Megan Hauserman (born November 5, 1981) is an American
model and
reality television star.
Modeling career
In the week of February 6, 2006,
Hauserman was named the
Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week. Hauserman has continued modeling as a CyberGirl.
She has also worked for
Bench Warmer International.
Hauserman was featured in a photoshoot for
Guitar World magazine's Holiday 2009 Review Guide, along with fellow reality television contestants Brandi Cunningham,
Destiney Sue Moore, and Kristy Joe Muller.
Megan Hauserman was also featured on the cover and inside of the magazine of the 2010 Guitar World Buyer’s Guide with
Daisy of Love's Daisy de la Hoya. The magazine was on sale July 14, 2009.
Reality television
Beauty and the Geek
Hauserman was a winning contestant on the
third season of
Beauty and the Geek along with her partner Alan "Scooter" Zackheim.
She appeared on all nine episodes of the third season.
In February 2007, Hauserman revealed in an exclusive interview that she would spend her half of the money: "I’m going to go to Disneyland and go on vacation, and get my hair done."
However, during a phone interview in September 2008, Hauserman was asked what she had done with the
Beauty and the Geek money and she said she put all of it, $125,000, towards her mortgage.
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Hauserman was also a contestant on the
second season of
VH1's
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels. Megan said that she discovered the show from an advertisement on
Craigslist: "I had just seen an ad on Craigslist and I went to an open call in Chicago at a restaurant in which the casting people were traveling all over the country and accepting videos from all over the world. And they picked me out of thousands of applicants."
She appeared on eleven of the fourteen episodes in the second season. Megan was eliminated in the ninth episode because Michaels never felt a real "connection" with her, leaving her in fifth place.
In an interview with
The Jacksonville Observer she stated, "I really was heartbroken over him (Bret Michaels) for a long time. I went on there and I did fall in love with him, but we remain friends."
I Love Money
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Hauserman was a contestant on the
first season of
VH1's
I Love Money, a reality show where 17 former contestants from
Rock of Love,
Flavor of Love, and
I Love New York compete for a $250,000 cash prize. Megan appeared on all fourteen episodes of the first season and is featured at the center of the season one poster. On the first episode when she was asked what she would do with the money if she won the competition, she stated that she wants to help "mentally challenged" dogs, and that she adopted a mentally challenged dog, a chihuahua named Lily. She quit the competition in the thirteenth episode (the finale) when it was revealed that she would have to face a jury of former contestants whom she had a part in eliminating. She finished the competition in third place. Hauserman
stated in her exit interview that she was happy with her decision to quit not only because it stopped her contestants from getting the satisfaction of payback, but also that she was happy that she stopped everyone she didn't want to win the money and that she was satisfied with whoever won the money in the top three. Hauserman also
stated that she never thought that she would win the money, and that she came simply to have fun and play the game to the best of her ability. On the I Love Money
reunion special, Megan said that there were no rules opposing the way she played the game, so she used her brain to out-smart people, because it was her given talent.
Rock of Love: Charm School
Hauserman was a contestant in
VH1's
Rock of Love: Charm School, a reality show where 14 former
Rock of Love contestants must learn to abandon their improper old ways and develop proper etiquette in order to compete for $100,000 and the title,
Charm School Queen. The show premiered October 12, 2008 and is hosted by
Sharon Osbourne. She appeared on seven of the twelve episodes, despite getting expelled in the fourth episode for kicking fellow classmate, and later winner, Brandi Mahon. Megan finished in tenth place.
Hauserman has filed a lawsuit against
Sharon Osbourne, claiming battery, negligence and infliction of emotional distress, over an incident occurring during the taping of the twelfth episode, the reunion special, after Hauserman made derogatory comments about Sharon and
Ozzy Osbourne.
Megan Wants a Millionaire
Hauserman's own
VH1 reality dating show, titled
Megan Wants a Millionaire, premiered August 2, 2009 on
VH1.
Hauserman stated in the interview that she is looking for "a mature guy that can handle me and doesn't cry" and states "He doesn't have to be rich; he has to be stable." Hauserman said she is taking the show seriously, it will be "very real".
Hauserman's best friends, Brandi Cunningham (who appeared with Hauserman on
I Love Money and
Rock of Love: Charm School) and Cecille Gahr (who lost to Megan in the finale of
Beauty and the Geek 3) appear on
Megan Wants a Millionaire to support her and help her with her decisions.
On August 21, 2009, VH1 announced that the show had been cancelled after only airing three episodes, because contestant Ryan Jenkins was a suspect in the
murder of Jasmine Fiore.
Hauserman has been audibly interviewed on the subject by
AOL and
TMZ.
Megan Hauserman also has been interviewed by
People, stating that the Jenkins-Fiore situation has "...been a very challenging time, I'm happy to move forward at this point. It's been a very upsetting, sad, tragic situation that nobody could have expected."
New VH1 show
VH1 announced that they will create another show starring Megan Hauserman, although it may not follow the same dating format as
Megan Wants a Millionaire. The show, like
Megan Wants a Millionaire, will be unscripted.
Other television appearances
The Great Debate
Hauserman appeared on the
VH1 program,
The Great Debate that aired from July 6 to July 10, 2009. The main premise of the show is the debates and comparisons from current and past
pop culture subjects. Hauserman appeared on five episodes as a commentator for the show, giving her opinions about many of the debated subjects.
The Truth Commercial
Hauserman appeared on a commercial for
TheTruth.com, the largest national youth smoking prevention campaign. The commercial aired during the premiere of Hauserman's show
Megan Wants a Millionaire. On the commercial, Hauserman appeared as herself being interviewed for a major tobacco company, and once the interviewer asks Megan if she'd want to accept the position after all the risks tobacco threats to its users, Hauserman declines the job.
Sexiest Women of Reality TV
Hauserman appears on a television program entitled
Sexiest Women of Reality TV Swimsuit Calendar Edition.
The program was released on
DirecTV on September 1, 2009.
Cecille Gahr and
Angelique Morgan (who appeared alongside Hauserman on
Rock of Love 2 and
Rock of Love: Charm School) are also on the program.
In November 2009, Hauserman will appear on another DirecTV program called,
Sexiest Women of Reality TV: Bikini Babes, where she again will appear alongside Gahr.
Personal life
Hauserman is a 2005 graduate of the
University of Illinois at Chicago where she earned a degree in
accounting.
Hauserman has worked with many charities, including
Susan G. Komen for the Cure and she also works with animal rescue charities.
During an interview with
MSN TV News, when asked what she was going to do with her life after
Megan Wants a Millionaire, she stated, "Married life...I want to have my little babies and I want to become an expert tennis player. I want to devote my life to tennis and to children."
After the cancellation of
Megan Wants a Millionaire, however, Hauserman stated in an interview with
People that she wants to continue her television show appearances, stating: "I really enjoy being on TV and I love my fans," she says. "I want to continue doing TV work."
Filmography
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