Heidi Blair Pratt (née
Montag;
[NBC: "Heidi and Spencer Pratt Return to NBC's Hit Reality Series 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" (June 3, 2009)] born September 15, 1986) is an American
singer and
television personality. Montag is known for appearing on the
MTV reality series The Hills.
Career
Reality TV
Born in
Crested Butte, Colorado,
Montag moved to
California after graduating high school where she enrolled at the
Academy of Art University in
San Francisco.
During freshman orientation, she met
Lauren Conrad, who was then a featured cast member on the MTV reality series
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.
After Montag and Conrad transferred to
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in
Los Angeles,
Conrad received her own
spin-off series
The Hills, which premiered on May 31, 2006.
Montag was featured in the series sharing an apartment with Conrad while studying at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She eventually left the Fashion Institute in fall of 2005 when she was hired at Bolthouse Productions.
According to Montag, she dropped out because she "did not find the school challenging."
Within two years, she was promoted to event planner at Bolthouse, before being fired and then re-hired.
[The Hills episode, original airdate 2007-10-03]
