Rachel Hunter

Rachel Hunter (born 9 September 1969) is a New Zealand model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her 1989 Sports Illustrated cover and her long time marriage to singer Rod Stewart which ended in 2006. Born in Glenfield, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, Hunter began modelling by age 17 and rose to prominence after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989. She appeared on magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and on the 1994 "Dream Team" cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. She posed nude for a cover-featured Playboy pictorial published in 2004. She also replaced Penny Lancaster, the wife of Hunter's ex-husband Rod Stewart, as the face and body of Ultimo, a Scottish lingerie house. In 2006, Hunter was replaced by Helena Christensen. Hunter guest starred in a 1997 episode of The Drew Carey Show as herself. Trying to…