Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former

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winner, model,

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, and

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who mainly worked for

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from around 1998 to 2000.

Early life

She moved to

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from

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with her parents when she was in seventh grade. She was a

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model for a time as a teenager. She is a graduate of

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Career

Molinari was named Miss

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in 1984 and

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in 1991. She started stripping in 1990 in

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and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant. In the Spring of 1991,

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pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national

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publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer. She was a

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in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor and appeared in that

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over thirty times. She has also appeared on the TV shows ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Entertainment Tonight''.

Personal life

As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida.

References

External links

Archived biography on her Official site
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Adriana 1967 births American pornographic film actresses Living people Miss USA 1991 delegates Penthouse Pets People from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to the United States American female erotic dancers People from Hampton, New Hampshire 20th-century American people 21st-century American women