Kendra Leigh Baskett[1] (born June 12, 1985),[2] also known professionally by her birth name of Kendra Wilkinson, is an American television personality and glamour model. She is well known for her role on the E! reality television series The Girls Next Door, on which her life as one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends was documented. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in three nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Her own reality series, Kendra, debuted in June 2009.
Kendra Wilkinson is of Irish, Ukrainian, and English descent.[3][4] She is the elder of two children; her younger brother is Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her father, Eric, was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving to San Diego, California at age 15. He received a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and went on to found several biotechnology companies before retiring at the age of 48. Patti and Eric married on November 5, 1983. They divorced on March 25, 1994, when Kendra was eight. Her grandmother Gloria Wilkinson died in December 2004.[4]
Kendra Wilkinson was born in San Diego[4] and raised in its middle class community Clairemont. She played softball for six years with the Clairemont Bobby Sox.[5] She attended Clairemont High School, graduating in 2003.[6] When she left high school she began working as a glamour model, and also briefly worked as a dental assistant
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Kendra Wilkinson is of Irish, Ukrainian, and English descent.[3][4] She is the elder of two children; her younger brother is Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her father, Eric, was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving to San Diego, California at age 15. He received a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and went on to found several biotechnology companies before retiring at the age of 48. Patti and Eric married on November 5, 1983. They divorced on March 25, 1994, when Kendra was eight. Her grandmother Gloria Wilkinson died in December 2004.[4]
Kendra Wilkinson was born in San Diego[4] and raised in its middle class community Clairemont. She played softball for six years with the Clairemont Bobby Sox.[5] She attended Clairemont High School, graduating in 2003.[6] When she left high school she began working as a glamour model, and also briefly worked as a dental assistant
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