I always knew that I wanted to model: even at the age of 4 I was striking a pose. I was born on December 12th in Austin, Texas. I moved from there to Richardson, Texas and then on to Mission Viejo, California. As a child, I was made fun of. They called me "monkey lips" and I really never fit in. My mother told me not to worry and that my full lips would be on the cover of Vogue someday. Well, maybe not Vogue, but they did make the cover of Minitruckin' Magazine.

I first started modeling at the age of 12. My parents thought that maybe modeling school would improve my self-esteem. When you are teased so much, sometimes you start to believe the insults because part of your self image comes from the feedback you receive from others. I always felt like a total outcast amongst the kids at school, however I loved being in front of the camera and got a lot of experience early on. Success is definitely the best revenge as long as it motivates you to do something positive for yourself. So that's how I got started in this business. I think it is really important to like what you do for a living and I absolutely love modeling.

At 19, I got my first paying modeling job. It was a poster for Jones Performance Fuel Systems. For this job, I had to hold this carburetor made by Holley. It was called the Dominator, and I remember that thing was sooo... heavy and I had to hold it still for practically forever. And they say modeling isn't work... The finished product was me (just my body) wearing a patent leather bikini holding the Dominator carburetor and the caption read, "Injection is nice, but I'd rather be dominated!". I made an appearance at the Super Chevy Show in Pomona and signed autographs at the Jones Performance Fuel Systems booth. I was a celebrity for a day. I knew then that this was what I wanted to do.

Nevertheless, I always thought that someone was going to find me and wave their magic wand and make me famous. I know now that that is not how it works. The photographer from the poster, Jeff Tinnion, recommended me to McMullen Argus Publishing Company and I showed them my pictures. I got the job to be on the cover of Minitruckin' Magazine in August 1998 and from that I got to be in the Hot Bike and Street Rodder 1999 Calendars. It has pretty much snowballed from there. Since then, I've been in an ad for Dragonfly, which ran in Surfing Magazine for 2 months, Playboy Magazine (Sept. 99 issue, page 177), and appeared on the cover of Hot Rod Bikes Magazine's January 2001 issue. Now I am appearing on the boob tube too (LOL!). You might have seen me on the Howard Stern Productions t.v. show "Son of the Beach" which airs on FX Networks or starring on the t.v. show WOW Women of Wrestling as Summer of the Beach Patrol.

Not only can I model and act, I kick butt too! =) I am in the Diet Dr. Pepper "Green Bay Watch" commercial which aired over Superbowl XXXV. Yes, I'm the one that gets hit in the head with a snowball, LOL! Its all in a days work ya know? *giggle* You can also check me out in Blues Travelers music video "Girl Inside My Head". I recently got a cover and 31 pages of pics in the July 2002 issue of Muscular Development magazine. Then they featured me in their August 2002 issue wearing nothing but sand! My goal is to keep modeling for Muscular Development and hopefully do some of the other fitness magazines too. I still keep getting great job offers everyday.

Kisses, Bobbi

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