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Tiffany Michelle is an American actress, writer, television host, and professional poker player, named one of ''MAXIM's'' Top 20 Hottest Celebrity Poker Players. Michelle is widely known for breaking records as the Last Woman Standing at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event (televised on ESPN), and for competing as the only all-female team on the Emmy Award winning 15th season of ''The Amazing Race''. She was also a series regular on season 4 of the Emmy nominated online soap opera series ''DeVanity'', portraying villainess Scarlett Kane. Born and raised in Los Angeles County, California, Michelle received formal training as an actress and worked extensively an on-camera host before she gained fame at the 2008 World Series of Poker. She was the "Last Woman Standing" in the 7-day WSOP Championship Event, finishing 17th from a field of 6,844 players. Her 17th-place finish broke the record for the largest field ever conquered by a female in live poker tournament history and earned her a payday of $334,534. She was later named one of the Top 10 Most Fascinating People in Poker of 2008. In 2009, Michelle was invited to compete on the 15th season of the CBS competition reality show, ''The Amazing Race''. She teamed up with her best friend, and fellow WSOP Last Woman Standing (2007) poker pro, Maria Ho. The two were known as the ''Poker Girls'' and finished just three episodes shy of the finish line finale, which was ironically located in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were the season's only all-female team. One of few poker personalities to cross over into mainstream media, Michelle has been featured on the covers of ''Steppin’ Out'' Magazine, ''Ocean View'' Magazine, ''Rounder'' Magazine, and ''Casino Player'' Magazine. She has appeared on a several of television programs and reality shows, including Food Network's ''Worst Cooks in America'', ''LA Ink'', World Series of Blackjack, and as a recurring expert on the Fox Business Network. Notable acting credits include, ''Days of Our Lives '', ''ER'', ''American Dreams '' and DeVanity. As a writer, Michelle's work has been featured as a sports columnist for ''All In'' Magazine, a lifestyle columnist for Bluff (magazine), an inspirational and relationship columnist for ''Converge'' Magazine, and in 2008 she co-authored a scripture reference book with her mother Merry Graham. ==Career== Born and raised in Los Angeles County, it was while working as an actress that Tiffany got her start in poker, playing Hollywood house games with fellow actors, which included Zachary Levi and Joel David Moore. With a knowledge of poker, coupled with her television background she began booking jobs as an on-camera poker host and commentator. In 2006, she was heard nationwide on Sirius Satellite Radio as an on-air reporter for Bluff Magazine's live broadcast of the 2006 WSOP. In 2007, she became the first ever female hired as the resident, and full-time on-camera host for Pokernews.com,. She traveled the poker circuit internationally providing tournament updates, player interviews and red carpet coverage for poker tournaments and events worldwide, on the European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker tours. On the heels of her 2008 record-breaking WSOP finish, Michelle made another deep run at the World Poker Tour season 7 Borgata Poker Open Main Event. Over the next few years she continued to put up results in live and online tournaments, including three final tables in November 2010; two at the North American Poker Tour and one final table at the Heartland Poker Tour. In 2009, she competed on season 15 of ''The Amazing Race''. The show won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program, that season. In 2012, she appeared alongside Bobby Flay as a competitor on season 3 of ''Worst Cooks in America'', on the Food Network. In 2013, she wrote, produced and starred in the short film ''Breaking Up and Away'' - also starring Zack Conroy and CariDee English. In 2014, she was a series-regular (and resident villainess) on the Emmy nominated soap opera DeVanity. In 2015, she returned to her on-camera poker hosting roots, as a guest host and sideline reporter for the Heartland Poker Tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiffany Michelle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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