Where is Dian Parkinson now? All about The The Price Is Right Fame

Dian Parkinson (aka Dianna Lynn Batts) is a former American model best known for: The price is correct, a game show. Furthermore, people also recognized her from the 1994 TV series Space spirit from coast to coast, an animated talk show featuring Dian. She has done several TV series and worked as a TV presenter.

In addition, she was also the title winner of the Miss USA World Contest and Miss District of Columbia, USA. Through the doorway of a beauty pageant, she made her way into the glamor world, appearing on television for over two decades. Dian is also known as the bikini-clad Vixen. Diana has been out of the spotlight for a long time. So, where is she today?

Let’s find out all about The price is correct former model along with her early details, her age, controversy, husband and much more. Read the article to the end.

Dian Parkinson’s Wiki, Age and Early Life

Diane was born on November 30, 1944, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. She is 77 years of age 2022. She spent most of her early life in her hometown in a disciplined environment and later moved with her family to Falls Church, Virginia. Parkinson was born under the zodiac sign Sagittarius. Apart from this, no more information about Dian is available in the media.

Speaking of her nationality, she is an American citizen and of white ethnicity.

Dian Parkinson’s career: she started with beauty pageants

In the year 1965, Dian began to participate in beauty pageants. She first competed in the Miss District of Columbia USA and won the title. In the same year, she participated in the Miss USA pageant, finishing in fourth place.

Finally, Dian entered the Miss USA World Contest which she won, and moved to the international platform to represent the United States in the Miss World 1965 contest. There she achieved the first runner-up position.

After the beauty pageant, she then traveled with the Bob Hope USO Show and performed in Vietnam in late December 1965. In Vietnam, a former model was presented as Queen of the 1965 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf tournament.

During her successful journey as a model, she has also appeared on the cover of a few magazines, including: Cosmopolitan magazine- The Women’s Magazine For Fashion

Dian Parkinson was an actress and model: her journey to TV

As we said, in addition to being a successful model, Diana has also been a part of several movies and TV shows. She started her career in TV in 1974when she appeared in a television movie called Jerry.

Finally, in 1975she appeared in the role of ‘Ginger’ in a TV series called The Mary Tyler Moore Shoe. Apart from these, she has also been part of TV shows such as The New Hollywood Square, Late Show with David Letterman, Space spirit from coast to coastand others.

Likewise, from 1978 until 1980she starred in the TV series vegan$ in which Parkinson portrayed three different characters Charlene, Sally and Nickie. In addition to some characters in television series, she also worked as a model on the TV game show called The price is correct which gave her wide recognition among the masses.

Dian posed nude for magazine

In 1991, she became the cover girl for Playboy, a men’s magazine. further in 1993she was featured again in Playboy with the title Dian Parkinson: an erotic encore. In addition to being a nude model for a magazine, she also became the spokesperson for EZ Krunch, an exercise bike.

Dian Parkinson modeled The price is correct In front of 18 years

A Jacksonville-born former model got on the game show The price is correct in the year 1975. In the show she worked as a model for 18 years and holds the second longest running record in Baker’s Beauty.

On the show, she was best recognized with the nickname “the bikini-clad Vixen.” She always captivated her audience with her voluptuous and curvaceous figure, especially through her appearance in a bathing suit. Likewise, her flirty nature and her playful presentation managed to captivate and entertain the audience in the show.

Finally, in 1993, she decided to leave the show. Her last episode of the show aired on June 18, 1993. On her departure, the show’s host, Bob Barker said her reason for leaving the show was to “pursue other interests”. However, later the reality came out reporting that she was leaving the show due to an internal feud with the show host Barker.

Dian Parkinson’s Feud With Bob Barker; She filed a case against him

In 1992after 1 year Following her departure from her longest-running show, Dian filed a sexual harassment case against the show’s host Bob Barker in Los Angeles Superior Court. She had claimed that in order to continue her modeling career on the show, Bob forced Dian to have a sexual relationship with him for three years.

In the reply, however, Bob denied Dain’s allegations, stating that the relationship between them was mutual and that he had never forced her into anything. He also stated that the two would rather argue about Dian’s nude modeling for: Playboy magazine. In all those circumstances, Dian suddenly dropped her case in court due to health issues resulting from the ongoing legal battles. That case never reached the jury.

Dian was popular for her voluptuous figure: her body measurements

As we said before, her curvaceous figure and bikini look were the main attraction in her modeling career. For that, she was even nicknamed Bikini-clad Vixen.

in a exclusive interview, she opened up her secrets to maintain her fabulous figure. She said she got help from a molding machine. Before becoming the EZ Krunch ambassador, she used Sit-Ups and later she started using the EZ Krunch machine.

Well, she had a height of 5 ft 7 inand a weight of 132 pounds.

Is Dian Parkinson married? Who is her husband?

The former The price is correct model has been married twice in her life. In the year 1967she tied the knot with Robert E. Parkinson and legally changed her surname in addition to her husband’s surname. Her now ex-husband Robert was the executive director of the Miss Universe pageant. Since Dian took part in the beauty pageant, they are said to have met in the course where they eventually fell in love and got married. But sadly, their marriage ended in divorce shortly after.

Back on July 30, 1977she shared vows with the Hollywood producer for the second time E. Duke Vincent and later divorced. After their divorce, her second husband married actress Pamela Gail Hensley in 1982. Furthermore, there was also a rumor about her third marriage, but she never officially commented on it.

Dian’s Rumored Affair & Boyfriend

During her time on TV, her name came up with several media personalities. It was rumored that she was engaged to musician Kenny Rogers. In addition, her relationship with movie actor Tim Reid and American singer and songwriter Smokey Robinson has been rumored. Likewise, Bob Barker is another name with whom she had a personal relationship that later ended in legal battles.

Where is Dian Parkinson today? Is she on social media?

Well, Dian reportedly lived in her private residence in… Westlake Village, California. But in 2019she put it up for sale at a cost of $3.125M. After that, her current address is not yet known, because she lives very privately.

Talking about her presence on social sites, a 77 years old former model does not have an account on any of the social networking sites. However, her fan page can be seen on social sites.

Dian Parkinson’s Net Worth

She has had a successful TV career for over two decades. She also worked as a model for a long time. So, according to the Celebrity Net Worth, she has a net worth of about $1 million.