Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins July 25, 1976) is an American
former pornographic actress and model who was the Penthouse Pet of the
Month for February 2000 and is an inductee for the NightMoves, AVN and
XRCO Halls of Fame.Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins and was
raised near San Francisco. Her mother is Thai and her father is of
English, Irish and Dutch descent. When she was just ten, her mother
left her and she grew up with her father David Hopkins, a carefree
hippie. After taking weekend classes at the Barbizon School of
Modeling for two years, she was hired by a Japanese modeling agency
and moved to Tokyo at the age of fourteen. At one of her first photo
shoots, she was sexually assaulted by the photographer, who "was
feeding [her] champagne and Valium" until she "was getting wasted".
She spent two years in Tokyo, where "she became addicted to Valium and
alcohol and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees". When her father
learned she had become sexually active, he complained to her agency,
pointing out she was underage. It sent her back to the United States,
"sixteen years old and already a washed-up model". At eighteen, she
obtained a GED, briefly studied nursing at Boise State University,
then received EMT certification from a local vocational school.Patrick
has appeared in Playboy and Penthouse, where she was the "Pet of the
Month" for February 2000 and was selected as "Pet of the Year"
runner-up. In 2003, Patrick became the masthead publisher of Genesis.
former pornographic actress and model who was the Penthouse Pet of the
Month for February 2000 and is an inductee for the NightMoves, AVN and
XRCO Halls of Fame.Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins and was
raised near San Francisco. Her mother is Thai and her father is of
English, Irish and Dutch descent. When she was just ten, her mother
left her and she grew up with her father David Hopkins, a carefree
hippie. After taking weekend classes at the Barbizon School of
Modeling for two years, she was hired by a Japanese modeling agency
and moved to Tokyo at the age of fourteen. At one of her first photo
shoots, she was sexually assaulted by the photographer, who "was
feeding [her] champagne and Valium" until she "was getting wasted".
She spent two years in Tokyo, where "she became addicted to Valium and
alcohol and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees". When her father
learned she had become sexually active, he complained to her agency,
pointing out she was underage. It sent her back to the United States,
"sixteen years old and already a washed-up model". At eighteen, she
obtained a GED, briefly studied nursing at Boise State University,
then received EMT certification from a local vocational school.Patrick
has appeared in Playboy and Penthouse, where she was the "Pet of the
Month" for February 2000 and was selected as "Pet of the Year"
runner-up. In 2003, Patrick became the masthead publisher of Genesis.
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