Life of a Centerfold". Karlsen appeared in Penthouse as its Pet of the Month for July 2006. Her appearance in Penthouse made her only the third model, following Linn Thomas and Victoria Zdrok, to appear as both a Playboy Playmate and a Penthouse Pet.
Karlsen also works extensively in mainstream modeling, represented by Ford Models, she has appeared in numerous mainstream magazines, including Stuff (US), Stuff (UK), Maxim, Beverly Hills 213, Scottsdale magazine, Phoenix magazine, and numerous other catalogs, editorial and print.
Television and Film
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.
Writing
At age 15, Karlsen began writing for then what was The Phoenix Gazette / Arizona Republic and the Tribune Newspapers in Arizona as a student correspondent reporter. Karlsen authored a book titled The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating: How to Meet More Women plus many other columns and articles for other online and print publications, including a regular column on love and dating for Perfect 10.
Andrew Yao Cases
In 2007 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 which was actually a gift to Karlsen, who he was dating at the time. Karlsen was the prosecution's star witness. Yao's gifts to her, including the wire transfers from company accounts, jewelry, an automobile, and a house, totaled nearly $1 million. Yao made gifts of over $10,000 each to Penthouse Pet Juliet Cariaga and two other unnamed Playboy Playmates, who he was also dating at the time. Yao was convicted for lying and sentenced to one year in prison on that charge. Yao pled guilty to ten counts of fraud and money laundering and". A guilty plea to a $40M loan fraud trial abruptly ended the Yao trial and was sentenced to serve five years in prison and to pay $12.5 million in restitution on those charges.
See also
References
External links
- 1999 at Playboy.com
- Alexandria Karlsen at the Internet Movie Database
- 2002 Interview of Alexandria Karlsen
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