Chantel Dubay

Chantel Dubay (born November 12, 1968 in Dearborn, Michigan, now known as Chantel Dubay-Beck) is a former American model and aspiring actress. She is best known for appearing as one of Barker's Beauties on The Price is Right from 1996 (officially)-September 20, 1999. She is occasionally credited (erroneously) as "Chantal Dubay".

Early Life/Career[]

Born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan. One of Chantel's first TV appearances (if not her very first) was in a 1993 episode (first aired on February 21st) of Married With Children titled "You Can't Miss" where she played a sexy, voluptuous character named Candy Lapinsky (she was credited as "Chantal Dubay").

Price is Right Audition & Later Return[]

One year later, Chantel auditioned to become the new Barker's Beauty on the television game show The Price is Right during it's 22nd season, replacing 18-year long veteran Dian Parkinson, who exited the series back in June 1993 (and the show's 21st season finale). Dubay made her tryout debut on (airdate) Wednesday, February 23, 1994 and continued on until the following Wednesday (March 2nd). Gena Lee Nolin, who made her tryout debut in May (the 3rd), was selected as the newest Barker's Beauty as announced on The Price is Right's 23rd Season Premiere show (airdate: September 12, 1994).

Gena only spent one full season as a Barker's Beauty on The Price is Right as she parted ways with the show after the first week of its 24th season, after she landed a contract role on Baywatch (that she auditioned for during a hiatus from Price). Her spot was rotated between Cindy Margolis and Annette Marroquin, both of whom also auditioned for the new Barker's Beauty roles back in the 22nd season. In late October 1995 (on the 27th), longtime model and fan favorite Holly Hallstrom was abruptly dismissed from the series and afterwards, it was then decided to downsize the number of Barker's Beauties from four to three.

With Holly and Gena gone, Cindy returned in early November 1995 and continued to appear on the show as a sub model over the next three months until late January 1996, plus two additional weeks in February. Chantel was invited back (beginning on January 26th) as she appeared for several episodes as a try out model. Mindy Kennedy Alvarez, who too auditioned back in Season 22, was also invited back to appear over a period of weeks along with newcomer Michele Smith and as well as longtime substitute model Kyle Aletter, marking her last-ever appearances as a Barker's Beauty, after 12 years.

On April 22, 1996 (airdate), Chantel was officially announced as the new, permanent Barker's Beauty (permanently replacing Gena) as she remained onboard with the show over the next four years until the start of the show's then-28th season in September 1999 when she decided to leave the show to pursue other career opportunities.

Price is Right Departure, Other TV Appearances & Later Career[]

Before her audition/debut on Price, Chantel appears in a 1989 horror film titled Rush Week, playing a character named Veronica.

In February 1993 (one year before auditioning to become the newest Barker's Beauty on TPiR & eventually becoming a permanent model herself), she appeared on an episode of the formerly popular hit FOX sitcom Married with Children called "You Can't Miss" as Candy Lapinsky (as mentioned earlier). She appears in the episode alongside future Politically Incorrect host Bill Maher, as Adam, the host of the (fictional) dating game show titled You Can't Miss. The episode originally aired of February 21, 1993.

On January 18, 1997, Chantel appeared on an episode of the entertainment news magazine show Access Hollywood in a segment called "daytime television".

In 1998, Chantel appears in an episode of the CBS series Martial Law called "Shanghai Express" alongside fellow "Barker's Beauties" Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley, host Bob Barker and announcer Rod Roddy (this was a brief appearance).

On (airdate) September 20, 1999, the start of the 28th season of The Price is Right, before the second segment of the season opener, host Bob Barker brings her out and announced that she has decided to part ways with the series after four years and allowed her to bid an on-camera fond farewell. Later in the broadcast, before the third segment, Barker introduced former Playboy centerfold Nikki Ziering to the home and studio audiences as she was announced as Chantel's permanent replacement from an off-camera audition that took place over the course of that summer break.

Prior to her departure from The Price is Right, in 1999, Chantel became engaged and later married to her fiancé-now-Husband Randy Beck, taking his last name. She is one of very few ex-models to have left the series on good terms. The others to have left on their own accord and good terms were Anitra Ford (who left in December 1976 to pursue a career in real estate & photography) and Gena Lee Nolin (who left in September 1995, after the first week of Season 24 as she landed a contract role on the television series Baywatch.

Chantel resurfaced three years later, in 2002, when she was interviewed for the E! channel's E! True Hollywood Story about The Price is Right this was believed to be her last televised appearance. As of today, she lives a quiet life away from the public eye and all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, with her husband Randy Beck (married to since 1999) and then their two children.