Bobbie Brown: What Happened to the Iconic ‘Cherry Pie’ Video Vixen?
Back in 1990, Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” was inescapable. With its comically risqué lyrics (spoiler alert: The song is not actually about baked goods!) and over-the-top music video starring model Bobbie Brown gamely dancing in a red bra top paired with barely-there denim cut-offs and red cowboy boots, the catchy hair-metal anthem made it to Billboard’s Top 10 and became the band’s signature song.
While the blonde beauty will always be known as the “Cherry Pie” girl, Brown was also in a number of other music videos, and when it comes to her experience as an early ’90s sex symbol, she’s an open book. Read on to learn about how the model landed her most famous gig and what she’s been up to since then.
From Southern beauty queen to MTV staple
Bobbie Brown got her start as a beauty queen, and was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA in 1987. She then won the spokesmodel competition on Star Search 13 times, becoming the most featured model on the show. She also appeared as a model for brands like Budweiser, and in 1988, when glam metal was at its height, she made her music video debut in Hurricane’s “I’m on to You.”
More music videos followed, and she appeared in Times Two’s “Cecilia” (1988), Great White’s “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” and “House of Broken Love” (both 1989) and Louie Louie’s “Sittin’ in the Lap of Luxury” (1990) in quick succession, but it was “Cherry Pie” that made her a star.
Warrant’s frontman, singer Jani Lane, personally requested that Brown appear in the “Cherry Pie” video after seeing her on Star Search, and soon enough the model and the rocker were an item. They married in 1991 and had a daughter, Taylar, the next year.
