Barbara "Bobbi" Anne Billard (born December 12, 1975) is an American model, actress, published author[3][4] and former professional wrestler.
Bobbi Billard | |
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 Billard in May 2010 | |
| Born | Barbara Anne Billard December 12, 1975[1] Austin, Texas, U.S.[2] |
| Modeling information | |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Ring name(s) | Summer Bobbi Bling Bling Bobbi Billard |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st) |
| Billed from | Austin, Texas |
| Trained by | Selina Majors Peggy Lee Leather Ivory Jacqueline |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Retired | 2005 |
Career
editActing career
editBillard's first commercial, "Green Bay Watch", was for Diet Dr Pepper and was shown during Super Bowl XXXV.[5] She had a few small parts on TV shows like Howard Stern's Son of the Beach and then in cinema.
Modeling career
editBillard began modeling at the age of 12.[2] Her first paid modeling job was at the age of 19 for Jones Performance Fuel Systems.[2] From there, she was on the cover of Mini-truckin' magazine, as well as appearing in calendars for Hot Bike and Street Rodder.[2]
On the MySpace social network, she had over one and a half million "friends", making her one of the most popular people on the site.[6]
She has appeared in Muscular Development, Muscle Mag and American Curves,[2] as well as in two series of Benchwarmer trading cards.[2] She made music video appearances in Blues Traveler's "Girl Inside My Head",[2] Kottonmouth Kings' "King Klick",[2] Yung Berg's "Sexy Lady" and Fireball's "What I Want" with Bob Sinclar.
Wrestling career
editBillard became a professional wrestler in the California-based Women of Wrestling (WOW) promotion.[2] Using the name Summer, Billard was given the gimmick of a Baywatch-like lifeguard along with a tag team partner named Sandy. The duo was collectively known as The Beach Patrol.[2]
Billard signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in December 2003 and entered their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling.[7][8] She received training from Ivory and Jacqueline. She was released after receiving an injury.[8] In 2004, she had neck fusion surgery.[9]
Personal life
editBillard was born in Austin, Texas and later moved to Richardson, Texas and then to Mission Viejo, California.[2] She now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In July 2016, Billard was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE.[10] The lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018.[11]
In March 2019, Billard announced that she had explanted her breast implants after she said her body began rejecting them.[12] She has since been concentrating her efforts around building awareness for Breast Implant Illness (BII).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bobbi Billard: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Roberts, Cherie (April 18, 2006). "Babes Interview: Bobbi Billard". IGN. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Billard, Bobbi (March 25, 2019). "Bobbi Billard — Augmented Reality". Medium. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "Pro wrestling and fitness trade secrets from Bobbi Billard". Sporting News. September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "AskMen Celebs: Bobbi Billard". Archived from the original on March 23, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ Menn, Joseph (August 27, 2007). "MySpace could lift ban on commerce". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Waldman, Jon (September 3, 2004). "Readers respond to Sable and sexism". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Sibley, Adam (June 4, 2005). "Michael Moody Interview". Wrestling 101. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- ^ "Bobbi Billard". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "WWE sued in wrestler class action lawsuit featuring Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Paul 'Mr Wonderful' Orndorff". FoxSports.com. Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Byron (September 22, 2018). "Piledriver: WWE uses 'Hell in a Cell' as springboard to future shows". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ Middleton, Lucy (March 21, 2019). "Model's £75,000 DD breast implants started trying to break out". metro.co.uk.
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