23 February 2009

Carolyn Murphy, b 1973, America













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  1. Katie JaneFebruary 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    At the age of 15, she was spotted by Mary Lou Nash, owner and operator of the modeling agency Mary Lou's Models. Nash saw Murphy's potential and soon she was modeling in local ads and magazines throughout Florida and Alabama. After she graduated from Choctawhatchee Senior High School, Murphy moved to Milan to further her modeling career. Her career kicked into high-gear when she bleached her hair platinum blonde for a photo shoot, ruining her hair and causing it to fall out. Because of this she had to get a short hair cut which made her popular with many top photographers and soon she was in major magazines such as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and was named VH1/Vogue's "Model of the Year" at the 1998 Fashion Awards. Murphy is featured on the cover of the 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as well as the 1999 cover of Vogue's "Models of the Millennium." She has also posed for the 2002 Playboy calendar. In 2001, she became the face of Estée Lauder cosmetics. She also started an acting career with the role of "Dubbie the Blonde" in Barry Levinson's Liberty Heights in 1999.

    Murphy was asked to pose as Grace Kelly for Town & Country's November 2007 'A Tribute to Grace Kelly' issue due to her striking resemblance to the fashion icon.

    She previously dated model Mark Vanderloo. In 1999, Murphy married surf shop owner Jake Schroeder, whom she met while on vacation. She gave birth to their daughter, Dylan Blue, on December 28, 2000, and the three posed for Vogue as Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, and Frances Bean Cobain. Murphy and Schroeder divorced in 2002. Since then she has dated Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd. She and Boyd reportedly split in August 2005.

    Schroeder allegedly tried to sell a sex tape featuring them having sex during their honeymoon in 1999 while in Barbados. In January 2006, Schroeder was arrested and charged with extortion for trying to sell the tape. The video was leaked onto the internet in April 2006.

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