Karen "Duff" Duffy (born May 23, 1962) is an American writer, model,
television personality, and actress. She is a certified hospital
chaplain, a former Coney Island Mermaid Queen, one of People
Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In 1995, Duffy was
diagnosed with a rare form of the disease sarcoidosis called
neurosarcoidosis. Since then, she's written two books about her
experience living with chronic pain and is a member of the Alliance
for the Ethical Treatment of Pain Patients.Duffy was born in New York
City, the daughter of Carol, a homemaker, and Phil, a developer. She
was raised Catholic, and is of Irish descent. She attended Park Ridge
High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. She
received a bachelor's degree in recreational therapy from the
University of Colorado at Boulder.By 1989, Duffy was modeling and
appearing in television commercials. She was a VJ for MTV in the early
1990s, under the name "Duff." She had small roles in a handful of
films including Dumb and Dumber and Blank Check, and by 1995 was
working as a correspondent for documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on
his television shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. She also was a
Revlon "Charlie Girl" as well as the face of Almay Cosmetics, and
co-hosted the pay-per-view television event, Elvis: The Tribute from
the Memphis Pyramid in 1994 with Kris Kristofferson.In 2006, Duffy
hosted House of Tiny Terrors on TLC. On July 7, 2007, she appeared on
the Live Earth telecast on the Bravo Channel as a co-host at Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
television personality, and actress. She is a certified hospital
chaplain, a former Coney Island Mermaid Queen, one of People
Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In 1995, Duffy was
diagnosed with a rare form of the disease sarcoidosis called
neurosarcoidosis. Since then, she's written two books about her
experience living with chronic pain and is a member of the Alliance
for the Ethical Treatment of Pain Patients.Duffy was born in New York
City, the daughter of Carol, a homemaker, and Phil, a developer. She
was raised Catholic, and is of Irish descent. She attended Park Ridge
High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. She
received a bachelor's degree in recreational therapy from the
University of Colorado at Boulder.By 1989, Duffy was modeling and
appearing in television commercials. She was a VJ for MTV in the early
1990s, under the name "Duff." She had small roles in a handful of
films including Dumb and Dumber and Blank Check, and by 1995 was
working as a correspondent for documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on
his television shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. She also was a
Revlon "Charlie Girl" as well as the face of Almay Cosmetics, and
co-hosted the pay-per-view television event, Elvis: The Tribute from
the Memphis Pyramid in 1994 with Kris Kristofferson.In 2006, Duffy
hosted House of Tiny Terrors on TLC. On July 7, 2007, she appeared on
the Live Earth telecast on the Bravo Channel as a co-host at Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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