Carol Alt Biography
Carol Alt is an American professional model and actress who had her first big break in the year 1979 featuring on Harpers Bazaar Magazine.
Carol Alt Age
Alt was born on December 1, 1960. She is aged 58 years as of 2018.
Carol Alt Net Worth
The American actress and model has a net worth of $25 million dollars.
Carol Alt Height
Carol Alt stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches or 1.79 metre and weighs 126 pounds or 57 kg
Carol Alt Husband
In 1983, Alt married former New York Rangers defenseman Ron Greschner at St. Aidan’s Roman Catholic Church, in Williston Park, Long Island, New York. They divorced in 1996. Alt was then in a long-term relationship with former New York Islanders forward Alexei Yashin.
Carol Alt Early Life
Alt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Muriel, an airline employee and model and Anthony Alt, a fire chief. She was noticed waiting tables in East Williston, Long Island, and decided at age 18 to give modeling a try as a summer job to save money for college. She has two sisters, Karen and Christian. Alt is of German (her maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from Germany), Belgian, and Irish descent.
Carol Alt Career
In 1979, came Alt’s first big break in modeling when she was featured on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine, but garnered publicity in 1982 when she was featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She appeared on over 500 magazine covers during the 1980s becoming one of the most famous models of her era, attaining supermodel status.
Alt graced the covers of Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vogue UK, Mademoiselle, Elle and Cosmopolitan. Alt was The Face of Life Magazine. At the height of her popularity, she was the face of ad campaigns for Diet Pepsi, General Motors, Cover Girl Cosmetics, Noxzema, Hanes, Givenchy and numerous others. She was the first model to produce her own posters and calendars.
She has appeared in a variety of films since 1986 many of which were Italian productions. She appeared as Kelly LaRue in the TV series “Thunder in Paradise” in 1994. In 2004 she had a starring role in Snakehead Terror, a Canadian film. She played Karen Oldham in the television adaptation of Peter Benchley’s Amazon of 1999. She also had a few minor television roles, including one episode of Wings, and a voice role in an episode of King of the Hill.
She took on a number of model/spokesman projects, including becoming a consultant with the Le Mirador skin-care line and appearing on late night TV infomercials. Alt has written two books, promoting her own raw food diet plans. She was the cover girl for travelgirl magazine of 2004 and 2008. She appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy’s December 2008 issue. She placed #5 on askmen.com’s list of Top 10 Models of All Time.
Alt was honored as Grand Marshal at the German-American Steuben Parade in New York City in 2006 the largest celebration of German–American Friendship in the United States. She was greeted by thousands of fans alongside Fifth Avenue. She was a contestant on NBC’s 2008 The Celebrity Apprentice, with Donald Trump, competing for her charity, the Tony Alt Memorial Foundation (named for Alt’s father).
It raises funds for scholarships for young adults to continue their studies. She ended up in third place before being fired, but was brought back for the final task of the show and was chosen by finalist Piers Morgan to help him to become the Celebrity Apprentice. Alt raised a total of $40,000 for her charity.
She starred in the Italian TV series Caterina e le sue figlie 2 and in the TV movie Piper; both were aired on Canale5 in 2007. She was one of the contestants of the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars (Rai Uno) in 2009. She’s also filming a new Italian TV series called Piper The series, a spinoff of the successful TV movie of the same title broadcast on Canale5.
In 2008 she founded Raw Essentials, a skincare and beauty products line with her partners (Philip Masiello and Steven Krane). Alt joined the Fox News team in September 2013 with her own half-hour Saturday afternoon TV show, A Healthy You & Carol Alt, which covers her own experience and knowledge about wellness and longevity. Each installment ends with a segment called Ask Carol, in which she answers questions she receives on Facebook and Twitter.
Alt was inducted into the Ride of Fame in October 2013. A double decker New York City tour bus was dedicated to her and her career.
Carol Alt Movies
- My First Forty Years (1987)
- Bye Bye Baby (1988)
- Via Montenapoleone (1986)
- La più bella del reame (1989)
- Mortacci (1989)
- Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990)
- Beyond Justice (1990)
- Un piede in paradiso (1991)
- Il Principe Del Deserto (1991)
- Miliardi (1991)
- Anni 90 – Parte II (1993)
- Ring of Steel (1994)
- Thunder in Paradise (1994)
- Private Parts (1997)
- “Cracker Jack 2” (1997)
- Storm Trooper (1998)
- Revelation (1999)
- Amazon (1999)
- Snakehead Terror (2004)
- Signs of the Cross (2005)
- Fatal Trust (film tv) (2006)
- Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2007)
- Piper (2007)
- Caterina e le sue figlie 2 (2007)
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