Christine Dolce
{{Short description|Mid-2000s Internet celebrity (1981–2017)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|08|31}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|5|1981|08|31}}
| birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S.
| death_place = Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
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| alias = ForBiddeN
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Christine Dolce (August 31, 1981 – February 5, 2017), also known as "ForBiddeN", was an American MySpace Internet celebrity in the mid-2000s.
Proclaimed "The Queen of MySpace" by Vanity FairVanity Fair, March 2006 issue{{cite magazine|last1=Verini|first1=James|title=Will Success Spoil MySpace.com?|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/printables/060308roco01?print=true|magazine=Vanity Fair|accessdate=September 8, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814001111/http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/printables/060308roco01?print=true|archivedate=August 14, 2006}} and The Tyra Banks Show, Dolce created her profile shortly after its inception. With over a million "friends", Dolce was one of its most popular members.{{cite news |first= John|last= Jurgensen|title=Moguls of New Media |url=
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115412710465720901-hiirYoCxBOOvXxE_YzhvMJZYBy8_20070729.html |work=The Wall Street Journal |date= July 29, 2006|accessdate=May 20, 2007 }}
Dolce parlayed her MySpace celebrity into other projects including a website and fashion brand.[http://www.factio-magazine.com/specialfeatures/des_DestroyedDenim.cfm Forbidden's Destroyed Denim] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015223633/http://www.factio-magazine.com/specialfeatures/des_DestroyedDenim.cfm |date=October 15, 2006 }} She also appeared in a celebrity pictorial in Playboys October 2006 issue and in the video game Def Jam: Icon. She modeled for Axe Deodorant's "Gamekillers" MySpace campaign{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/technology/16social.html|title=Joining the Party, Eager to Make Friends|last=Hansell|first=Saul|date=October 16, 2006|work=New York Times|access-date=16 September 2022}} and appears on the cover of gothic rock band The 69 Eyes' album Angels. She also posed for one of PeTA's anti-fur ads.[http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-forbidden-ad.asp Christine Dolce Forbids Fur | PeTA2]
Dolce was named the Naughtiest "Cybervixen" on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards on June 13, 2007.[http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757 Spike TV Holds First Annual Guys Choice Awards Show | February 8, 2008 | AHN] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213183347/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757 |date=February 13, 2008 }}
Dolce died on February 5, 2017, from liver failure. She had been hospitalized since December 2016 after struggling throughout her life with alcoholism.{{cite news |title= Queen of MySpace 'ForBiddeN' Dolce Dead at 35 From Liver Failure|url=http://www.tmz.com/2017/02/24/forbidden-myspace-christine-dolce-dead/ |publisher=TMZ |date= February 24, 2017|accessdate=February 24, 2017}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1519952|Christine Dolce}}
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Category:Female models from California
Category:American Internet celebrities
Category:Deaths from liver failure