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My name is Michelle Marie Baena. I was born December 24th, 1972 in a small town called Muncie, Indiana. When I was 9 months old I was adopted my parents. When I was a child, my Dad moved around a lot for work. I lived in Edmond, Oklahoma during my early elementary school years. When I was in 5th grade, we moved out west to Folsom, CA where I lived for three years. In 8th grade, we moved back to the Midwest to Stanley, Kansas where I made it through High School. When I was 17, I moved out to California and I have been here ever since. California offers everything – mountains, the beach, redwoods, big cities, small towns, rivers, wine country…I just love it and I can’t see myself ever leaving California.I used to daydream of being a model as a teenage girl. I absolutely idolized Christie Brinkley - I would cut out pictures of her and put them up on my wall. And I have always dreamed of being in Playboy Magazine. I had so much going on in my life for so long that I never had the time to pursue a modeling career. Actually, it’s probably more accurate to say that I never made pursuing a modeling career a priority in my life. In August of 2004, at 31 years of age, I finally made the decision to pursue my dream of a becoming a successful model. I started off doing TFP (Time for Print) work to flesh out my portfolio and bikini/lingerie modeling, which made me a little money here and there. Like many girls entering modeling, I faced several disappointments early on and had reason after reason to become discouraged. For example, I entered a Bay Area Hawaiian Tropic contest and finished 4th. I also entered the 2004 Ujena Bikini Jam where I finished 19th! But I kept focused on my goal of being successful and despite being turned down for big jobs several times for being “too short”, “too tan”, “not tan enough”, “too fit”, “too muscular”, “not fit enough”, “hair is too long”, “hair is too short”, I finally got a break. I sent in a few bikini shots in to Playboy.com for their “Real Desperate Housewives” search. One thing led to another and in April 2005, I realized one of my dreams and appeared on the May 2005 cover of Playboy Magazine. This definitely opened the door for me to advance in my career, but I do realize that my career is just starting and I have a lot of goals that I have yet to accomplish. It has now been a year and a half since I first started modeling and I have shot for several fitness magazines, Benchwarmer, Mystique, Rockstar Magazine and the USA National Bikini Team.As for me I'm a very down to earth and easy going. I have to be I've been blessed with 3 beautiful children. I love to travel and meet new people. My favorite foods are Sushi, Mexican and I Love Ahi Tuna...I like to drink cofee, Rockstar, Red Wine and My favorite drink is Vodka/ Tonic. My favorite colors are pink and black. I like to pretend I'm a nascar racer in training.. Hopefully someday I'll get to experience that.. How much fun would that be??? Anyways enough about me.. Thanks for reading.. XOXO Michelle www.michellebaena.com
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