Ashley Lyn Cafagna Bio

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Ashley Tesoro (born Ashley Lyn Cafagna; February 15, 1983) is an American actress, model and country music & Christian music singer. She is known for her starring roles in NBC's Saved by the Bell: The New Class (as Liz Miller) and CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful (as Kimberly Fairchild). In 2007 she released a country music EP on iTunes, Rhapsody, and several other online music stores.

Ashley Lyn Cafagna: Life and career

Tesoro was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the first of three children. She was raised in Escondido, California. At the age of six, she won several local beauty pageants. She was crowned "Little Miss California" at the age of nine. Tesoro started acting in a theater company called Christian Youth Theater. At the age of ten she entered a local talent contest in San Diego, California. After a long process of acting, modeling, and interviews, she took first place out of three hundred contestants. Her win placed her with an acting agent and manager.

Tesoro at 2006 CineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada

As a model Tesoro has worked for companies such as Radiosa Gowns, Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger to name a few. Tesoro has starred in commercial ads, and has been featured on the cover of magazines such as Teen Beauty Guide, Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, CBS Soaps In Depth, and Cross Point.

As a television actress Tesoro has appeared in NBC's Saved by the Bell: The New Class (as Liz Miller) for three seasons and CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful (as Kimberly Fairchild) for three years. She has had other small roles in 7th Heaven, Valley of the Dolls, Hey Arnold!, CBS Morning News, and has been a guest host for E!. She has presented the Daytime Emmy Awards, the Soap Opera Digest Awards, and was awarded "Best Newcomer on a Daytime Television Show" in Australia. Ashley was also named one of the "Fifty most Beautiful People" on television by Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly. Tesoro has also starred in eight films during her career, including The Skulls II.

While starring on The Bold and the Beautiful, executive-producer Bradley Bell incorporated singing into Ashley's character of Kimberly Fairchild. Ashley recorded several original songs and music videos for the show. One of these songs was premiered on KIIS-FM's Valentine Show. She is missed by her fans who dream of her coming back to The Bold and The bEautiful... In 2007 Ashley made her country music debut with a self-titled EP on Tesoro Records. The album was produced by Ron Aniello and mixed by Mike Shipley. Larry Eagle, band member in some recordings with Bruce Springsteen, played drums on two of the EP's tracks.

She is considered as one of the most beautiful women in the world...

Ashley Lyn Cafagna - Personal life

In September 2001 Ashley Cafagna married Anthony Tesoro, Jr., an investor and Christian minister. In 2005 she and her husband founded Tesoro Entertainment production company. In 2007, they launched Tesoro Entertainment's music label division, Tesoro Records.

Ashley grew up singing in the Christian Church. Tesoro and her husband are both Christian ministers and run the Tesoro Ministry Foundation, a non-profit foundation.