Rachel Reynolds (born November 4, 1982, in Mandeville, LA, sometimes credited as Rachel Reynolds Dellucci) is an American Model, Actress, and former Athlete. Since 2003, she has appeared as one of Barker's Beauties on The Price is Right, a career spanning nearly 20 years making her (currently) the second-longest-serving model on the series.
Early Life & Modeling Career[]
She is a native of Mandeville, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
After graduating from Mandeville High School, Rachel attended Louisiana State University where she majored in Public Relations and was a member of their national champion track and field team.
Despite a popular misconception, she was neither an LSU cheerleader nor a "Golden Girl" (a member of LSU's famous dance-drill team).
While in college, Rachel worked as a cashier in a supermarket to support herself. It was there when she was discovered by an agent for a local modeling agency, which is when her career in the entertainment industry began.
Rachel took part in the 2002 competition for who would replace departed hostess Brooke Burke on the E! travel series Wild On!. True to her worth and impressed by the producers, Rachel had emerged as one of the finalists but lost the job to model/actress Cindy Taylor (who hosted the series until its end the following year).
The Price is Right[]
After losing out on the hostess job for Wild On!, Rachel then auditioned to become one of Barker's Beauties on the television game show The Price is Right during the remaining weeks of its 31st season on the air. She made her modeling debut on the episode that aired June 6, 2003 and continued until June 18, for a total of 9 appearances. She returned to the show for its 32nd season premiere episode that aired September 22, 2003, but did not appear again until the episode that aired October 2, 2003. This time, she appeared consecutively until the episode that aired November 12, 2003 (with fellow newcomer Gabrielle Tuite making her debut the next day).
On the episode that aired April 30, 2004, in a now-infamous memorable moment in Price is Right history, Rachel drove a Ford Mustang convertible onto the stage for the pricing game Lucky $even, but lost control of the car, crashing its bumper into door 3, in which Lucky $even is concealed behind. The crash knocked the door out of place and partially opened, causing the studio audience to explode with laughter. Host Bob Barker mentioned that Rachel was the second model to crash the bumper of the car into the door while "smiling at the camera" (longtime model Janice Pennington was the first model to have done this but Bob did not mention her).
Rachel explained in a 2011 Instagram post on The Price is Right's account that she had her foot on the clutch pedal of the convertible instead of the brake, and thus was unable to stop the car. Incidentally, her post was filmed during the taping of the April Fools' 2011 episode, where Rachel again drove a car into Door 3 as part of the Lucky Seven game (though this time, it was on purpose).
After the end of Season 32, Rachel ranked at the highest rotating model with a whopping 96 appearances under her belt, followed by Shane Stirling, who ranked second with 85 appearances, and Lanisha Cole, ranking third with 67.
Rachel continued as a rotating Barker's Beauty on The Price is Right over the next several seasons and between the summer and fall of 2007, the long-running game show soon transitioned into a new era as Bob Barker, after having hosted the series since its September 4, 1972 premiere, took his last bow on (airdate) June 15th and Comedian & Actor Drew Carey, after being announcer as Bob's replacement, making his debut on (airdate) October 15th (Rachel was one of the models present for Bob's final week as well as Drew's first).
Trivia[]
Rachel was the last new model to join the series while Rod Roddy was still serving as announcer (although when she made her official Price is Right debut, Randy West, who also made his debut the same day, served as the announcer, filling in for Rod). She was one of the models present on the show's 32nd Season Premiere episode on (airdate) September 22, 2003 (as mentioned above) while Rod announced as well as the shows that aired from October 9th-20th, which was Rod's final episode (he passed away on October 27th).
Before and during her rotating stints on The Price is Right, Rachel maintained a modeling career. She has modeled for VENUS Swimwear (frequently providing swimwear for the models on Price) and has been featured on six national magazine covers for Fitness RX.
She was also the last model to hand Bob Barker his microphone at the start of his final episode on (airdate) June 15, 2007, and she was also one of the models present during both of Bob's return visits to the show in April 2009 and December 2013 (his then-90th Birthday Bash & "Pet Adoption Week").
In the 2009 pilot of Let's Make a Deal (Brady), Rachel was the model before Alison Fiori and later her replacement, Tiffany Coyne in the series.
Rachel also briefly substituted for Tiffany Coyne on the sister game show Let's Make a Deal (Brady) during Tiffany's pregnancy (Tiffany in turn, substituted on Price).
A memorable episode that aired on February 5, 2015, featured a "rivalry" of sorts between Rachel and Amber Lancaster. The "feud" began when Rachel was displaying the first One Bid prize; a digital camera, which also featured photos of herself, Amber, and Drew Carey, but not George Gray, much to his disappointment. Rachel was portrayed as the villainess in the "feud", as she playfully boasted about having the largest photo, while Amber's was accidentally knocked down. The pair made up after the showcase round, with each one holding up framed photos of the other. However, Amber did get payback and "accidentally" dropped Rachel's photo.
In 2016, both Rachel Reynolds & Amber Lancaster briefly appeared in an episode of the CBS action-drama series Scorpion titled "The Fast and The Nerdiest" (the title of this episode is a parody of the popular movie franchise The Fast and The Furious; originally aired on February 29, 2016) where Sylvester Dodd (played by Ari Stidham) is a contestant on The Price is Right (with Drew Carey) as he plays a pricing game called Pay the Rent. Since he's a human calculator, he knew the prices and told Drew where they should go before Drew ever started to explain the rules to him. This also featured cameo appearances from both Drew Carey & George Gray respectively although unlike them, both her & Lancaster never spoke.
In a 2017 episode where the cast was portrayed as the Prize League (a group of superheroes fighting the evil Dr. Trombones, whose purpose was to be sure nobody won any prizes), Rachel portrayed Yodely Gal (a humorous take on the "Yodely Guy" character from the game Cliff Hangers).
On February 28, 2018 (airdate), Rachel celebrated her 2,000 episodes.
With the conclusion of season 49 in June 2021, Rachel became the third longest-tenured model in TPIR history, surpassing Holly Hallstrom.
On October 31, 2023, Rachel was absent for the Halloween special as only Alexis Gaube, James O'Halloran, Manuela Arbeláez, & Amber Lancaster were the only models to appear in wrestling-themed costumes on that episode.
Personal Life[]
Rachel was previously married to former Cleveland Browns quarterback and ex-Florida Marlins third baseman Josh Booty. They married on July 11, 2003. It was announced by then-host Bob Barker on the October 9th, 2003 (taped shortly after the marriage) episode of The Price is Right that Rachel and Josh had filed for divorce. It's unknown when they divorced. Rachel and Josh met when Josh was a quarterback for the LSU football team in 1999 and 2000.
On May 3, 2009 (airdate), the show's current host Drew Carey announced that Rachel became engaged to be married to David Dellucci, an outfielder with the Cleveland Indians who previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Almost a year after their engagement on March 30, 2010, Drew announced that the couple had married, and on the (airdate) April 12, 2010 episode ("Ultimate Wedding Shower 2010"), the newlywed couple modeled wedding formal wear (a tuxedo for David, a wedding gown for Rachel) as an Item up for Bids.
On the show's 41st season premiere (airdate: September 24, 2012), the gorgeous blonde announced that she and her husband, David were expecting their first child. On February 13, 2013, their third wedding anniversary, she gave birth to a baby girl named Ruby.[1][2] Rachel later introduced her newborn baby girl (via Skype) on the Mother's Day episode of The Price is Right (aired on May 10, 2013) calling the next mother/child pair to "COME ON DOWN!".
Today, aside from being a wife and mother, Rachel happily continues with The Price is Right as she now holds a 20-year stint and nearly 3,000 episodes, as a model, and with that, she is presently the second longest-serving model on the series (trailing only Janice Pennington) and following the departure of fellow model Gwendolyn Osborne in October 2017, Reynolds is now the sole remaining forward-facing cast member to have worked with Bob Barker.
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Outside Price is Right[]
Wild On (2002)[]
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Links[]
Fan Site
Her Facebook Page
Her Twitter Page
YouTube Videos[]
Rachel crashes the Car in Lucky $even
Model Rivalry - Rachel & Amber go at each other