Childhood:
Rachel Hunter was born on September 9, 1969, to a middle-class family in Auckland, New Zealand. When Rachel was young their parents got divorced. As a child she was more reserved kind of girl but there were some dramatic change in her personality in the year 1982when she was diagnosed with a blood disease. After the recovery something made her so extrovert that helps her in her further career.
Career:

Rachel’s childhood dream was to be a ballerina, finally marched for cameras and runways. She has started her career at the age of 17 as a fashion model. Rachel worked with numerous fashion magazine covers such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated. She was also on the cover of many brands like Estee Lauder, Revlon, and Pantene. She got more work from Sports Illustrated and was associated for ten years. Rachel has landed into a multi-million pound deal in autumn 2003 with Classified Cosmetics for their new launch of spray-on make up that will be campaigned worldwide. Recently Rachel also gets a deal as the model for Ultimo's underwear product. If you think this is just enough of her then you may prove to be wrong. Rachel has also posed nude for Playboy's latest cover.

Rachel has also appeared on many TV series like The Drew Carey Show and Suddenly Susan of NBC. Other appearances include Rachel Hunter: Laid Bare, which aired in August 2003. Rachel has been a juror for ABC's You're Hot, as well as being the presenter for the Laureus Sports Awards, held in Monaco. Rachel soon switched to films. One of her most recent endeavors is Just a Little Harmless Sex (Alison Eastwood and Lauren Hutton), where she portrays a nightclub waitress.

Rachel has not yet landed up into some great role but still she manages to grab some films like Soul Mates, TripFall, where she worked with now deceased actor John Ritter, Boys Klub and A Walk in the Park. Recently Rachel finished her first starring role beside actors Brian Buzzini and Rosanna Arquette in the boxing film 12 Rounds. She also worked alongside Julie Delpy in Billy Wirth's feature film Macarthur Park. Rachel will play the role of an alcoholic mother overwhelmed with the demise of her child in the upcoming film Winding Road, costarring Michael Weatherly.

Personality:

The blue-eyed top model, which was once endangered by cancer, has been able to keep the balance between her beauty and nature awareness. She keeps busy helping charities that work toward saving the gorilla in the Congo and raising funds for her own wildlife organization, The Rachel Hunter Lowland Gorilla Fund. Rachel also serves as the ambassador of The Born Free Foundation. Rachel hunter can be always remembered for her beauty, who knows how to keep her ego in line. Rachel maintains her own dignity and class that is something unique and stylish. She is definitely a woman to be reckoned with. Her wildlife crusades prove that she has other worries besides what she'll wear to a premiere. Rachel’s strongest point is her ability to persevere when dealt a shocking blow. She has proven that you can overcome health scares as well as a very public separation and still land on your feet. She is, in short, a survivor.