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Liliana Lovell
Liliana Lovell (born September 29, 1967) is an entrepreneur who founded the Coyote Ugly Saloon and Ugly Inc. Lovell was the host of the reality TV show ''The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search''. In the 2000 movie '' Coyote Ugly'', she was portrayed by Maria Bello. Background Lovell grew up in Westchester County, New York She graduated from New York University with a degree in psychology and communications. During college, she worked as a bartender in New York City. While working on Wall Street as an investment banking intern, she made $200 a week. After making $300 a night pouring drinks, she started bartending at a cowboy bar, the Village Idiot, to make money full-time. Lovell managed the Village Idiot for three years, where she developed a routine of dancing on the bar, singing, and challenging customers to drinking contests. She learned her business model "beautiful girls + booze = money" from her boss, bar owner Tom McNeill. Lovell left to start her own bar with partner and now husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coyote Ugly Saloon
The Coyote Ugly Saloon is an American drinking establishment and the namesake of an international chain of bars, known for its bartenders dancing on the bar. It served as the setting for the 2000 movie '' Coyote Ugly''. History The original Coyote Ugly Saloon opened January 27, 1993, in New York City, after New York University alumna Liliana Lovell declined an internship on Wall Street for a career as a bartender. "Coyote Ugly" In 2001, the second Coyote Ugly Saloon opened in Las Vegas at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino, as a franchise operation. In 2002, a new company-owned bar opened in New Orleans' French Quarter. In 2003, Lovell relocated from New York City to New Orleans to run that bar and be involved in day-to-day corporate operations. In 2004, the company opened additional corporate-owned locations in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee. In 2005, the company opened additional corporate-owned locations in Denver, Colorado and in 2006 in Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
