Shanna Moakler

Posted October 13, 200618 yr

Shanna Lynn Moakler (born March 28, 1975 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American model and actress. Moakler represented Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 1992 and placed in the semi-finals. In 1995 she was the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant as Miss New York USA. She received the 1995 Miss USA crown when the winner, Chelsi Smith, became Miss Universe. In December 2001, she was named Playmate of the Month by Playboy magazine.

Moakler was once married to boxing great Oscar de la Hoya, with whom she had a daughter Atiana Cecilia de la Hoya (born March 29, 1999). After relationships with actor Dennis Quaid and rock star Billy Idol, she married Travis Barker, a drummer for the band Blink 182. Moakler and Barker starred in the MTV reality show Meet the Barkers, and had two children together - son Landon Asher Barker, (born October 9, 2003) and daughter Alabama Luella Barker (born December 24, 2005). However, on August 8, 2006, Barker filed for divorce from Moakler.

According to website TMZ.com, socialite Paris Hilton filed charges against Moakler in the morning hours of October 4, 2006, alleging Shanna approached her at a nightclub (Hyde in L.A.), screamed obscenities at her, and punched her in the face. Shanna's reps claim that she did not strike Paris; rather Ms. Hilton's ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos III pushed Moakler down a flight of stairs after dumping his cocktail on her and bending back her wrists. It has been suggested that the Hilton/Moakler confrontation was due to Hilton being romantically linked to Moakler's estranged husband, Travis Barker. TMZ.com has shown a video that purportedly shows Hilton and Barker necking with each other.

Moakler started her television career in 1996 and her movie career in 1997. One of her biggest roles was that of Officer Monica Harper on Pacific Blue from 1998 to 2000.

She also made an appearance in Big Momma's House 2.

Moakler and Barker both appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode, titled "Poppin'Tags" which aired on April 13, 2006. She appeared on the third season of Dancing with the Stars, and was eliminated in week two.

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