The 26-year-old "The Price Is Right" model, Manuela Arbelaez, has recently been the talk-of-the-town after she accidentally gave away a free car during the show's episode on Thursday. Though she was able to joke about her blooper on Twitter, it wasn't a laughing matter for her during the production of the episode.
So, who is Manuela Arbelaez? Here are 5 interesting scoops we compiled about the "Price Is Right" model.
1. Manuela Arbelaez is a Colombian-born model and actress. According to her "The Price Is Right" biography, Arbelaez is born in Medellin, Colombia but moved to the United States in 2006. In 2008, she became a finalist in "The Price Is Right" Model Search, which earned her the attention of show's producers. In 2009, Arbelaez was officially added to the show's roster of regular models.
2. Despite Arbelaez's mistake of exposing the answers to "Five Price Tags," the portion of the show that involves choosing the correct value of a car among five oversized tags, Fox News reported she wasn't reprimanded. She was not also fired from the show and the $21,960 wasn't deducted from her paycheck.
3. Manuela Arbelaez is the first Latina model on "The Price Is Right," Heavy.com revealed. In addition to her role on the show, she has appeared on television's "The Bold and the Beautiful" and in the film "Jack and Jill."
She was also featured in Diddy/Dirty Money's music video for "Loving You No More," and in Robin Thicke's "It's in the Mornin'." She also became a Trophy Model at the 54th Grammy Awards and was named by Complex Magazine as the top Hottest Game Show Eye Candy.
4. In line with her recent "The Price Is Right" mishap, Manuela Arbelaez revealed that the incident brought her to tears and she "wanted to go in a warmhole," New York Daily News cited. And while host Drew Carey was shocked, he thought it was the funniest thing ever. Arbelaez also said she thinks her mistake was the most expensive in the history of "The Price Is Right."
"I was in tears," she said. "I thought, 'Well, this is it.' I asked the producers, 'Am I going to be fired?' They started laughing and told me of course I wouldn't be fired."
"There have been small things like that over the years, but I think my mistake was the most expensive in the history of the show," Arbelaez added as the Daily Mail quoted.
5. Due to her antsy hands and scatterbrain, Manuela Arbelaez gave away a $21,960 Hyundai Sonata to a lucky contestant for free. The incident has since gone viral with over 10 million views.
I don't usually give expensive gifts, but when I do is a $21,960 CAR. #YoureWelcomeAndrea #WokeUpFeelingGenerous pic.twitter.com/cL84sZAGxG
— Manuela Arbelaez (@ManuelaArbelaez) April 2, 2015
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