Leeann Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia on June 13, 1973.

Fresh out of school, Leeann got a job at Hooters, and allegedly deferred her acceptance to Harvard in order to concentrate on modeling full-time. Finally, 2 years after moving out to Colorado, Leeann won the Venus International Model Search contest in 1992.

She graduated from Osbourn Park High School a year early, and deferred her acceptance to Harvard.

In 1995, Tweeden appeared on the television series EdenQuest. In 1996, she became a regular on the ESPN2 series Fitness Beach. She has appeared on several other series including Blue Torch, High Octane, Star Search, Toughman and Wild On.

Her most respectable and biggest break to date was her role on ESPN2's (the network that made Kiana Tom famous) Fitness Beach, in 1996.

In 1997, Leeann moved on to a whole new genre of posing, as the model for the lead character in the comic book, Coven 13, courtesy of No Mercy Comics.

An avid dirt bike rider and traveler, Leeann spends January and May of every year announcing Motocross events for Pace Motorsports.