Alexandria Karlsen

Infobox Playboy Playmate
name = Lexie Karlsen


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issue = March 1999
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birthplace = Mesa, Arizona
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bust = 34"C
waist = 23"
hips = 34"
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preceded = Stacy Marie Fuson
succeeded = Natalia Sokolova
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Alexandria ("Lexie") Karlsen (born October 26, 1978) is an American model, actress and author.

Biography

Alexandria (Lexie) Karlsen is an American model who is the only one to be a Playboy Playmate, Penthouse Pet, Perfect 10 model and represented by mainstream FORD Agency [http://www.fordrbatalent.com FORD/RBA] as well. She hosted on "The Nude View", on pay channel Vavoom, and a dating and sex advice show on Vavoom's website, a takeoff on her book, "The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating." [ [http://www.vavoomtv.com Vavoom TV (Dead Link October 2008)] ] With a background in journalism and finance, Karlsen has been described as a brainy adult model. At age 15, Karlsen began writing for then what was The Phoenix Gazette / Arizona Republic and also Tribune Newspapers in Arizona as a student correspondent reporter. [ [http://www.miaminightout.com/spotlight/interviews/082002/index.shtml Miami Night Out Interview] ] At age 18, Karlsen obtained her Series 6 and Series 63 licenses and worked for Vanguard before beginning to model full time.

She began posing nude on a "amateur" web site under the name "Rachelle" [ [http://web.archive.org/web/19991012081700/amateur-pages.com/rachelle/Main/Studio/Studio2/studio2.htm Rachelle's Web - Studio2 ] ] , and then under her own name for "Perfect 10" magazine in their summer 1997 premiere issue, and was selected "Playboy" Playmate of the Month for March, 1999. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda. Lexie has appeared in several Playboy videos and special editions, working steadily for Playboy for more than three years following her centerfold appearance. In 2001, Karlsen started writing a regular column on love and dating for "Perfect 10". Karlsen has also been featured in the November 2002 issue of "Stuff" magazine in the layout titled "A Day in the Life of a Centerfold".

Karlsen appeared in "Playboy's" rival publication, "Penthouse" magazine, as its Pet of the Month for July 2006. Her appearance in "Penthouse" made her only the third adult model to be selected as both a "Playboy" Playmate and a "Penthouse" Pet, following only Linn Thomas and Victoria Zdrok.

Karlsen has appeared in numerous mainstream magazines, including "Stuff" (US), on the cover of "Stuff" (UK), in "Maxim", on "Beverly Hills 213", in "Scottsdale" magazine, in "Phoenix" magazine, and numerous other catalogs, editorial and print. She is one of the few nude models who also works extensively in the mainstream market.

In addition to her work with men's magazines, Karlsen was regularly featured on the FX channel's "The X Show", UPN's "Battle Dome", and as a try-out "Barker Beauty" on five episodes of CBS's "The Price Is Right" show. She has also worked on shows such as Ripley's Believe It or Not, Talk Soup, The Late Late Show, The Tonight Show, and others.

She has also authored a book titled "The Divorced Guy's Guide to Dating: How to Meet More Women" plus many other columns and articles for other magazines.

Andrew Yao Cases

In 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal prosecutors charged Philadelphia businessman Andrew Yao with lying about his relationship with Karlsen to a grand jury investigating larger charges of fraud and money laundering; Yao gave Karlsen $650,000 via wire transfer, which he claimed was for airplanes and a movie deal, but Karlsen says it was a gift as she had dated Yao for four months. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07018/754861-28.stm Davies, Paul "Suit alleges big law firm let Ponzi scheme unfold" Wall Street Journal, "reprinted" Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 18, 2007] ] Testimony at Yao's trial showed that he was also dating Erica Jiles a/k/a Juliet Cariaga (Penthouse Pet of the Millennium) and two other unnamed former Playboy Playmates in the same timeframe, each of whom received cash and gifts from Yao in excess of $10,000. Karlsen was the prosecution's star witness. Yao's gifts to her, including the wire transfers from his company accounts, jewelry, an automobile and a house, totaled nearly $1 million. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070313-1110-nv-yao-bankruptcyfraud.html Chase, Randall "Witnesses say Yao gambled at Las Vegas casinos" Union Tribune(San Diego) March 13, 2007 ] ] [ [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/hot_topics/20070314_Showtime__The_onetime_highflier_and_his_centerfold.html Shiffman, John. "Showtime: The Onetime Highflier and His Centerfold" Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 2007] ] Yao was married with three young children at the time, although Karlsen says Yao told her he was in divorce proceedings. Yao was later convicted for lying and was sentenced to a year in prison. [ [http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/NEWS01/803180355/-1/NEWS11 O'Sullivan, Sean, "Yao gets prison for bankruptcy lies" The News Journal (Delaware) March 18, 2008] ] On June 4, 2008, Yao pled guilty to ten counts of fraud and money laundering in Federal court in Philadelphia. [ [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/04/ap5082202.html Dale, Maryclaire, "High-rolling businessman admits $40M loan fraud" Forbes (June 4, 2008)] ] [ [http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080605/NEWS01/806050390 O'Sullivan, Sean "Guilty plea abruptly ends Yao trial" The News Journal (Delaware) June 5, 2008] ]

Thomas Karlsen

Karlsen is the daughter of Thomas Karlsen, long-time Campaign Treasurer for Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini, was convicted in 1989 of embezzling approximately $500,000 in campaign funds, and was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison. [ [http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080317/NEWS01/803170338/1006/NEWS O'Sullivan, Sean, "Businessman lived high life before bankruptcy" The News Journal (Delaware) March 17, 2008] ] [ [http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/ao/no/910038.html Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinion No. 1991-38 (January 17, 1992)] ] Karlsen was 10 years old at the time. Thomas Karlsen later died in October 2002 from cirrhosis of the liver.

Appearances in "Playboy" special editions

*"Playboy's Playmate Review" Vol. 16 August 2000 — pages 18–25.
*"Playboy's Playmates in Bed" October 2000 — pages 70–75.
*"Playboy's Nude Playmates" April 2001 — pages 68–69, 86–89.
*"Playboy's Book of Lingerie" Vol. 79 May 2001.
*"Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads" June 2003.

ee also

*List of people in Playboy 1990-1999
*List of Playboy NSS models
*List of Penthouse Pets
*List of people from Arizona

References

External links

*playmate|1999|3
*imdb name|id=0439558|name=Alexandria Karlsen
* [http://www.sexylexiekarlsen.com Official Website (Dead Link October 2008)]
* [http://www.miaminightout.com/spotlight/interviews/082002/index.shtml 2002 Interview of Alexandria Karlsen]