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Shayne Lamas Biography
Shayne Lamas (Shayne Dahl Lamas) is an American actress and reality TV contestant born on 6th November 1985 in Santa Monica, California. She was a contestant on the reality TV show ‘The Bachelor’ where she emerged the winner and got engaged to Matt Grant although they called off the engagement shortly.
Shayne Lamas Family
Her parents are Lorenzo Lamas and Michele Smith. Her father Lorenzo is an American actor and martial artist popularly known for playing Lance Cumson, the irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing on the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest. Her mother Michele was his father’s publicist. They married in 1983 but divorced in 1985.
Her brother is AJ Lamas, who is an American actor. Her grandparents were Argentine actor Fernando Lamas and American actress Arlene Dahl.
Shayne Lamas Husband
In 2010 Shayne married Nik Richie who is an American blogger, author, and Internet personality. According to TMZ, she eloped with Nik Richie after they met hours earlier at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas and got married within 24 hours.
Nik Richie is the owner of user-submitted gossip website TheDirty.com which he began in 2007 at DirtyScottsdale.com. In 2017 he revamped his site after Melania Trump gave her speech about cyberbullying.
“For ten years, I created a massive following giving people the opportunity to voice and submit as a third party, it wasn’t until I watched Melania Trump’s speech and her stance on cyberbullying [that I had a realization]. I asked myself, ‘As a father am I doing what’s right for my family or this country?’ I looked in the mirror and had my wake up call. Am I part of the problem or solution? I am the problem. I truly believe if Melania Trump can change me, we can all be better. I’m committed to making TheDirty.com a fiber of mainstream media and no longer an institution of cyberbullying.”
Shayne Lamas Children
Shayne and Nik have two children a daughter Press Dahl Lamas Richie (born on 11th November 2011) and Lyon Lamas Richie (born in July 2015). Her son Lyon was born through surrogacy. Shayne’s stepmom, Shawna Craig, acted as their surrogate. During an interview with Closer magazine, Shayne had this to say about her stepmother
“Shawna’s not just my stepmother. She’s like a soul sister, she’s an angel that blessed my whole family, including my father.”
In 2014 Shayne suffered a miscarriage as her second son was growing outside of her uterus and had attached to her bladder, eventually puncturing her placenta. The doctors performed a full hysterectomy on her.
Shayne Lamas Bachelor
In 2008 Shayne Lamas was a contestant on the reality TV show ‘The Bachelor’. She emerged the winner with British Bachelor, Matt Grant proposed to her during the season finale. They dated for a year before they broke up.
Shayne Lamas Net worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Shayne Lamas Movies
- General Hospital (1963)
- Endless Bummer (2009)
- Monster Night (2006)