bronze beautiful and buxom tracy bingham checked all three boxes during her rise to fame in the 90s
she used what her mama gave her to secure numerous modeling gigs and acting roles
one role in particular though on one of the most popular television shows in the world
would not only change her life but make history model actress and television personality tracy
bingham was born the youngest of seven children in cambridge massachusetts
although she is of mixed african american italian and native american heritage she self-identifies
as african-american she always had a love for entertainment so it was only natural that as
soon as she graduated high school she set her sights on hollywood and moved to the west coast
she got the ball rolling quickly taking acting classes and securing her sag after card even
though her career began with some not so memorable minor acting roles it was steady work and tracy
was just happy to be doing what she loved to do then in 1991 at the age of 23 tracy got her
first role that would make everyone men especially sit up and say who is that when she appeared as
the love interest in the music video for good vibrations by marky mark and the funky bunch
more minor acting roles followed with appearances on shows such as beverly hills 90210 the fresh
prince of bel air and married with children as well as an appearance in the music video for i
really like it by harlem world featuring mace and kelly price tracy then heard about an audition for
a show about a bunch of lifeguards running up and down a beach saving lives she initially thought
the concept was stupid but hey it's work right in 1996 out of thousands of women who auditioned
tracy landed the role of the very first woman of color lifeguard jordan tade on
the television series baywatch lasting two years it would be the most successful of her career
a couple of years later tracy's beauty and body was put on full display in the pages of playboy
magazine for a babes of baywatch pictorial also around this time she married musician rob valliere
the marriage would be a short-lived one though as they divorced just three years later
for many years tracy has been a die-hard supporter of peta or people for the ethical treatment of
animals she's appeared in advertisements wearing a bikini made of lettuce as well as fully nude
for the organization when her acting career cooled down tracy began appearing on a number of
reality television programs in 2004 she was in the second series of the surreal life with castmates
ron jeremy vanilla ice eric estrada tammy faye baker and trishelle canetella two years after
that she crossed the pond to england to appear in celebrity big brother where she made it to the
final six contestants before being evicted on the final night of the show she selected families of
sma as the charity to receive a donation from her participation in the show the objective
of the charity holds a special place in her heart since her niece died from spinal muscular atrophy
more reality show appearances followed in 2007 and 2008 when tracy appeared on vh1's the surreal live
fame games and won the 100 000 grand prize and fox reality's gimme my reality show
competing with six other celebrities in an effort to land their own reality show 2014 would turn
out to be a very interesting year for tracy when she got caught up in a couple of scandals
earlier in the year she allegedly had trouble paying the bill after she and some friends
enjoyed drinks and shots at an exclusive club at fenway stadium in boston eyewitnesses claimed that
after multiple attempts to run her card were unsuccessful her sister and other members of
their crew scattered leaving through different exits tracy was never charged then in december
a massachusetts court issued an arrest warrant for her after she failed to appear in court regarding
a breached adult entertainment contract she signed in 2012 in which she agreed to participate
in a very explicit photo shoot for what is commonly referred to in erotica as a facial
after taking the thirty thousand dollar advance tracy didn't show up for the production
the company sued and was awarded a 180 thousand dollar judgment since 2015 tracy hasn't made any
new acting appearances instead she's focused mainly on reality shows which resulted in her
last appearance to date in the show battle of the network stars in 2017. much of the reason for her
absence from the spotlight can be attributed to her relocating back to the boston area to help
take care of her mother whose health was declining tracy's been mostly living a life away from the
media and public and only occasionally doing local appearances and autograph signings one great way
fans can continue to reach out to tracy currently is through cameo the website that allows anyone
to connect with their favorite star and request a personalized video message for any occasion
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