Deanna Merryman Deanna Merryman

Deanna Merryman (born July 7, 1972) is an American actress, glamor model, and fitness model. Merryman went to high school with model and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden. She was part of Playboy's Great Lingerie Model Search in 1997 and was a contestant in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic beauty pageant in 1998; later becoming a model for Hawaiian Tropic. The next year, she was featured on the cover of Iron Man Magazine. She starred, credited as Deana, on the documentary soap drama Desperately Seeking Stardom in 1999. This garnered her roles on Baywatch and Veronica's Closet. Merryman met stock car racing driver Jeff Gordon in 2000 and they had a brief relationship while the NASCAR driver was still married. Merryman was featured in a pictorial in the October 2003 issue of Playboy magazine.