Re: Angelica Bridges as the American Express Virtual Reality Dream Woman

[Murdoc]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:49:07 -0800 (PST), TMC wrote:

> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angelica-Bridges-as-the-American-Express-VR-Dream-Woman/400637080016443?fref=ts
>
> About
> http://www.advertolog.com/american-express/adverts/virtual-reality-503455/
>
> Biography
> AMERICAN EXPRESS - VIRTUAL REALITY Banking AMERICAN EXPRESS
> Advertising Agency:OGILVY & MATHER USA Creative Director:RICK BOYKO
> Copywriter:JIM JENKINS Art Director:KEVIN KEARNS Agency
> Producer:BRENDAN O'MALLEY Account Supervisor:PETER INTERMAGGIO
> Advertiser's Supervisor:JOHN HAYES Production Company:PROPAGANDA/
> SATELLITE FILMS USA Director:DAVID KELLOGG Music: Artist/Title:CRAIG
> SNYDER<br>A man finds happiness dancing in the arms of a red-haired
> beauty until purchasing the virtual reality machine that produced her
> puts him above his Visa card limit. American Express has no pre-set
> limits. VIRTUAL REALITY | 1998 | Bronze Lion
>
> Awards http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/27/business/fi-16964
>
> Advertiser: American Express
>
> * Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, New York
>
> * Producer: Propaganda Films, Los Angeles
>
> * The Ad: A man's romantic fantasy is shattered when a store clerk
> yanks a virtual reality device from him, because the man, a Visa card
> user, is over his credit limit.
>
> * Trivia: The spot is one in a series of Visa-bashing ads that helped
> actor Raymond O'Connor, the hapless Visa user, land a role in the film
> "My Giant."
> Personal Information http://www.angelicabridges.com/about.php
>
> Angelica is a former “Miss Missouri Teen” and was attending UCLA
> majoring in communications when she pursued a contract to perform and
> sing in a band called the “Brooke Sisters”, traveling as far as China,
> Hong Kong and Japan where she was singing in venues for 20,000 fans a
> night.
>
> After her international concert tour, she was discovered singing at
> Universal Studios in Orlando by modeling giant John Casablancas. She
> then signed with one of the top modeling agencies in the world “Elite”
> and began starring in several highly recognizable commercial and print
> campaigns in the US, Europe and Japan. She can easily be remembered as
> Troy Aikman’s girlfriend in the “Brut Cologne” campaign. She can also
> be seen in the Emmy nominated spot for “American Express” where she
> plays a modern day Ginger Rodgers. She also landed a 3-year contract
> with “Clairol”, was the spokesperson and commercial regular for
> “Bally’s Fitness”, she graced print and personal appearances in a
> campaign for the “UFC” and co-starred with Kevin Costner in a print
> and television campaign for ‘Valverde” across Europe. She has starred
> in over a dozen additional national television commercials and super
> bowl spots which include, Pepsi, Doritos, Toyota, Hanes, Tab Energy
> Drink, Pontiac, Diet Coke, Borden’s, Miller Lite, Nivea and Lexus just
> to name a few. She continues to grace magazine covers around the world
> and has appeared on the cover of FHM, GQ, Esquire, Playboy, British
> Maxim, Italian Maxim, German Maxim,American Photo, Las Vegas Magazine,
> TV Guide, American Health and Fitness, Amica and Healthy Living.
>
> Personal Interests https://twitter.com/angelicabridges
>
> Contact Info
> Website http://www.tvspots.tv/video/6484/AMERICAN-EXPRESS--VIRTUAL-REALITY

Oddly not mentioned: the fact that she *posed nude in* Playboy.

Rowr.