Modeling and acting Allemand began modeling early, and as a baby she appeared in
Johnson & Johnson ads and as a
Gerber Baby. As a teenager, Allemand initially never thought about a career in modeling. However, at 19 she began modeling after she was asked to enter a
swimsuit competition that she won. She is best known for appearing as a swimsuit model in
Maxim in 2007. The following year Allemand placed first in the bikini short class of the NPC Arnold Amateur Championships. In addition to modeling, Allemand worked for the modeling and creative-fields consultancy Dream It Make It. Nevertheless, Allemand took acting classes in high school and at
Hartford College. In 2010, she was selected to play a role in an upcoming film produced by
Brett Ratner on the life of actor
Gianni Russo. She was cast to play the supporting role of actress
Ava Gardner. Russo cast her for the role saying, "Gia looks a lot like Ava, but it's really the passion that she had that convinced me to cast her."
Television Allemand's work in television began when she was selected as a cast member on ABC's reality show
The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love, season 14 of
The Bachelor series, which first aired on January 4, 2010. The show placed her with 24 other women all contending for the affection of pilot
Jake Pavelka. She was the second to the last contestant eliminated by Pavelka. On February 18, 2010, Allemand appeared on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she discussed her life after being on
The Bachelor. Afterwards, Allemand joined the cast of ABC's
Bachelor spinoff,
Bachelor Pad. The show premiered August 9, 2010, on ABC. Allemand cited an existing relationship as the reason she refused to participate in the show's "kissing contest" game which led to her elimination in the third episode. Allemand appeared in the episodic short film
Ghost Trek: The Kinsey Report, a horror-comedy about a paranormal reality show, in which Allemand plays the role of producer Shawna Leibowitz. == Personal life ==