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Q: Have any of the "Price is Right" models gone on to do anything else?

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Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Assuming that your definition of "anything" is strictly entertainment-based (they've all gone on to do something with their time, but you're likely not, for example, interested in the one who went on to be a small-time real-estate magnate), the answer is yes, but not many.

The most famous is Gena Lee Nolin, who translated her daytime game show fame into daytime syndication fame on "Baywatch" (its episodes first aired in prime time, but it went on to a bigger second life in afternoon reruns).

She later starred in her own syndicated action series, "Sheena," playing the title role.

In a strange but also very understandable phenomenon, a number of the "Price Is Right" models went on to do similar work on another game show, "Deal Or No Deal."

Lanisha Cole, Lisa Gleave and Claudia Jordan all went from pointing at potentially valueless household items on "The Price Is Right" to holding up potentially valueless (but occasionally quite valuable) briefcases on "Deal Or No Deal."

One explanation for the relative lack of post-"Price" success is the fact that quite a number of the models stay on the show for a very long time. For example, Janice Pennington devoted all of her prime showbiz years to the show, joining in 1972 and not retiring until 2000.

Others such as Kathleen Bradley, Holly Hallstrom and Dian Parkinson stayed for 10 years or more -- abnormally long engagements in the modeling world.

 

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