Caprice Bourret

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name = Caprice Bourret

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Caprice Valerie Bourret (born October 24, 1971) [According to the State of California. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] is an American lingerie model, actress, television personality and businesswoman. Much of her career has been in the United Kingdom where she is known by her first name.

Biography

Early life

Bourret (pronounced "Bour-Ray") was born in Whittier, California to working class parents of French and Jewish ancestry. Dale Bourret and Valerie Pion;cite news | last =Bloom| first =Nate| coauthors=| title =Celebrity Jews| pages =| publisher =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =2005-07-29 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26540/edition_id/511/format/html/displaystory.html| accessdate =2006-12-13 ] who originate from Quebec, Canada. After growing up in Hacienda Heights, California, Caprice moved to the United Kingdom in 1996 to further her career in modeling. An appearance in a see-through dress at the 1996 British National Television Awards ceremony helped gain her public recognition. [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,425751,00.html] Observer-Guardian]

Modeling career

Bourret became a cheerleader at age 13. In the years following, she became one of the UK's best known models after becoming the model for Wonderbra. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3149959.ece] The Independent] She has appeared on the covers of "GQ", "Cosmopolitan", "Esquire", "Maxim", "FHM" and the 1998 Swimsuit Issue of "Sports Illustrated". Bourret posed nude for the March, 2000 issue of "Playboy" magazine. She was voted "GQ magazine's Woman of the Year" and "Maxim's International Woman of the Year" in three consecutive years. She has been featured in television ad campaigns for Diet Coke and Pizza Hut. She is currently the face of Paradise Poker.com, and appears on billboards and advertisements in London and elsewhere.

Lingerie line

Bourret has become known as an entrepreneur, having launched a series of lingerie, using her image and name. The lingerie is sold by the UK department store chain, Debenhams and by the lingerie retailer "figleaves". The line has been very successful, having sold millions of items, and is now in its sixth season. There are plans to expand into the North American and Australian markets.

Caprice recently launched her own range of hair styling products including hair straighteners.

Other work

In 1999, Bourret released her first single as a pop singer, "Oh Yeah" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/419518.stm] BBC News] (#24), then follow-up single "Once Around the Sun" (also #24), which was co-written by '90s one-hit wonder Chesney Hawkes.

Bourret appeared on stage in London in "The Vagina Monologues" and "Rent". She also appeared in the low-budget films "Hollywood Flies", "Nailing Vienna", and "Jinxed In Love", the soap operas "Hollyoaks" and "Dream Team", and the one-off comedy show "Hospital".

In 1998, Caprice became the host of a UK television series, "Caprice's Travels". The series involves Bourret's tour through several major holiday destinations across the world. Bourret has hosted "Friday Night's All Wright" as well as several award shows, including the European MTV awards and the Monaco World Music Awards in 1997, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the television channels VH1 and E! Entertainment.

In early 2005, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, where other contestants implied that she was only taking part in order to boost sales of her products. During a boozy game of 'spin the bottle confessions' on the show, sheconfessed to thinking about having a lesbian romp. [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007170515_3,00.html The Sun Online | The Best for News, Sport and Showbiz | The Sun ] ]

She was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality series "The Surreal Life" and has previously appeared in the reality shows "Celebrities Under Pressure", "Celebrities Disfigured", "Three Celebrities and a Baby", and "Road Raja".

Bourret travelled to Los Angeles, where she played in the World Poker Championship, coming in at 120th out of 700, beating actors Ben Affleck, Matthew Perry, Tobey Maguire, and James Woods.

In May 2006 Caprice captained the England Women's team in the Celebrity World Cup Soccer Six tournament, in which they lost to Brazil in the final.

In June 2006 she starred in the English independent movie "Perfect Woman", produced by Olympus Productions Limited.

In South Africa, she produced the hit off-Broadway musical "Debbie Does Dallas" at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre in January and February, 2007.

Charity work

Bourret is active as an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, a chairman for ChildLine, and is a committee member of "Jewish Blind and Disabled", "Action on Addiction" and "Breast Cancer Awareness".

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.caprice-online.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.bycapricelingerie.com/ Lingerie "byCaprice" official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100153/ Caprice Bourret] on the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/TJ_gold/?content_id=295 TotallyJewish.com feature]
* [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Caprice_Bourret Fashion Model Directory profile]
* [http://askmen.com/toys/interview/35_caprice_bourret_interview.html Askmen.com interview]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,425751,00.html "Observer" interview, January 2001]