Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer,[2][9] and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000.[3][1]
Born | [1] | 26 November 1967
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Other names | Alex Taylor[1][2][3][6] |
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[2] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire in 1984[1][2][3][4] Miss Teen All-American New Hampshire in 1985[2][4][5] Miss Petite New Hampshire in 1987[2][4][5] Miss Latin USA in 1989[2][4] Miss New Hampshire USA in 1991[1][3][4][6][7][8] |
Hair color | Blond[1] |
Eye color | Brown[6] |
Major competition(s) | Miss USA 1991[2][7][8][9] |
She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America[10] with her parents when she was in seventh grade.[2] She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager.[10] She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School.[4][5]
Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire[10] in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA[10] in 1991.[2][1][3][6][7][8] She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts[5][9] and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant.[2] In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer.[2][4][5]
She was a Penthouse Pet[10] in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor[6][11] and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times.[3] She has also appeared on the TV shows A Current Affair,[2][4][7][8][9] Hard Copy, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight.[10]
As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida.[3]