Nicole Alexander is an American reality TV star who became famous after she won the first season of the VH1 reality television show, Flavor of Love in 2006. In 2008, she consolidated on that when she emerged as the winner of I Love Money, another reality television game show that also aired on VH1.
More than the foregoing, she is also an actress with credits in at least 15 projects. She describes herself as a digital creator and based on reports that claim she is signed to three different model agencies, one could as well assert that the I Love Money star is a model.
A Detroit native of mixed ethnicity, Nicole’s love life is probably among the things that popularized her name. Over the years, she has been in a relationship with several popular men, including Flavor Flav, Slim Thug, T.I., Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal, and most recently, Lucky Whitehead.
Before Whitehead, it was rumored sometime in 2010 that the reality TV star had something to do with Blac Chyna. That must have left many wondering if the reality TV star is bisexual as neither Nicole nor Blac commented on this. In all, Nicole’s love life hasn’t been as successful as her career but she has a lot to be thankful for.
Profile Summary of Nicole Alexander
- Full Name: Nicole Deannae Alexander
- Nickname: Hoopz and Nikki
- Gender: Female
- Date of Birth: July 12, 1982
- Nicole Alexander’s Age: 41 Years Old
- Ethnicity: African and Italian American
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Single
- Nicole Alexander’s Siblings: Kortnee, Meagan, Jenni, and Erika Alexander
- Nicole Alexander’s Height in Inches: 5 Feet 2 Inches
- Nicole Alexander’s Height in Centimetres: 157 cm
- Nicole Alexander’s Weight: 48 kg
- Body Measurements in Inches: 34-24-36 Inches
- Body Measurements in Centimeters: 86-61-91 cm
- Nicole Alexander’s Net Worth: $5 Million
- Famous For: Career as Reality TV Star and Actress
- Nicole Alexander’s Instagram: therealhoopz
- Twitter: @TheRealHoopz
- Facebook: @therealhoopz
The 41 Years Old Born In Detroit, Michigan Is of African and Italian Descent
Since Hoopz, as she is fondly called, stormed the limelight through contesting on the aforementioned VH1 reality television shows, people have been quite curious about everything from her early life to her family background and whatnot. The TV star is from Detroit, Michigan, where she was born and bred.
You wouldn’t search hard to find that she was born on the 12th of July 1983. She was born into a large family as she has at least four siblings. Hers is a biracial family as her father is an African American whereas her mother is Italian American.
Much is yet to be learned about the kind of upbringing she had but Nicole once related that she was a tomboy growing up. Moreso, reports have it that she and her siblings were raised by a single parent, most likely her mother. She had her high school education at Woodhaven High School, a public high school located in Brownstown, Michigan.
Given that she described herself as a tomboy, it comes as no surprise that she played basketball for her high school team. Reports have it that Nicole is not college-educated; that she didn’t further her education after high school.
Before she became famous and focused on building a career in the entertainment industry, she reportedly worked as an agent in the Transportation Security Administration Department of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Nicole didn’t aspire to have a career in entertainment but somehow found herself as one of the competitors in the VH1 dating game reality show starring Flavor Flav. She became known as the Hoopz on the show which revolved around finding love for Flavor. She won the show and it paved the way for her to get into acting and modeling.
What Happened to Nicole Alexander After She Won The First Season of Flavor of Love?
The simple answer to that is that she started acting and modeling. Hoopz has come a long way since she triumphed over 20 contestants to win the first season of Flavor of Love. As much of her wasn’t seen in subsequent seasons, fans of the show started wondering what she had been up to, especially as she broke up with Flavor Flav not long after the show ended. Well, emerging as the winner of the VH1 show in March 2006 gained Nicole Alexander lots of attention that helped her penetrate the showbiz industry as a model and as an actress.
In 2008, Nicole took part in another VH1 reality show titled I Love Money. A spin-off of Flavor of Love and other shows, it had competitors engage each other in a series of mental and physical challenges for a grand prize of $250,000. Nicole again won the first season of the show and it helped her consolidate on the progress she was making in showbiz. In her own words, the show changed her life forever. She invested part of the money she won and used some to uplift her family.
She Now Mostly Works As An Actress and Producer
Although it seems her days as a model are over, Nicole Alexander, apart from acting, leverage her good looks to explore modeling opportunities. She worked as a model with several modeling agencies, including Eye Candy Modeling.
Based on her IMDB page, one could conclude that she made her acting debut in 2006 when she played an uncredited role as a Girl Outside Houseboat in Puff, Puff, Pass, a comedy film directed by Mekhi Phifer. The following year, she was seen in the Wouldn’t Get Far music video of The Game and Kanye West. Her first major acting role, if we are not mistaken, was as Isha Powell in The Gift, a 2010 drama film directed by J. Jesses Smith.
That same year, she was seen as Slimm’s Love Interest in Ghetto Stories and as a Reporter in Convicted. The latter is a short drama film written by Alonzo Cook and directed by Chase Jackson whereas the former is a drama film directed by John McDougall. Her next acting role was in 2014 when she portrayed Collette alongside Frank Andrus Jr. and Kristian Bernard in Basketball Girlfriend, a drama film directed by Jean-Claude La Marre.
In 2018, Nicole played Maria in Dennis L. Reed II’s action drama film, First Lady, opposite Kristin Clarke and Demaris Harvey. She reprised the role in 2019’s First Lady II: Maria’s Revenge and 2021’s First Lady 3. Before the latter, she was seen as Donyale Thomas alongside Marian Berry (Kenny Stanford), Torrei Hart (Rita Robinson), and Benzino (Meko) in Turnt, a 2020 drama film written and directed by Mann Robinson.
In 2021, Nicole Alexander also played Mercedes in Against the Ropes, a TV mini-series that stars Mary Liz Adams, Jackie Adragna, and Shane Alden respectively as Mirror Girl, Mel, and Shane LaNay. It was also in the same year that she pulled off her role as Kima in Dymez, an action-comedy, drama film directed by Donald Bolton and Darren Brown.
As of January 2020, the works she has in the pipeline include Stay Fly wherein she played Leslie, Circumstances 3 wherein she portrayed Agent Miraflores, and The Regiment wherein she would be seen as Mary. She is co-producing Stay Fly and The Regiment which are her first works in that capacity.
- Flavor of Love (2006)
- Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
- I Love Money (2008)
- The Gift (2010)
- Convicted (2010)
- Ghetto Stories (2010)
- Chronicle (2011)
- Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain (2011)
- Celebrity Motor Homes (2013)
- Basketball Girlfriend (2014)
- First Lady (2018)
- First Lady II: Maria’s Revenge (2019)
- Trunt (2020)
- First Lady 3 (2021)
- Dymez (2021)
- Against the Ropes (2021)
- Stay Fly (2022)
- Circumstances 3 (2022)
- The Regiment
Nicole Alexander’s Net Worth Is Currently Estimated at $5 Million
As far as the public knows, the first major source of income for the reality TV star was from her work as an agent of the Transportation Security Administration of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Her earning power surged in 2006 when she contested in the Flavor of Love show and won the $250,000 prize. As stated early, Nicole invested a large chunk of the money and it went a long way in helping her attain financial freedom, or at least something close to that.
The VHI show changed Alexander’s life in no small manner. The popularity she gained for the shows afforded her the affront to getting into acting and modeling which both became a big source of income for her. As a model, she got to feature in prominent publications like STUFF Magazine and Boston Magazine.
Even though what she has been able to make from her modeling career is not known to the public, there is no doubt it is a significant amount considering the fact she worked with multiple modeling agencies in a go.
From the list of her movies and TV shows listed above, no one should be told that being an actress and television personality has been financially rewarding to Nicole Alexander and the major source of her wealth at the moment. In all, the Detroit native is an enterprising woman with multiple sources of income.
Therefore, it is hardly a surprise that her net worth is estimated at $5 million. Nicole, as discussed above, has spread her wings from acting to producing. If that persists, then it is only natural to expect that her net worth would increase in a few years to come.
Lucky Whitehead Is The Last Known Boyfriend of The Actress
Who Nicole Alexander is dating at the moment is among the things people have been striving to learn about the reality TV star. Although Nicole had always been open about her love life, this doesn’t seem to be the case of late and it has only fueled the curiosity about it.
While it is believed in some quarters that she is currently single, it has also been claimed that she is still dating Lucky Whitehead whom she reportedly started seeing in 2017. If that’s the case, then the couple must have decided to keep the relationship away from the limelight as nothing suggests that they are still together.
In January 2019, TMZ reported that Whitehead was pursuing a romance with Katt Williams’ ex-girlfriend, Hazel-E. It was said that they were seen wining and dining; after which they partied all night at Whitehead’s hometown – Manassas, Virginia. It is hard to imagine he would be doing that if he was still dating Nicole.
In all, it is only safe to assert that details of what happened between Nicole and Lucky are best known to them. The only thing we can confirm is that they are/were lovers even though Nicole is a decade older. Rodney Darnell “Lucky” Whitehead Jr. was born on the 2nd of June 1992, so he is 31 years old whereas the actress is 41.
Lucky is an American professional football wide receiver who began his career as an undrafted free agent signed by the Dallas Cowboys following the 2015 NFL Draft. He currently plays in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions.
Meet Nicole Alexander’s Famous Ex-Boyfriends
The reality TV star cum actress has had quite a busy love life; such that has seen him date multiple famous men, mostly athletes and rappers. But none of her relationships led to a marriage, although one came close to that.
Flavor Flav (2006)
Nicole Alexander must have dated other men but as far as the public knows, her first boyfriend was Flavor Flav whom she briefly dated in 2006. Flav, born as William Jonathan Drayton Jr. in Roosevelt, New York, on the 16th of March 1959 is an American rapper and hype man.
He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1985 when he co-founded Public Enemy, a hip hop group with Chuck D. The group has thus far dropped 15 studio albums in an extensive body of work that includes four video albums and four compilation albums. Apart from his music career, the rapper is also a reality TV star.
Over the year, he has starred in reality series like Strange Love, The Surreal Life, and Flavor of Love. If we are not mistaken, it was on the set of the latter that he met Nicole and they began dating. The chemistry between the two was so real that people believed they would go a long way as lovers, but this didn’t happen. The two parted ways shortly after the show came to an end, they only dated for a few months and it had people wondering if they were lovers in real life or if it was all a show.
Why Did Nicole Alexander and Flavor Flav Break Up?
Nicole confirmed in one of her interviews that what they had was real. According to her, all the things people witnessed between her and Flav on the reality show were real. Adding that they traveled together to London, the actress related that they have been “super cool friends” since their relationship packed up.
She didn’t disclose why they parted ways but it is probably because of the massive age gap between them. Flavor Flav is 54 years old, 23 years older than Nicole. The actress stated that she still loves the rapper, adding that she would always respect him for changing her life.
Slim Thug (2006)
Slim Thug’s original name is Stayve Jerome Thomas and he is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He has been a part of the entertainment industry since 1998 but only gained mainstream recognition in 2004 following his contribution to “Still Tippin”, a hit single by fellow rapper Mike Jones.
The rapper has been linked to several women since his relationship with LeToya Luckett-Walker fell apart in 2002. In 2006, around the time it became clear that Nicole is no longer dating Flavor Flav, it was reported that she was pursuing a relationship with Slim Thug. But it seems nothing serious happened between the two: whatever they had, began and ended in May 2006.
Dwyane Wade (2006)
Dwyane Wade is an American former professional basketball player. Owing to his attainments in the sport, he is considered one of the NBA’s greatest players of all time. The three-time NBA champion participated in the All-Star game 13 times and was the NBA scoring champion of 2009, amongst other career accomplishments.
He has been married to actress Gabrielle Union since 2014. Before her, he was married to his high school girlfriend Siohvaughn Funches. It is hard to think of a time when Wade was single, he was involved with multiple women, including Aja Metoyer with whom he fathered a son, and Nicole Alexander before he got married to his second wife.
Wade and Nicole were said to be lovers in June 2006 when he was still married to his first wife. Nothing serious came out of the relationship as it soon became clear that rapper T.I. was the one dating the reality TV star.
T.I. (2006 – 2010)
T.I. is an American rapper, record executive, producer, and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. He is counted amongst the highest-selling hip-hop artists of all time and has received many of the most coveted awards in the business; including three Grammy wins out of 19 nominations.
His body of work includes eleven studio albums and four extended plays. T.I. has been active since 1999 and all through the years, he has been romantically linked to numerous women; from Bernice Burgos to Jasmin Jaye, Nia Long, Eve, LeToya Luckett-Walker, Lashon Dixon, Chynna Lee, Vanessa Toledo, Mimi Faust, and more.
Nicole Alexander happens to be one of the women T.I. has been with; it is believed that they dated from 2006 to 2010 when the rapper got married to his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, whom he had been dating since 2001.
Details of what went down between the two are hard to come by but their relationship was quite messy as other women were in the picture, including Tiny whom T.I. eventually married. According to some reports, Nicole’s relationship with T.I. was among the things that delayed his marriage to Tiny.
Shaquille O’Neal (2010 – 2013)
A former professional basketball player who now works as a sports analyst, Shaq, is also a rapper and a DJ known as DIESEL. The 7 feet 1-inch tall basketball player is considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time and it is pretty easy to see why this is so. He is a four-time NBA champion who was named to the All-NBA First Team eight times and participated in the All-Star game 15 times before he retired.
Shaquille O’Neal has a big appatite for women. Even though he has only been married to Shaunie Nelson with whom he has four kids, he has been romantically linked to Ananda Lewis, Arnetta Yardbourgh, Cindy Crawford, Karrine Steffans, Dominica Westling, Trina, Laticia Rolle, and Annie Ilonzeh. From 2010 to 2013, Nicole was the love of his life and their relationship was spicey. It blossomed with many promises as they moved in together at O’Neal’s home in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and soon got engaged.
While people anticipated for them to announce the date of their wedding, it emerged that they had fallen apart. In an interview, Nicole related that they grew apart after she decided to slow things down a bit and rediscover herself as she was losing her identity. According to her, this was not because Shaq overshadowed her but because she kind of made him her essence. “…My focus became him and I still had a career to uphold…,” she said.
Ovince Saint Preux (2014 – 2016)
Ovince is a Haitian-American professional mixed martial artist from Immokalee, Florida. He currently competes in the light heavyweight division of the UFC but that’s not where his professional career began. Following an undefeated amateur MMA record of 5 – 0, Preux made his professional debut in a fight against Rodney Wallace at VFC 1; this was in 2008. He joined Strikeforce in June 2010 and then made his UFC debut in 2013 after Zuffa, the parent company of Strikeforce closed the organization.
When Ovince met Nicole Alexander and how they fell in love isn’t a story known to the public, we can only confirm that they began dating sometime in 2014 and parted ways in late 2016. Just as how their relationship began, what led to its demise is best known to the two. In one of her interviews, Hoopz said she wasn’t looking for a relationship and was determined to focus on herself and her career when she met Ovince. The UFC fighter made the reality TV star give love another shot and while it lasted, she was happy about it.
