Kim Alexis

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| name = Kim Alexis

| image = Kim Alexis 2003.jpg

| caption = Alexis in 2003

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| birth_place = Lockport, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress, model

| height = 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

| years_active = 1978–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Jim Stockton| 1983|1992|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Ron Duguay|1993|2016|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Jeff Schwartz|2018}}

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| children = 3

| website = {{URL|kimalexis.com}}

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Kim Alexis is an American model and actress who was famous in the 1970s and 1980s. She appeared on the cover of magazines like Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Self and Cosmopolitan.

Early life

Alexis was born in Lockport, New York, and grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo. Her father, Robert, was a chemical engineer. Her mother's name is Barbara. She also has a younger sister, Rhonda.{{cite news|last1=Henry|first1=William A. III|title=Is This the Face of the 80's (Who, Me?)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4351087/the_baytown_sun/ |work=The Baytown Sun |date=March 4, 1984|location=Baytown, Texas|page=103|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 17, 2016}} {{Open access}} She started to be a swimmer at the age of six and began to swim competitively through her senior year at Lockport High School. She attended college at the University of Rhode Island, and was accepted into a five-year pharmacy program.{{cite book|last=Alexis|first=Kim|title=A Model for a Better Future|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc.|year=1998|isbn=0-7852-7456-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/modelforbetterfu0000alex}}

Alexis was raised Presbyterian, and she and her family attended church every Sunday.

Modeling

Alexis was one of the top models of the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s, identified along with Gia Carangi, Patti Hansen, Christie Brinkley, Kelly Emberg, Iman, Janice Dickinson, and Paulina Porizkova. In 1983 she became the face of Revlon's premium Ultima II line, replacing Lauren Hutton.

Television

In the early 1990s, Alexis hosted health shows, such as Healthy Kids on the Family Channel{{cite news|title=Tattletales|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4359234/the_salina_journal/ |work=The Salina Journal|date=May 20, 1990 |location=Salina, Kansas |page=78|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 18, 2016}} {{Open access}} and Lifetime.

In the late 1990s, she was host of Daily Edition, a syndicated program distributed by MGM.{{cite news|title=Kim Alexis: New Job|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4359330/the_indexjournal/|work=The Index-Journal|date=September 24, 1998 |location=Greenwood, South Carolina |page=8|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 18, 2016}} {{Open access}}

She also appeared with Mike Ditka in the last episode of Cheers, "One for the Road" in 1993.

In 2005, she appeared on VH1's reality competition But Can They Sing?, where celebrities, who have never sung before, get the chance to perform in front of an audience. Alexis was eliminated in week two.

Film

Alexis appeared in the 1993 movie Body Bags, and the 1998 movie Holy Man with Eddie Murphy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004698/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|title = Kim Alexis| website=IMDb }}

Advertising

In 1995, Alexis became the spokeswoman for Alpine Lace Brands, Inc., promoting the company's Alpine Lace low-fat cheese products.{{cite news|title=Kim Alexis|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4351169/the_indexjournal/|work=The Index-Journal|date=September 1, 1994 |location=Greenwood, South Carolina |page=5|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 17, 2016}} {{Open access}}

Personal life

Alexis is divorced from former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay, with whom she has a son, Noah (born 1994). She also has two sons, Jamie and Bobby, with ex-husband Jim Stockton. Alexis raised her family in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.{{Cite news | title = Kim Alexis is still enjoying 'model' life | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07309/830722-158.stm | date = November 5, 2007 | author = Barbara Cloud | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=August 6, 2008}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \| The Commish \| Elaine Thomas \|
1993 \| Body Bags \| Woman with beautiful hair \|
1993 \| One for the Road \| Herself \|
1993 \| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives \| Nina Morgan Morrison \|
1998 \| Holy Man \| Amber \|
1999 \| Sunset Beach \| Hotel Maid \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| The Commish

| Elaine Thomas

1993

| Body Bags

| Woman with beautiful hair

1993