Gia Marie Allemand (December 20, 1983[2] – August 14, 2013) was an American actress, model, and reality television contestant.

[5] The following year Allemand placed first in the bikini short class of the NPC Arnold Amateur Championships.

[3] She was a former professional ballet dancer,[3] but her dancing career was shortened after she injured her hamstring and Achilles tendon.

[3][8] In 2010, she was selected to play a role in an upcoming film produced by Brett Ratner on the life of actor Gianni Russo.

Allemand cited an existing relationship as the reason she refused to participate in the show's "kissing contest" game which led to her elimination in the third episode.

[14] Gia Marie Allemand[15] was born to Eugene and Donna Allemand[16][17] in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York City, and grew up in the borough of Staten Island and nearby in suburban Manorville, New York, on Long Island,[18] where she graduated from Lindenhurst High School in 2001.