Darcy Lynn LaPier (born July 9, 1965) is an American actress and
model. She is known for a series of high-profile marriages. She
graduated from Portland (Oregon) State University, studied drama at
the University of Oregon and Huntington Film Institute in Florida.She
was first married, at the age of 19, to Larry Ray Robertson (from 1984
to 1993), but, whilst participating in a Hawaiian Tropic Beauty
Pageant in 1985, she caught the eye of Ron Rice, Hawaiian Tropic's
founder. After one date, they quickly became inseparable and were
married in 1991. This union produced a daughter, Sterling. Whilst
still married to Ron Rice, she met and fell in love with Actor
Jean-Claude Van Damme, who was married to bodybuilder Gladys Portugues
at the time. After learning of Darcy's affair with Van Damme, Rice
began divorce proceedings, but upon learning that at the time of their
marriage she was not yet divorced from her first husband, he had the
marriage annulled. (As a consequence, LaPier was entitled to child
support, but not alimony, from Ron Rice.) She then married a
now-divorced Van Damme in Bangkok, Thailand in February 1994; their
marriage lasted until November 1997. This marriage produced a son,
Nicholas van Varenberg (born October 10, 1995). Van Damme later went
on to remarry Gladys Portugues.On Valentine's Day 1999, LaPier married
Mark R. Hughes, founder of Herbalife, at Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Church. The wedding was attended by many of Herbalife's top
distributors, and was broadcast on HBN (Herbalife Broadcast Network)
to distributors worldwide. Hughes died in his sleep on May 21st the
following year. In the days following his death, LaPier had the
grounds of their Malibu estate covered in 14,000 red roses.After
Hughes' death, LaPier moved back to Oregon. She married Brian
Snodgrass (of the Seven Dees nursery family) in 2002, and had a
daughter, Madison Snodgrass. On her ranch in Oregon with her family,
LaPier transformed herself into a rodeo barrel racer. In 2013, she
produced and starred in A&E's reality series Rodeo Girls.
model. She is known for a series of high-profile marriages. She
graduated from Portland (Oregon) State University, studied drama at
the University of Oregon and Huntington Film Institute in Florida.She
was first married, at the age of 19, to Larry Ray Robertson (from 1984
to 1993), but, whilst participating in a Hawaiian Tropic Beauty
Pageant in 1985, she caught the eye of Ron Rice, Hawaiian Tropic's
founder. After one date, they quickly became inseparable and were
married in 1991. This union produced a daughter, Sterling. Whilst
still married to Ron Rice, she met and fell in love with Actor
Jean-Claude Van Damme, who was married to bodybuilder Gladys Portugues
at the time. After learning of Darcy's affair with Van Damme, Rice
began divorce proceedings, but upon learning that at the time of their
marriage she was not yet divorced from her first husband, he had the
marriage annulled. (As a consequence, LaPier was entitled to child
support, but not alimony, from Ron Rice.) She then married a
now-divorced Van Damme in Bangkok, Thailand in February 1994; their
marriage lasted until November 1997. This marriage produced a son,
Nicholas van Varenberg (born October 10, 1995). Van Damme later went
on to remarry Gladys Portugues.On Valentine's Day 1999, LaPier married
Mark R. Hughes, founder of Herbalife, at Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Church. The wedding was attended by many of Herbalife's top
distributors, and was broadcast on HBN (Herbalife Broadcast Network)
to distributors worldwide. Hughes died in his sleep on May 21st the
following year. In the days following his death, LaPier had the
grounds of their Malibu estate covered in 14,000 red roses.After
Hughes' death, LaPier moved back to Oregon. She married Brian
Snodgrass (of the Seven Dees nursery family) in 2002, and had a
daughter, Madison Snodgrass. On her ranch in Oregon with her family,
LaPier transformed herself into a rodeo barrel racer. In 2013, she
produced and starred in A&E's reality series Rodeo Girls.
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