Kendra Wilkinson

Kendra Wilkinson Introduction

Kendra Leigh Wilkinson is an American model and television personality best known as one of the three live-in girlfriends of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. She is a co-star of the E! reality television series The Girls Next Door, which follows the lives of Hefner's current girlfriends.

Kendra Wilkinson Life story

Wilkinson was born in San Diego, the older of two children. Her mother, Patti, was originally from New Jersey and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Wilkinson attended Clairemont High School in central San Diego, graduating in 2003.

Wilkinson met Hefner at his 78th birthday party in April 2004, where she had been hired to be one of the "painted girls": women who are completely nude except for painted-on accessories. Shortly after they met, Hefner asked Kendra to be one of his girlfriends and he moved her into the Playboy Mansion.

Wilkinson has made several cameos on different programs such as Las Vegas, Entourage, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. She has also appeared in music videos, and has shown her creative side as a rapper on MTV’s Celebrity Rap Superstar. Her stated career goal is to become a massage therapist or sports announcer. As of December 2005, she has become a regular "blogger" columnist at the website of the Philadelphia Eagles.

In September of 2008, rumors began to circulate that Kendra and Hef had called it quits and that she was dating Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett. Then on November 6, 2008, Hefner released a statement saying, “Kendra Wilkinson has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life with. His name is Hank Baskett, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, and he popped the question last Saturday. I have given her my blessing and will be giving her away at a very special wedding ceremony at the Playboy Mansion this coming June.”

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In June of 2009, Kendra Wilkinson announced she was pregnant with the child of her Fiance Hank Basket ref