Adriana Molinari

Adriana Molinari[1][2]
Born (1967-11-26) 26 November 1967[3]
Other nameAlex Taylor[3][1][2][4]
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire in 1984[3][1][2][5]
Miss Teen All-American New Hampshire in 1985[1][5][6]
Miss Petite New Hampshire in 1987[1][5][6]
Miss Latin USA in 1989[1][5]
Miss New Hampshire USA in 1991[3][2][5][4][7][8]
Hair color
Blond[3]
Eye color
Brown[4]
Major competition
Miss USA 1991[1][7][8][9]

Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer,[1][9] and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000.[2][3]

Early life

She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America[10] with her parents when she was in seventh grade.[1] She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager.[10] She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School.[5][6]

Career

Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire[10] in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA[10] in 1991.[1][3][2][4][7][8] She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts[6][9] and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant.[1] In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer, which was against pageant rules.[1][5][6]

She was a Penthouse Pet[10] in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor[4][11] and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times.[2] She has also appeared on the TV shows A Current Affair,[1][5][7][8][9] Hard Copy, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight.[10]

Personal life

As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Doug Clark (25 February 1993). "Daily Bump and Grind Does Not Wear on Beauty Pageant Queen". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Patrick Cronin (27 July 2008). "Pageant has launched more than just pretty face". SeaCoastOnline.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alex Taylor". IAFD. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alex Taylor". Adult Film Database. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Miss USA-NH says she's victim of blackmail plot". Concord, New Hampshire: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 10 March 1991. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hampton stripper loses beauty title". Hampton, NH: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 27 April 1991. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "People: Telling all". The Toledo Blade. 8 March 1991. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Baird, Jim (7 March 1991). "People Watch: Stripping defense". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Pageant entrant to answer claims of nude dancing". The Day. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. 7 March 1991. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bio". Official website. 6 December 1998. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Welcome Penthouse Pets Fans". Penthouse Pinups. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.