Celebs you had no idea once worked at Hooters – from Amy Adams to Chrissy Teigen & Holly Madison
BEFORE getting their big break, many celebrities worked in the service industry.
For aspiring models and actresses, one restaurant chain provided not only tips but exposure to the entertainment industry: Hooters.
AMY ADAMS
The Sharp Objects star worked at the famous restaurant chain for a brief stint when she was 18.
In an interview with , Adams said: "It was a great job out of high school and I was a hostess at first, and then I waited tables for a while, and it was great. It was a great way for me to earn money."
The Oscar-winning actress never thought the minimum wage job would eventually lead to silver screen success.
Originally planning to become a dancer, Adams left the waitressing role once she had saved enough money to buy a car.
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CHRISSY TEIGEN
Last year, Teigen donned her old Hooters attire for a themed party she threw for her stylist.
Posting a video of herself in the uniform the model said: "Back to my roots. Was a hostess at the hoots! the shorts, they have changed!!!!"
Teigen, who worked at the Newport Beach location in California, said her time at the chain was "really welcoming."
"I never made it up to being a server, but I would run food. But I will say it was one of the most wonderful times," she told the hosts of podcast.
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HOLLY MADISON
The former Playboy Bunny is known for being Hugh Hefner's "#1 Girl" in the early 2000s.
Before her stint in the mansion however, Madison worked a series of jobs including as a Hooters girl.
It was while serving the famous Hooters wings in Santa Monica that Madison was invited to a party at the Playboy Mansion, reports .
During her time with the chain, Madison appeared in the Hooters Road Trip video game.
NAYA RIVERA
The late Glee star openly discussed her time working at the restaurant in her auto-biography Sorry Not Sorry.
"In my 20-year-old brain, I knew I was cute. So I thought 'Cute + Hooters = better tips," Rivera wrote.
The actress credited her time with the chain as helping prepare her for the long work hours on the Glee set.
"As it turns out, Hooters may have been a job for bimbos but it was not a job for slackers," she said.
Rivera also discussed how waitresses at her location in Valencia were required to use their own money to purchase pantyhose from a vending machine in the break room.
"The signature Hooters shade was 'sun tan,' let me tell you, it looked great on anyone who wasn't white. Read: It looked awful," she wrote.
JERRI MANTHEY
During the early 90s, the former Survivor contestant worked as a Hooters girl at an Alabama location, before moving to a location in Oklahoma City.
Manthey even appeared in the Summer 1992 edition of HOOTERS magazine, alongside country singer Vince Gill.
The Survivor villainess was inducted into both the Survivor Hall of Fame and the Hooters Girl Hall of Fame.
KATRINA DARRELL
Darrell, who rose to fame as the Bikini Girl on the eighth season of American Idol, was fired from her job at Hooters shortly before auditioning for the show.
According to , Darrell worked at the establishment for three months but failed to raise through the ranks and become a waitress.
The singer was eventually fired from her position greeting customers after she she repeatedly left her shifts early to attend various auditions.
ANNA BURNS
Burns, who is married to former NFL player Wes Walker, worked as a Hooters girl before meeting her future husband.
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As well as working shifts at a North Carolina location, Burns also won the 2005 Miss Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant.
She has appeared in numerous editions of HOOTERS magazine as well as the chain's famous calendars.
