Holly Wilson ( née Montag) (born September 15, 1983) is an American founder and CEO of an addiction rehabilitation center for women, and former television personality and actress. After moving to

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in 2008, Montag developed a supporting position on the

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series '' The Hills'', on which her younger sister

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was a primary cast member. In 2009, she replaced Heidi and Heidi's husband

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on the second season of the American version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', both of whom had quit after generating controversy on the series. Holly placed sixth on the show.

Early life and education

Montag was born in

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. When she was four years old, her family moved to Crested Butte, Colorado. After her parents were divorced, Montag's mother married Tim Egelhoff and they had a son, Sky. The Egelhoffs owned The Timberline restaurant in Crested Butte for twenty-one years until its closing in 2010. Her father Bill Montag remarried to Terri O'Hara. Montag's step-brother Eric O'Hara died in 2008 after falling from an icy roof. In 2002, she attended the

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on an academic scholarship and graduated with a

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in film studies. Montag moved to

in 2008 to pursue a career in acting, writing and directing.

Career

Television

In 2009, Montag was a contestant on the reality series '' I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!'' as a replacement for her sister

and brother-in-law

Stage

In 2008, Montag appeared in the small stage production of '' Fame'' in Los Angeles. She began pursuing a career as a comedian in early 2010.

Personal life

Montag married Richie Wilson in September 2014. They live in Boulder, Colorado. Montag is the founder and CEO of Women's Recovery, a women's drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in

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. Montag and Wilson have one child, Isaiah Hawk Wilson born May 3, 2015.

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