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Angelica Bridges began her modeling career at the age of 14, appearing in Teen Magazine. Angelica Bridges was born on November 20, 1973 in the small town of Harrisonville, Missouri. A small-town girl, Angelica Bridges was a tomboy throughout her childhood, preferring horseback riding and fishing rather than playing dress-up. At age 16, Angelica Bridges won the title of Miss Missouri Teen. Immediately following high school, she auditioned for a singing group that was touring internationally. Angelica Bridges landed a role as one of the lead singers and had the chance to perform at The Shanghai TV Festival. In 1992, Bridges was crowned, California Young Miss of America. While Angelica Bridges was performing a show at Universal Studios in Orlando, John Casablanca's, founder of the internationally prestigious Elite Modeling Agency, spotted her and immediately signed her to a modeling contract.
Moving from radio to television, Angelica Bridges showed off her model body in television commercials for products such as Diet Coke, Pontiac, Toyota, Doritos (pre-Ali Landry), Hanes, IBM, Bally's, Pepsi, American Express (as a modern-day Ginger Rogers), and most notably, Brut Cologne, as Troy Aikman's girlfriend. Angelica was also known as the "Ultress Girl", having signed a 2-year contract with Clairol. Angelica Bridges' acting career also took off. Her acting breakthrough came in 1996, when she landed the recurring role of Sharon Taylor on Days of Our Lives. Since then, Angelica Bridges has had guest-starring roles on Cybill, Pacific Blue, NYPD Blue, Silk Stalkings and The Young & The Restless. In 1997, Angelica Bridges did her requisite Baywatch duty, as Lieutenant Taylor Walsh on the T&A series. Angelica Bridges' Baywatch gig didn't last long, and Angelica continued to do the television rounds, with a recurring role as Omegis in Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and appearances on Pamela Lee's V.I.P., and the comedies Suddenly Susan and That'70s Show.
This small town girl takes the hype to a whole new level of contradiction. Angelica Bridges actually enjoys entertaining the world with her wide array of animal sounds and cartoon voices and lends her voice to many national radio commercials. Recently seen guest hosting E!s TALK SOUP, Angelica Bridges' offbeat personality won rave reviews for her comedic skills. Once again she will be highlighting television screens as the new co-host of WHAT A FAN! a weekly half hour show alongside Gervase from the hit show Survivor airing on CBS. Angelica Bridges currently resides in Los Angeles, where she spends her spare time working out, swimming, playing volleyball, horseback riding and dancing. Angelica Bridges is the ultimate pin-up girl. Angelica Bridges possesses all the hallmarks of the quintessential bombshell with a sassy attitude, easy on the eyes and hard on the heart look. The world is constantly looking at you as if you're under a microscope. That can put a lot of pressure on any human being!" - Angelica Bridges on her Baywatch role.
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