First turning heads as a professional snowboarder and avid skier, Lauren
Abraham has since worn a multitude of hats. A recognized fitness
expert, as published in “Muscle and Fitness Magazine” in 2007, she's also a coveted TV and live event host, emcee, entertainment producer and
director. Then, there's her diverse talents as an entrepreneur,
writer, motivational speaker and skilled dancer! Having brought her
exotic beauty and sharp wit to such Fox Sports Network shows as “Destination Wild” "Fusion TV" and "The Best Damn Sports Show Period," this winter season, she jumped to the other major sports broadcaster, ESPN, as host of the 2008 Winter X Games.

A native of Tacoma, Washington, Lauren Ariel Abraham derives her unique
look from a winning combination of Spanish, French, Lebanese, and Irish
ancestry. Slipping her toes into her first ballet shoes at age three, she strapped on her first pair of skis only a year later, soon developing a passion for ski racing on the weekends. By middle school, having won many slalom ski-racing competitions, she was well on her way to the junior Olympics and the fulfillment of her dream of becoming a professional athlete.

A natural performer, whose devilish nature and fearlessness led to a stint as a rock singer in a high school garage band, Lauren excelled in the latest and trendiest sport at that time - snowboarding – becoming both a professional skier and snowboarder. Also adept at water sports, her dynamic wakeboarding technique helped her excel on the slopes and, in her first season of snowboarding, she was sponsored by several companies that believed in her ability as a pioneer of the latest trends.

As her snowboard career ascended like a high-speed quad, Lauren made the
decision to move to Lake Tahoe and enrolled in Sierra Nevada College.
Having served as writer and editor-in-chief of her college prep school's
Art and Literary Magazine, she became a lead journalist at Sierra
Nevada's newspaper and also applied her writing skills in presenting a
proposal to the school for a collegiate snowboard team. In her junior year, Lauren was awarded the first snowboard scholarship at her college, was ranked fifth in the nation for the AST Boardercross division, and was featured
in magazines such as “Snowboarder” and “European Snowboarder.”

In January 2001 Lauren was hired as a stunt double for a Hollywood film
at Big Bear, California, but a disastrous mishap left her in a wheelchair, nearly paralyzed, with two broken ankles, ribs and nose.  Forced to withdraw from school, and enduring extensive surgeries and two years of physical therapy, she eventually hobbled to snowboard competitions, still wanting to be a part of the sport she loved. In 2003 Lauren was given a new opportunity behind a microphone as Lake Tahoe's new Mistress
of Ceremonies for both ski and snowboarding competitions. Word quickly spread of her natural talent, and she was soon asked to host the live morning show, "Tahoe Today."

Lauren subsequently landed other local and national hosting gigs - "Get
Hooked," a dating game show filmed at Caesars Tahoe in front of a studio
audience, Fox Sports Network's extreme sports series "Fusion TV" and
Spike TV's "Shred Café" - along with numerous guest spots including
those on Fox Sports Net's "The Best Damn Sports Show Period." Vice President of Fox Sports asked Warren Miller Entertainment to approach Lauren to host their new travel adventure series, "Destination Wild!" which is currently re-running on Fox Sports Net. While emceeing live events, from bikini contests to fashion shows, she continued to push her recovered abilities as athlete, participating in everything in the show from snowboarding to rock climbing to skydiving and surfing.

In June 2004, Lauren's giving spirit and her desire to share her success
with her friends led her to establish “Lauren Abraham Entertainment” a
talent agency specializing in unique nightclub entertainment and dance performance. When Harrah's Casino hired her as the MC for their events, giving her a yacht to turn into her own nightclub, "Captain Babe-raham" took command of the Ship. As Captain of entertainment, she was choreographing its dance numbers, overseeing the performances, employment, and supervising all nightclub operations. Lauren’s skills, as a nightclub director and event producer, were also embraced by other institutions, such as Caesars Tahoe, Harvey’s Casino, Nikki Beach Reno, to the Kalanis Club of Hawaii and Boulevard 23 of Los Angeles.

Since relocating to Los Angeles to study acting and hone in on her hosting skills, Lauren has recently appeared in five episodes of the syndicated television series "Jury Duty" which may lead to the development of her own talk/health-oriented series. Having already become an entrepreneur at age sixteen, creating a jewelry line sold at Nordstrom department stores, she is currently launching a clothing line, Road Warrior, which is inspired by her design of club costumes and an edgy lifestyle.

Finally, in what little time she has left over, Lauren also lends her passion as a motivational speaker. Overcoming her struggle with drugs and alcohol in 2003, she openly shares her journey toward sobriety. She was appointed head of the motivational speaking panel for Sierra Recovery Center in South Lake Tahoe, and is also actively involved in circuit and event speaking. Lauren reaches out to help her fellow addict and alcoholic, who have now found themselves institutionalized.

TELEVISION 
1st Annual Ultimate Boarder      Host/Director  Reelcomp.com
2008 Winter X Games                Host            ESPN
Best Damn sports Show            Host                Fox Sports Net
Destination Wild Series              Host            Fox Sports Net
Shred Café Series                    Host                Spike
Rush Hour Series                      Host            Fox Sports Net
Fusion TV Series                Host                Fox Sports Net
Randy Couture Show                Host            Sport Fight TV
TV Commercial                        Lead          Philips Electronics
American Free Ski Tour Season    Host          Fox Sports Net
World Cup of Snowboarding        Host          Fox Sports Net
World Wakeboarding                    Host          Fox Sports Net
Boardstock 11, 12, 13                Host          Versus, OLN,
Jury Duty              Celebrity guest    Radar Ent.
Snowboard Rodeo              Host              NBC
Race and Ace Challenge            Host                NBC
Tahoe Today Live (daily)            Host        RSN
Get Hooked Dating Game show    Host            RSN

COMMENTARY 
American Free-ski Tour    MC          Sugar Bowl & Big Bear, CA
Get Hooked Dating Game Show    MC          Caesars, Lake Tahoe NV.
Ice Cube Concert                        MC          Mountbleu Casino, NV.
Snoop Dog Concert                    MC          Caesars, lake Tahoe NV.
All events, Holidays                    MC          Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, NV
Erotica Ball, Naughty New Year    MC          Grand Sierra Reno, NV.
Vans Triple Crown of Snow Tour    MC Mammoth,Northstar CA                   
Spring Blast                              MC          Squaw Valley, CA.
Mardi Gras Festival                    MC          Heineken, San Diego
Snow Bomb Series (3 yrs)              MC          Various Tahoe resorts

TRAINING & EDUCATION
Howard fine Acting Studio- (comprehensive 101, Scene Study, Alexander technique) David Cory (singing for actors) Arthur Joseph (Vocal Power), The Lion Newspaper (Lead Journalist) Lionize Art And Literary Magazine (Editor in-chief), Sierra Nevada College: English Journalism and Business Entrepreneur

SPECIAL SKILLS & ABILITIES
Languages: Spanish. Specialized: Director and Producer of Entertainment, Voiceover, Narration, Motivational Speaking. Athletic: Snowboarding, Skiing, Fitness Training and Nutrition, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Mountain Biking, Dance

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