Elle Evans Bellamy (born Lindsey Gayle Evans; December 9, 1989) is an American

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and

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who lives and works in

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. She appeared in the music video for " Blurred Lines". She is also one of the faces of

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Early life

Lindsey Gayle Evans (later known as Elle Evans) was born on December 9, 1989 in

Paris, Texas Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River ...

and grew up in

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. She studied at Northwood High School and attended

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, where she majored in

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. Evans is a former pageant titleholder who held the

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2008. Evans also competed in the Miss Teen USA 2008 pageant, where she was third runner-up. However, she was stripped of her state title after eleven months following her arrest over an incident in a restaurant, where marijuana was found in her purse, and she and three friends were accused of not paying their bill. Immediately after the much publicized arrest, Evans was asked to pose as a centerfold for ''

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''. At the age of 19, she became ''

'' Playmate of the Month for October 2009 under her full, legal name, Lindsey Gayle Evans. Her pictorial was photographed by Stephen Wayda.

Career

In 2010, Evans was cast by MMG in her first commercial. It was shot in China, and she appeared in it styled to look like

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. The commercial aired all throughout

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. Evans is represented by

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as well as

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. Elle is managed by

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and represented commercially by

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. In 2013, she appeared bare-breasted in

Robin Thicke Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 hit single " Blurred Lines", which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, h ...

's music video for his single " Blurred Lines", featuring Pharrell Williams. The music video generated over 600 million views and made the "Texas-born model part of a pop culture phenomenon." Shortly after that, Evans was cast in two of Beyoncé's music videos: "

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" and " Superpower". Both videos were directed by Jonas Akerlund in 2013. Evans, one of the faces of NYX Cosmetics, appeared in Kmart's 2013 national ad campaign "Money Can't Buy Style", was featured in Relapse Magazine's 2013 and 2014 Photo Annual Issue, and starred in an

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Apollo Cologne commercial that aired during the 2013

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. Evans modeled for

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. She was shot fully nude, along with 15 other models, for Bayer's exhibition "Diptychs & Triptychs". The black-and-white series of 6-foot-tall

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s and 12-foot-tall

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s was "to capture beauty in its most vulnerable state", and was on view at the ACE Gallery in

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from March 2013 to April 2013. In 2014, she guest starred in an episode of ''

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'', which originally aired on February 6, 2014. Also in February, she landed the cover of ''

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'' France. Then in September she was featured in an issue of ''

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'' for their "Golden Girl" spread celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film '' Goldfinger'', where she was painted gold from head to toe. That same year, Evans was cast in a Wet 'n Wild cosmetics commercial shot by director David La Chapelle titled "Steal the Look", in addition to landing two national ads for Mary Kay Cosmetics which aired during the premiere of the thirteenth season of ''

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'' on Lifetime in November 2014. In 2015, Evans appeared in another music video, this time for the band

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and their single, "Mercy". The video was directed by Sing J Lee and was released in June. In September 2015 Evans was cast in a

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commercial for their new "Tex Mex Bacon-Thickburger". Donning a patriotic bikini to represent the ladies of Team U.S.A., Evans faces off in a volleyball game against model Alejandra Guilmant and

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to determine if the burger is "More Tex, or more Mex." The commercial, aired on September 28. Shortly after that, Evans appeared as Amber in the film '' Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse'' (2015) directed by Christopher Landon, and as Star in the horror-thriller film ''

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'', which was directed by

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Personal life

Evans started dating

Matt Bellamy Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English singer, musician, producer, and songwriter. He is primarily known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his eccen ...

, the lead singer and guitarist of the band

in February 2015. In December 2017, they announced their engagement. On August 10, 2019, Bellamy and Evans got married. In February 2020, Evans announced on her Instagram account that she and Bellamy were expecting their first baby together for late May 2020. On June 13 the couple announced the birth of their daughter.

References

External links

Elle Evans official website
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