Supermodel Niki Taylor Critical After Car Wreck
South Florida Native Attended Cooper City High School
Supermodel Niki Taylor is in critical condition after being involved in a car crash in Georgia.
According to her publicist, Taylor, 26, was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed Sunday in the Atlanta area after its driver lost control. Scott DeMunn also said that the driver was critically injured as well.
DeMunn said that Taylor (pictured, left) suffered severe internal injuries.
Taylor, who had been in Atlanta to visit friends for the weekend, planned to return to her Pembroke Pines home Monday to take acting lessons.
Taylor, who's a native of South Florida, attended Cooper City High School where she played on the school's waterpolo team in ninth grade. Taylor's father is a Cooper City police officer.
When she was 13, Taylor appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine. Since then, she has been in ads for Cover Girl cosmetics and Liz Claiborne fashions. She has also appeared in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.
Taylor is divorced from Matt Martinez, a football coach. The two divorced in 1997 and have twin boys, Jake and Hunter, both 6.
In 1995, Taylor's younger sister Krissy, 17, died of asthma. Taylor found her sister, also a model, unconscious at their home.
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According to her publicist, Taylor, 26, was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed Sunday in the Atlanta area after its driver lost control. Scott DeMunn also said that the driver was critically injured as well.
DeMunn said that Taylor (pictured, left) suffered severe internal injuries.
Taylor, who had been in Atlanta to visit friends for the weekend, planned to return to her Pembroke Pines home Monday to take acting lessons.
Taylor, who's a native of South Florida, attended Cooper City High School where she played on the school's waterpolo team in ninth grade. Taylor's father is a Cooper City police officer.
When she was 13, Taylor appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine. Since then, she has been in ads for Cover Girl cosmetics and Liz Claiborne fashions. She has also appeared in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.
Taylor is divorced from Matt Martinez, a football coach. The two divorced in 1997 and have twin boys, Jake and Hunter, both 6.
In 1995, Taylor's younger sister Krissy, 17, died of asthma. Taylor found her sister, also a model, unconscious at their home.
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