Adriana_Molinari

Adriana Molinari

Adriana Molinari

American actress

Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer,[1][9] and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000.[2][3]

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Early life

She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America[10] with her parents when she was in seventh grade.[1] She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager.[10] She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School.[5][6]

Career

Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire[10] in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA[10] in 1991.[1][3][2][4][7][8] She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts[6][9] and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant.[1] In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer.[1][5][6]

She was a Penthouse Pet[10] in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor[4][11] and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times.[2] She has also appeared on the TV shows A Current Affair,[1][5][7][8][9] Hard Copy, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight.[10]

Personal life

As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Doug Clark (25 February 1993). "Daily Bump and Grind Does Not Wear on Beauty Pageant Queen". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    Patrick Cronin (27 July 2008). "Pageant has launched more than just pretty face". SeaCoastOnline.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Alex Taylor". IAFD. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010.[better source needed]
  4. [4]
    "Alex Taylor". Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  5. [5]
    "Miss USA-NH says she's victim of blackmail plot". Concord, New Hampshire: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-03-10. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  6. [6]
    "Hampton stripper loses beauty title". Hampton, NH: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  7. [7]
    "People: Telling all". The Toledo Blade. 1991-03-08. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  8. [8]
    Baird, Jim (1991-03-07). "People Watch: Stripping defense". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  9. [9]
    "Pageant entrant to answer claims of nude dancing". The Day. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. 1991-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  10. [10]
    "Bio". Official website. 6 December 1998. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Welcome Penthouse Pets Fans". Penthouse Pinups. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
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