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{{Short description|New Zealand model and actress (born 1969)}}
{{other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox model
| name         = Rachel Hunter
| image        = Rachel Hunter LF.JPG
| caption      = Hunter in 2008
| birth_place  = [[Glenfield, New Zealand|Glenfield]], [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1969|9|8|df=y}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Rod Stewart]]|1990|2006|end=div.}}
| haircolor    = Blonde
| eyecolor     = Blue
| occupation   = {{hlist|Model|actress}}
| years_active = 1986–Present 
| children     = 2
| height       = 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
| website      = {{url|rachelhunter.com}}
}}

'''Rachel Hunter''' (born 8 September 1969)<ref name="TweetBirthday">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rachelhunterx/status/641340892347940865|title=RACHEL HUNTER on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref> is a New Zealand model, actress, and the host of [[Imagine Television|Imagination Television's]] ''Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rachel's Tour of Beauty|url = http://rachelstourofbeauty.com/|website = Rachel's Tour of Beauty|access-date = 3 November 2015}}</ref> She has appeared on several magazine covers, including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', and '' [[Harper's Bazaar]]''. She has been on the cover of the ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]'' twice: in 1994 (alongside [[Kathy Ireland]] and [[Elle Macpherson]]) and in 2006 (alongside six other models).<ref>{{Cite web|title = SI Swimsuit Covers Through the Years|url = https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2013/02/08/si-swimsuit-covers/22|website = SI.com|access-date = 3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = SI Swimsuit Covers Through the Years|url = https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2013/02/08/si-swimsuit-covers/10|website = SI.com|access-date = 3 November 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hunter was born in [[Glenfield, New Zealand|Glenfield]], a suburb of [[Auckland]], New Zealand,<ref name="Telegraph"/> and educated at [[Glenfield College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/2845697/Rachel-Hunters-rise-to-the-top |title=Rachel Hunter's rise to the top |first=Michael |last=Fox |date=9 September 2009 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was still a child. As a child she wanted to be a [[ballet]] dancer, but at 13 became ill with [[toxoplasmosis]], which curtailed her dancing ambitions.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=David|title=Rachel reveals (almost) all|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3614251/Rachel-reveals-almost-all.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3614251/Rachel-reveals-almost-all.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2018|publisher=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Career==
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=== Modelling ===
Hunter began her career at age 16, modelling in France, Australia and New Zealand, appearing in Australian ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', Australian ''Cosmopolitan'' and for various campaigns throughout New Zealand and Australia. She became the face of [[Tip Top (ice cream)|Tip Top Ice-Cream]] in New Zealand and was the "Trumpet Girl". She was quickly signed up to [[Ford Models]] and immediately embarked on a successful career, landing a [[CoverGirl|Cover Girl]] cosmetics contract and becoming the spokesperson for the company for several years.<ref name="FMD">{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Rachel_Hunter|title=Rachel Hunter|publisher=FashionModelDirectory.com|access-date=27 December 2012}}</ref> Hunter rose to global prominence after posing as a ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' swimsuit model in 1989.<ref name="NYMag">{{cite web|url = http://nymag.com/fashion/models/rhunter/rachelhunter/|title = Rachel Hunter|publisher = New York Magazine|access-date = 27 December 2012}}</ref> She subsequently appeared on magazine covers, including ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and on the 1994 "Dream Team" cover of ''Sports Illustrated''{{'}}s annual swimsuit issue with other supermodels [[Elle MacPherson]] and [[Kathy Ireland]], and again graced its cover, this time solo, 12 years later in 2006. Hunter also appeared on the cover of ''[[Vogue Italia]]'', Australian ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', American and international editions of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' and Dutch ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]''.

Hunter posed nude for a cover-featured ''[[Playboy]]'' pictorial published in April 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hunter among Playboy's best bunnies (+pics)|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/493843/Hunter-among-Playboys-best-bunnies-pics|access-date=28 September 2017|date=31 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/celebrities/features/rachel-hunter/rachel-hunter.html |title=Rachel Hunter |publisher=Playboy.com |access-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305063021/http://www.playboy.com/girls/celebrities/features/rachel-hunter/rachel-hunter.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref>

Hunter is signed to Ford Models in New York, [[Select Model Management]] in London, and Chadwick Models in Sydney.<ref name=FMD/>

===Acting===
Hunter first appeared on television in 1985 in an advertisement for the New Zealand ice cream brand Tip Top, promoting their "Trumpet" ice-cream.

Hunter guest starred in a 1997 episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' as herself. She has appeared in several independent films, including 1999's ''A Walk in the Park'' and 2000's ''[[Two Shades of Blue]]'', an [[erotic thriller]] with [[Marlee Matlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161029/|title=Two Shades of Blue (1999)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref> She stars as a lesbian cook doling out relationship advice in the award-winning [[indie film]] ''[[La Cucina (film)|La Cucina]]''. She had a brief appearance as a sexy mother in [[Dennis Dugan]]'s ''[[The Benchwarmers]]'' (2006) and also played a sultry, bikini-clad mother in the music video for [[Fountains of Wayne]]'s 2003 song "[[Stacy's Mom]]".

Hunter was one of six celebrities in the inaugural cast of the American dance [[Reality competition|competition]] series ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rachel Hunter hits the dance floor on US version of hit show |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/rachel-hunter-hits-the-dance-floor-on-us-version-of-hit-show/5CRH5H757RMMNDILYTX4AOU2QY/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> She appeared on a 2005 celebrity episode of ''[[Lingo (American game show)|Lingo]]'', where she and her partner [[Trista Rehn]] split $30,000 for charity. Hunter is an ambassador to The [[Born Free Foundation]], and established the Rachel Hunter Lowland Gorilla Fund. Hunter also appeared as herself in the 2004 Christmas Special of ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''. She also starred in ''[[Confessions of a Go-Go Girl]]'' (2008), ''[[The Perfect Assistant]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063336/|title=The Perfect Assistant (2008)|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> the science fiction TV movies ''[[Piranhaconda]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1886644/|title=Piranhaconda (2011)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref> (2011) and ''Swamp Volcano'', aka ''Miami Magma'' (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1808304/|title=Miami Magma (2011)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Rachel Hunter and Patsy Reddy.jpg|thumb|right|Hunter (left), alongside the governor-general, [[Patsy Reddy|Dame Patsy Reddy]], at the Suffrage 125 launch at [[Government House, Wellington]], on 7 March 2018]]
She appeared as a judge on ''[[New Zealand's Got Talent]]'' from 2012 to 2013.<ref name="judge">{{cite news|title=UB40 front man to judge New Zealand's Got Talent|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10816396|work=29 June 2012|publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=14 July 2012|date=29 June 2012}}</ref> In 2015, Hunter fronted her own television series titled ''Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty'' for [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]] where she travelled the world to discover what beauty meant in various countries.

== Personal life ==
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In the late 1980s, Hunter was in a relationship with rock musician [[Kip Winger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sleazeroxx.com/vault/1990win.shtml |title=Winger: Gets Real |publisher=Sleaze Roxx |access-date=9 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006093717/http://www.sleazeroxx.com/vault/1990win.shtml |archive-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>

At the age of 21, Hunter met rock star [[Rod Stewart]], 24 years her senior, in a Los Angeles nightclub. They married three months later at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California, on 15 December 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D91539F93BA25751C1A966958260&scp=1&sq=%22rachel+hunter%22&st=nyt |title=Chronicle column|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 December 1990}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> Together they have two children: Renée (b. 1992) and Liam (b. 1994). They separated in January 1999 after eight years of marriage, and their divorce was finalised on 2 November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6159441.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Rod Stewart divorce is finalised |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=30 November 2006 |access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>

She had a year-long relationship with Canadian [[NHL]] ice hockey player [[Sean Avery]] in 2004,{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} and in 2006 began a three-year relationship with [[Jarret Stoll]], 13 years her junior, also a Canadian NHL player who played for, and won the Stanley Cup with, the Los Angeles Kings. Her son Liam was a junior player being mentored by him while playing for the LA Kings Juniors when they first met. Stoll proposed to Hunter in 2008 whilst he accompanied her on a trip home to her native New Zealand later that year and they were due to marry on 14 August 2009, but the wedding was called off by Stoll seven weeks prior to their wedding day.<ref>{{cite news | author=Kari Friedlander| title=Rachel Hunter Calls off Wedding | url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Hunter-Wedding-Off-1007252.aspx | work=TV Guide Online | date=25 June 2009 | access-date=25 June 2009}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1998
|''[[Just a Little Harmless Sex]]''
|Marilyn
|
|-
|1999
|''Two Shades of Blue''
|Susan Price
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Winding Roads (film)|Winding Roads]]''
|Kelly Simons
|
|-
|1999
|''A Walk in the Park''
|Sally's sister
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Tripfall]]''
|Gina Williams
|
|-
|2001
|''[[MacArthur Park (film)|MacArthur Park]]''
|Karen
|
|-
|2001
|''Pendulum''
|Amanda Reeve
|
|-
|2001
|''Boys Klub''
|The Goddess
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Rock Star (2001 film)|Rock Star]]''
|A.C.'s Wife
|
|-
|2002
|''Redemption of the Ghost''
|Gloria
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Haunted Lighthouse]]''
|Rich Widow Feeney
|Short film
|-
|2004
|''[[El Padrino (film)|El padrino]]''
|Newscaster
|
|-
|2005
|''[[You and Your Stupid Mate]]''
|Karen
|
|-
|2005
|''Freezerburn''
|Holly Hardin
|
|-
|2006
|''Final Move''
|Iris Quarrie
|
|-
|2006
|''I.R.A.: King of Nothing''
|British Intelligence Agent
|
|-
|2006
|''[[The Benchwarmers]]''
|Hot Mother
|
|-
|2006
|''Ozzie''
|Beth Morton
|
|-
|2007
|''Dead Write''
|Jade
|also Associate Producer
|-
|2007
|''Mexican American''
|Jacqueline
|Direct-to-Video
|-
|2007
|''[[7-10 split|7-10 Split]]''
|Chiropracter
|
|-
|2007
|''[[La Cucina (film)|La cucina]]''
|Jude
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Jordon Saffron Taste This!|Jordon Saffron: Taste This!]]''
|Nikki
|
|-
|2010
|''[[The Brazen Bull]]''
|Detective Vinyec
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Black Widow (2010 film)|Black Widow]]''
|Dr. Laura
|2011 Miami magma
|-
|2011
|''A Matter of Justice''
|Nicole Ibiza
|
|-
|2013
|''The Banksters, Madoff with America''
|Mimi Mymen
|
|-
|2014
|''Soul Mates''
|Carly
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1991
|''[[Ford Models Supermodel of the World|Ford Super Model of the World]]''
|Herself (host)
|Television Special
|-
|1993
|''[[Bobby's World]]''
|Ms. Miller (voice role)
|Episode: "[[List of Bobby's World episodes|Bobby Ties the Knot]]"
|-
|1995
|''[[Mad About You]]''
|Herself
|television debut<br/>Episode: "[[List of Mad About You episodes|Just My Dog]]"
|-
|1997
|''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "[[List of The Drew Carey Show episodes|Cap-Beer-Cin]]<nowiki/>o"
|-
|1999
|''[[Suddenly Susan]]''
|Meegan Garrity
|Episode: "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut"
|-
|2000
|''Best Actress''
|Fiona Covington
|Television Movie
|-
|2003
|''[[MTV Cribs]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Rachel Hunter/Shannon Elizabeth/Sam Madison"
|-
|2003
|''[[Are You Hot?]]''
|Herself (co-host)
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Merry Christmas"
|-
|2005
|''[[Larva (film)|Larva]]''
|Hayley Anderson
|Television Movie
|-
|2005
|''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''
|Herself (contestant)
|Reality series; 5 episodes
|-
|2006
|''Style Me with Rachel Hunter''
|Herself (judge)
|Reality series; 8 episodes
|-
|2006
|''Make Me a Supermodel''
|Herself
|Reality series; 6 episodes
|-
|2006
|''[[Celebrity Paranormal Project]]''
|Herself
|Reality series; 8 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[The Perfect Assistant]]''
|Judith Manion
|Television Movie
|-
|2008
|''[[Confessions of a Go-Go Girl]]''
|Donna Mercer
|Television Movie
|-
|2008–2010
|''[[She's Got the Look]]''
|Herself (Guest judge)
|14 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[Gravity (TV series)|Gravity]]''
|Shawna Rollins
|series regular; [[List of Gravity episodes|10 episodes]]
|-
|2010
|''[[10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)|10 Things I Hate About You]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "[[List of 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) episodes|Too Much Information]]"
|-
|2011
|''Miami Magma''
|Antoinette Vitrini
|Television Movie
|-
|2012
|''[[Piranhaconda]]''
|Talia
|Television Movie
|-
|2012
|''[[New Zealand's Got Talent]]''
|Herself
|Reality series
|-
|2012
|''[[RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars|RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars]]''
|Herself (Guest Judge)
|Episode: "It Takes Two"
|-
|2015
|''Her Infidelity''
|Lily Helms
|Television Movie
|-
|2016
|''[[FABLife|FabLife]]''
|Herself (Co-Hostess)
|Episode: "Beauty Secrets Spectacular with Supermodel Rachel Hunter"
|-
|2016
|''[[Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry|Hollywood Medium]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "[[Corey Feldman]]/Rachel Hunter/[[Evelyn Lozada]]"
|-
|2017
|''The Women Behind The Women: Behind Steel Dragon''
|Wife
|Television Movie
|-
|2023
|''[[RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 3)|RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under]]''
|Herself (Guest Judge)
|Episode: "BMX Bitches"
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1991
|"[[Broken Arrow (Robbie Robertson song)#Rod Stewart version|Broken Arrow]]" by [[Rod Stewart]]
|Woman
|Directed by [[Peter Nydrle|Peter Nydrie]]
|-
|2003
|"[[Stacy's Mom]]" by [[Fountains of Wayne]]
|Stacy's Mom
|Directed by Chris Applebaum
|-
|2006
|"Mojo" by [[Peeping Tom (band)|Peeping Tom]]
|Woman
|Created by Matt McDermitt
|}

== ''Dancing with the Stars'' ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Week #
! rowspan="2" | Dance&nbsp;/ Song
! colspan="3" | Judge's scores
! rowspan="2" | Result
|-
! style="min-width: 4.5em;" | [[Carrie Ann Inaba|Inaba]]
! style="min-width: 4.5em;" | [[Len Goodman|Goodman]]
! style="min-width: 4.5em;" | [[Bruno Tonioli|Tonioli]]
|-
| 1
| [[Waltz]]&nbsp;/ "[[Three Times a Lady]]"
| 7
| 6
| 7
| No elimination
|-
| 2
| [[Rhumba|Rumba]]&nbsp;/ "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing|I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing]]"
| 8
| 8
| 8
| Bottom two
|-
| 3
| [[Tango]]&nbsp;/ "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]"
| 8
| 9
| 9
| Safe
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4
| [[Samba]]&nbsp;/ "[[Tequila (Champs song)|Tequila]]"
| 7
| 9
| 9
| rowspan="2" | Eliminated
|-
| Group [[Viennese waltz|Viennese Waltz]]&nbsp;/ "[[I Got You Babe]]"
| colspan="3" | No scores given
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Fashionmodel}}

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