Alexa Demara

Alexa Demara
Alexa Demara at the 2010 MTV Video Music Award
Born	La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Actress model entrepreneur writer
Website	alexademara.com

Alexa Demara is an American actress, model, writer and entrepreneur.^[1][2]

She has won numerous awards for modeling, acting, art, writing and academics. On Extra, she was interviewed about her career on the Starsightings segment and was publicized for her charity work for the Make it Right Foundation of which Brad Pitt is a part.

Career[]

She has appeared in numerous print magazines such as FHM, MMA Sports, Fitness Experts, Star Central (Australia), Onda OK and has modeled for various designers such as Factory Timepieces Luxury Watches and Aicam Lacouri. She has been featured and interviewed on various international web sites and in catalogs and newspapers, including the OC Register, The Nation (Thailand), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Noticias Venezue and Black Star News. She has done drama, improv and sketch comedy for film, television and stage. Demara also supports various animal charities.^[3][4][5]

Demara has won or placed in multiple modeling competitions, most notably being named one of the 'Top 10 Sexiest Women Online' by FHM and winning first place popular vote in a V Magazine annual model search. She got noticed by prominent people in the media, including top models, actors and agents, who helped propel her to fame at a young age. Her first talent agent was Jack Scagnetti, a well-known theatrical, commercial and literary agent in Los Angeles. Her careers and pursuits led her to have one of the first large online social media followings on sites such as MySpace, leading her to be one of the first people to ever receive mainstream recognition from social media. Being one of the first people to amass millions of views on social media, she had the most popular MySpace in the Midwest region. Her innovative style has led to influential people paying homage to her or mimicking her in mainstream pop culture.^[4] Demara is featured in an alternative music video by the American rock band Madina Lake shown on MTV in multiple countries.

Members of Demara's family have also appeared on television and various publications in the fashion, finance and political realms. Demara's great aunt appeared in a Chicago newspaper as a model for a department store fashion ad in the 1920s.

Demara has a bachelor's degree in marketing with a minor in Spanish, and she received scholarships for her GPA in both high school and college, where she joined Sigma Delta Pi. She took part in the school's martial arts club and also took classes in self-defense, Tai Chi and kickboxing. She has also studied Judo and Jiu-Jitsu. She started her first marketing company one year after her college graduation. She is also set to release books in paperback, her first one being a self-illustrated children's book called Toucan Talk.^[4]

Filmography[]

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External links[]

• Official Web site
• Alexa Demara at IMDb