Bridget Christina Marquardt (née Sandmeier; born September 25, 1973)
is an American television personality and model, known for her role in
the reality TV series The Girls Next Door, which depicted her life as
one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Although not a
Playboy Playmate, Marquardt has appeared in nude pictorials with her
Girls Next Door co-stars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison
and Kendra Wilkinson.Marquardt was born Bridget Christina Sandmeier in
Tillamook, Oregon. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt's mother moved
the family back to California, where Marquardt was raised. Her parents
divorced when Marquardt was in the fifth grade. Her mother remarried,
and Marquardt and her younger brother Edward moved to their
stepfather's ranch, where they later gained a half-sister, Anastasia.
Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore
years and then transferred to Lodi High School, from which she
graduated in 1990.Marquardt graduated from San Joaquin Delta College
with an associate degree. She matriculated at California State
University, Sacramento and graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in
communications and an emphasis on public relations. In 2001, she
earned her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of
the Pacific in Stockton, California.
is an American television personality and model, known for her role in
the reality TV series The Girls Next Door, which depicted her life as
one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Although not a
Playboy Playmate, Marquardt has appeared in nude pictorials with her
Girls Next Door co-stars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison
and Kendra Wilkinson.Marquardt was born Bridget Christina Sandmeier in
Tillamook, Oregon. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt's mother moved
the family back to California, where Marquardt was raised. Her parents
divorced when Marquardt was in the fifth grade. Her mother remarried,
and Marquardt and her younger brother Edward moved to their
stepfather's ranch, where they later gained a half-sister, Anastasia.
Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore
years and then transferred to Lodi High School, from which she
graduated in 1990.Marquardt graduated from San Joaquin Delta College
with an associate degree. She matriculated at California State
University, Sacramento and graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in
communications and an emphasis on public relations. In 2001, she
earned her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of
the Pacific in Stockton, California.
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