Bridget Marquardt
Date of Birth
25 September 1973, Tillamook, Oregon, USA
Birth Name
Bridget Christina Sandmeier
Height
5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Mini Biography
Marquardt was born in Tillamook, Oregon after her family moved there from Lodi, California. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt’s mother moved the family back to California, where Marquardt was raised. Her parents eventually divorced and later her mother remarried. Marquardt lived with her mother and siblings at their stepfather’s ranch. Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore years and then transferred to Lodi High School from which she graduated in 1990.
Some of her male friends thought that she should pose for Playboy magazine. Marquardt sent a letter to Playboy inquiring how to become a Playmate. Then, Marquardt enrolled at San Joaquin Delta Junior College. After graduating with an A.A., Marquardt transferred to California State University, Sacramento. In 1998 at the age of 25, Marquardt entered Playboy’s Millennium Playmate search. She had a successful photo shoot and was sent to the Playboy Mansion for another test shoot. Later, Marquardt graduated from CSU Sacramento with a B.A. in Communications and an emphasis on Public Relations.
In 2001, Marquardt moved to Los Angeles after earning her Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She later took a graduate level course in broadcast journalism through UCLA Extension, which was shown on the first season of The Girls Next Door (most notably when she had to walk out of her first Playboy shoot to attend a class). According to Bunny Tales by former Hefner girlfriend Izabella St. James, Bridget worked as a dancer at Spearmint Rhino before becoming one of Hefner’s girlfriends. On arriving in LA she started to pursue modeling and acting, and began appearing in small acting roles. After testing twice unsuccessfully for Playboy, she was invited to the Playboy Mansion and soon became a regular there. In October 2002, after more than a year of visiting the Mansion, she was invited to move in and become one of Hefner’s girlfriends.
In the September 17, 2007 issue of Star magazine, Marquardt stated that she is married, but separated and has been the entire time she has lived in the Playboy mansion. According to the interview, her husband Chad Marquardt supported her move to LA and they have remained friends, and are in the process of divorcing.[1]
Marquardt has a cat named Gizmo and a dog named Wednesday (“Winnie”) who is a Pekingese. Winnie had eye surgery on an infection (08), but is doing fine now.
Bridget plans on buying a house in the next months, so her sister Anastasia and a friend can live there while they finish at UCLA.
Trivia
Sister of Anastasia Case.
One of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends.
Measurements 34D-25-36.
Has a black-colored pekingese named Wednesday, after Wednesday from ‘The Adaams Family’, or “Winnie” for short.
Has a cat named Gizmo, after the character in ‘Gremlins’.
Has a fascination with the paranormal. Halloween is one of her favorite holidays.
Tested for the Millenium Playboy Playmate.
Her first real job was at a video store.
Has a growing affinity for red wine, especially Merlot.
She enrolled at college at the age of 17.
