Amber Smith Bio, Age, Husband, Family, Son, Height, Net Worth, Movies

Amber Smith Biography

Amber Smith is an American actress and former model who is best known for appearing in the second season of the VH1 television show Celebrity Rehab, which depicted her 16-year-old struggle with opiate and alcohol addiction.

During her 2008 and 2009 appearances on the reality television programs in which she sought treatment by Dr. Drew Pinsky for addiction, Amber stated that both her parents had long stories of addiction. Moreover, she disclosed that her father died as a result of a drinking problem in the third season of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.

At the age of 16, Amber started modeling where she was first represented by Irene Marie Models in Miami Beach. Under this umbrella, she traveled to Paris, France, where she worked as a model throughout Europe for four years.

Amber came to the limelight when her naturally blonde hair was dyed red, giving her a close resemblance to 1940s and ’50s movie star Rita Hayworth. She became Esquire magazine’s first Vargas Girl of the 1990s and also the first model of the Wonderbra campaign.

Later on, Amber posed for photographer Helmut Newton for a Wolford advertising campaign and was the model for the 2002 lingerie campaign for Venus Victoria, the European sister company to Victoria’s Secret.

Since her cameo, Smith has appeared on the covers of the fashion magazines and women’s magazines Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, MAX, and YM. She has also advertised various brands such as L’Oréal makeup, Buffalo Jeans, Camel cigarettes, Kahlúa liqueur, Volkswagen automobiles, and Panama Jack, among others

Amber Smith Reality Television appearances

Smith was cast in the second season of the VH1 television show Celebrity Rehab, which depicted her 16 years of struggle with opiate and alcohol addiction. Later on, she appeared in the 2009 VH1 series “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

In these appearances, Amber portrayed herself and he mother’s history with addiction and co-dependency, which started when she was a teenager and how her experiences with date rape and prostitution played a part in those addictions.