Rachel Hunter

On December 15, 1990, she married British rock star ‘Rod Stewart’, 24 years her senior. The couple was blessed with two children, Renee and Liam.

In January 1999, the couple got separated, and finally filed for divorce in 2005 which was officially granted on. Having signed a pre-nuptial agreement, she claimed a lump sum plus full financial support for her children.

Since her divorce, she has been romantically linked with other stars such as Bruce Willis, Michael Weatherly, Kevin Costner; Robbie Williams, Wes Scantlin and Tommy Lee. Later she became engaged to Jarret Stoll, NHL hockey player, 13 years her junior, but the wedding was called off.

She was born on September 9, 1969, in Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand to Wayne Hunter, and his wife, Janeen Hunter. She has a sister named Jacqui Hunter.

At a young age, she dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer but her ambitions were curtailed after she was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.

When she was 15, her parents split up and later got divorced. A year later, she was spotted by a local photographer and invited to New York to become a model. In New York, she signed a contract for the ‘Ford Models’ agency, landing the Cover Girl cosmetics contract and becoming the spokesperson for the company.

By the age of 17, she had become a popular model and graced the covers of countless fashion magazines including ‘Vogue’, ‘Elle’, and ‘Cosmopolitan’. She was also asked to pose for ‘Playboy’ magazine, but considering herself too young for it, she refused the offer.

In 1989, she rose to global fame after posing as a model for the ‘Sports Illustrated’ magazine. She appeared on the 1994 'Dream Team' cover of the annual swimsuit issue of the ‘Sports Illustrated’.

Along with being a model, she took acting classes and made her film debut in the romantic comedy ‘Just a Little Harmless Sex’ (1998).

Later, she starred in several independent movies including ‘A Walk in the Park’ (1999),‘Two Shades of Blue’ (2000),‘Rock Star’ (2001),‘Pendulum’ (2001), and ‘Redemption of the Ghost’ (2002).

In 2003, she appeared as the sultry mother in the music video of the song ‘Stacy’s Mom’, by the American power pop band, ‘Fountains of Wayne’.