Heidi Montag

Heidi Montag, also known as Heidi Pratt, is a former cast member on the hit MTV reality show The Hills. Montag married co-star Spencer Pratt in two ceremonies featured on the series in 2008 and 2009. The couple, who is often referred to as "Speidi," reportedly split in 2010, with Montag filing divorce papers. Montag is also an aspiring singer, fashion designer and appeared in the September 2009 issue of Playboy magazine.http://www.kansascity.com/stargazing/story/1257412.html

Montag has been frequent fodder for tabloids and gossip columns in 2010, first for undergoing 10 plastic surgery procedures in a single day, then for allegedly appearing in a series of sex tapes. Following her split from Spencer Pratt, rumors swirled that Pratt was shopping around sex tapes of himself and Montag, as well as a tape between Montag and fellow Playboy Playmate Karissa Shannon.http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/08/karissa-shannon-sex-tape-partner-of-heidi-montag-playboy-model-f/ Montag and Pratt were spotted at Montag's Costa Rica home in late August 2010. Pratt allegedly threatened Montag during the encounter, claiming he would release the sex tapes unless she agreed to call off their pending divorce.http://perezhilton.com/2010-08-23-why-speidi-was-caught-canoodling-in-costa-rica

Following up on her April 2007 breast augmentation and rhinoplasty, Montag underwent 10 plastic surgeries in a single day in January 2010. Among the procedures included a second breast augmentation, brow lifts, a chin reduction, buttock augmentation and liposuction. The surgeries however came with risks, including when she was given demerol which slowed her breathing and forced a five-day hospital stay.http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20342923,00.html

Months later, Montag stated that she regretted undergoing the procedures, including citing pain from her G-cup breasts. While her original surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan was killed in an auto accident, Montag vowed to undergo a third breast augmentation to reduce the size of her implants.http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/the-hills/news/235279-heidi-montag-regrets-surgery-sex-tape

Montag accused Al Roker of being "rude" during her and Pratt's interview on The Today Show on June 15, 2009, in which they discussed their controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity…. Get Me Out Of Here. Montag remarked about the interview, "I was crying afterwards because I couldn't believe I felt personally attacked."http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-15-heidi-montag-al-roker-made-me-cry

According to TMZ, Montag and Pratt walked off the set of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here on June 1, 2009. The reasons for their leaving were not disclosed, but it was said that the couple clearly didn't belong on the show.http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/02/heidi-and-spencer-quitters/

On June 7, 2009, the week after the Pratt and Montag left I'm a Celebrity... and were being kept in "isolation" in Costa Rica, Montag was admitted to a local hospital. The reason for the hospitalization was not immediately reported, but some news outlets alleged that Montag was suffering from a stomach infection.http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b127925_heidi_pratt_hospitalized_in_costa_rica.html

Radar Online reported that Montag's "full-length, petal-tiered and rhinestone-bedecked Monique Lhuillier" wedding gown, which included a bejeweled veil, retailed for $18,000. The Christian Louboutin pumps Montag wore for her 2009 wedding in California retail for $1,000. Montag also wore a million dollars worth of Neil Lane jewelry including a "pear-shaped diamond floral necklace, layered with multiple diamond chains," diamond earrings and diamond hairpins.http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/04/heidi-montags-1001900000-wedding-outfit

Despite reports that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were married on November 20, 2008 at the One & Only Palmilla Resort in Mexico, the couple had not obtained a marriage license prior to their ceremony and therefore neither Mexico nor the United States recognized their marriage as legal.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/12/03/2008-12-03_heidi_montags_mom_i_give_her_marriage_to.html

Gossip blogger Perez Hilton reported on November 24, 2008, that an unnamed source confirmed to him exclusively that Montag and Pratt had eloped in Mexico. Hilton claimed the pair was married on November 20, but kept the marriage secret in order to provide Hilton with the opportunity to report it first.http://perezhilton.com/2008-11-24-speidi-elope-all-the-wedding-details The couple later held a second, legal, ceremony in California in early 2009.

Montag met co-star Lauren Conrad during freshman orientation in college. Montag's friendship with Conrad led to her having a featured role in The Hills.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/arts/television/31heff.html?ex=1306728000&en=fe39fc3b2b081c2f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Conrad and Montag's friendship however later declined after Montag began dating Spencer Pratt. Much to the displeasure of Conrad, Montag continued to date Pratt, leading to an end to their friendship, all of which was documented on The Hills.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20015887,00.html Pratt, who did not care for Conrad either, fabricated a rumor that a Lauren Conrad sex tape existed, which Lauren vehemently denied.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051882,00.html Despite her lack of approval over the relationship, Conrad went on to attend Montag's wedding to Pratt in 2009, which was filmed for Conrad's final episode on The Hills.