Barbara "Bobbi" Anne Billard (born December 12, 1975) is an American

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, actress, published author and former

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Career

Acting career

Billard's first commercial, "Green Bay Watch", was for Diet Dr Pepper and was shown during

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. She had a few small parts on TV shows like Howard Stern's ''

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'' and then in cinema.

Modeling career

Billard began modeling at the age of 12. Her first paid modeling job was at the age of 19 for Jones Performance Fuel Systems. From there, she was on the cover of ''Mini-truckin' ''magazine, as well as appearing in calendars for ''Hot Bike'' and ''Street Rodder''. On the

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social network, she had over one and a half million "friends", making her one of the most popular people on the site. She has appeared in ''

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'', ''Muscle Mag'' and ''American Curves'', as well as in two series of Benchwarmer trading cards. She made music video appearances in

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's "Girl Inside My Head",

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' "King Klick",

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's "Sexy Lady" and Fireball's "What I Want" with

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Wrestling career

Billard became a

in the California-based

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(WOW) promotion. Using the name Summer, Billard was given the gimmick of a ''

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''-like lifeguard along with a tag team partner named

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. The duo was collectively known as The Beach Patrol. Billard signed with

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(WWE) in December 2003 and entered their developmental territory,

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. She received training from

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and Jacqueline. She was released after receiving an injury. In 2004, she had neck fusion surgery.

Personal life

Billard was born in

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and later moved to

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and then to

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. She now lives in

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. In July 2016, Billard was named part of a

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lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. The lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018. In March 2019, Billard announced that she had explanted her

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s after she said her body began rejecting them. She has since been concentrating her efforts around building awareness for Breast Implant Illness (BII).

References

External links

Official website
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Bobbi Billard on Twitter
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