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Courtesy of
http://www.shanahiatt.org/ Shana Hiatt
was born in 1975 on the East Coast, and was raised mostly in
Tabernacle New Jersey, near Philadelphia. Shana spent her
early childhood years traveling around the country as an
"Army brat" with her parents and one younger brother.
Traveling would be a recurring theme in Shana's life.
As a young girl, Shana's future career was already being
discovered. At age eight, Shana became very interested in
television, She would sit in front of the TV for hours,
watching newscasts and analyzing the broadcasters. Shana
wanted a career as a television news reporter.
In high school, Shana would prove to be a stellar athlete.
Shana was a champion lacrosse and field hockey player, not
to mention the hottest school cheerleader!
After graduating high school, Shana enrolled in New Jersey's
Burlington County College in order to study broadcast
journalism, pursuing her early childhood dream of television
broadcasting.
However, at age 18, Shana Hiatt was drop dead gorgeous, and
it wouldn't take long for modeling agents to catch wind.
Shana begain modeling part-time during this period, and was
an immediate success. Shana secured the well-known and
respected agent, Ray Manzella, the agent who made careers
for Jenny McCarthy, Vanna White, and Pamela Anderson, and
started her successful modeling career.
Read more about Shana's modeling career in our next section,
Shana Hiatt the Model.
While attending a fundraiser in Hawaii to help fund shelters
for battered women, Shana met her future husband, James Van
Patten, brother of World Poker Tour commentator, Vince Van
Patten, and son of Dick Van Patten from the television
series, "Eight is Enough".
James Van Patten, or Jimmy, encouraged Shana to pursue her
interest of working in front of the camera, which Shana did
and became a huge success. Check out Shana Hiatt's
Filmography here.
Shana is now 29 years old, married to Jimmy, and living in
the San Fernando Valley (Southern California) with their two
dogs, a Chihuahua named GooGoo and a cockapoo named Tyler,
and their Siamese cat, Gemini.
Shana is also a well-known television personality, who gets
to travel all over the world covering the World Poker Tour
events.
Getting to Know Shana Hiatt
Hobbies:
"I enjoy being active! I’ll go for a run, do yoga, ride my
bike, walk my dogs, or play softball with my friends."
- Shana Hiatt
Men:
"I like a real man. Not a pretty boy who looks in the mirror
longer than me and who shaves his body."
- Shana Hiatt
Drugs:
(When modeling in Milan) "I had never seen drugs in my life,
not pot, nothing. I was at a club and this guy walks up and
opens his jacket and he’s got all these little pockets. He
pulls down a mirror, takes out a straw and is like, “Would
you like some?” I ran in the other direction. "
- Shana Hiatt
Wild in Vegas:
"My friend was getting married and she wanted to go to a
strip club. They ended up lining the whole stage with chairs
and the girls in the club came and gave lap dances. We were
all doing shots and had to eat Wonder Bread so we wouldn’t
get sick."
- Shana Hiatt
Ever been the pursuer?
"It was St. Patrick’s Day at Penn State in a frat house.
There was some green punch. It was somebody from high school
who I never did anything with. I took him into the bathroom
with me."
- Shana Hiatt
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