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Mehgan Heaney-Grier (Mehgan Renee Heaney) was born on 26 August, 1977 in Duluth, Minnesota, is an A female model from Minnesota. Discover Mehgan Heaney-Grier's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?
Popular As |
Mehgan Renee Heaney |
Occupation |
Fashion model, free-diver |
Age |
46 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
Born |
26 August 1977 |
Birthday |
26 August |
Birthplace |
Duluth, Minnesota |
Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous model with the age 46 years old group.
Mehgan Heaney-Grier Height, Weight & Measurements
At 46 years old, Mehgan Heaney-Grier height is 1.75 m .
Physical Status |
Height |
1.75 m |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Mehgan Heaney-Grier's Wife?
His wife is Silas Binkley (m. 2010)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Silas Binkley (m. 2010) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Mehgan Heaney-Grier Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mehgan Heaney-Grier worth at the age of 46 years old? Mehgan Heaney-Grier’s income source is mostly from being a successful model. He is from United States. We have estimated Mehgan Heaney-Grier's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
model |
Mehgan Heaney-Grier Social Network
Timeline
Mehgan Heaney-Grier (born Mehgan Renee Heaney; August 26, 1977) is an American champion freediver, fashion model, actress, conservationist, and TV personality.
Heaney-Grier was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Bill and Renee Heaney.
Her parents divorced when she was six years old.
When she was eleven years old her mother remarried to Nelson Grier and in the summer of 1989, Heaney-Grier, along with her sister Erin, mother and new stepfather moved to the Florida Keys.
When she was 16 years old, she legally changed her last name to Heaney-Grier.
In the late 1990s, Heaney-Grier partnered with her diving trainers, Manny Puig and Mark Rackley (who was at the time also Heaney-Grier's boyfriend), filming underwater encounters with animals such as alligators and sharks.
Rackley had worked as a spearfisherman and underwater videographer, and Puig had experience as an animal handler on movie sets and had learned how to ride and handle alligators in their environment.
Together with Heaney-Grier, they formed a company named Extreme Encounters, and the footage they produced led to the Animal Planet series titled Extreme Contact.
The 20-episode series featured the trio in cage-free encounters with sharks, alligators and other aquatic wildlife.
They also worked on a USA Network one-hour special titled "Deep Diver: Tiger Shark Odyssey".
In 1996 at the age of 18 Heaney-Grier established the first constant weight free-diving record in the United States with a dive to 155 ft on a single breath of air.
The following year she beat her own record with a dive to 165 ft, When she set her second US record, the women's world record for free diving was 204.5 ft.
In 1998 Heaney-Grier captained the first United States Freediving Team to compete in the World Cup Freediving Championships held in Sardinia, Italy.
In 1999 Heaney-Grier had a guest-starring role as a free-diver on an episode of Baywatch, and a starring role on a UPN movie of the week, Avalon:Beyond the Abyss, produced by Viacom Productions.
Heaney-Grier has been a featured guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, London's TFI Friday, Primetime Live with Anderson Cooper and Ripley's Believe it or Not.
In 2000, Heaney-Grier was inducted as part of the inaugural roster into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.
Heaney-Grier has modeled for, and been featured in, numerous catalogs and magazines including People, Outside, Life, Vogue Japan, Abercrombie & Fitch.
She has also been a public relations ambassador for Omega Watches.
In 2002, Heaney-Grier went on to other projects.
In 2003, Heaney-Grier was sought by the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gore Verbinski, to perform an underwater stunt for Keira Knightley.
Heaney-Grier has also performed underwater stunts, including scuba diving, free diving and working with sharks, as a stunt double for Jessica Alba and Ashley Scott in Into the Blue, and for actress Olivia Wilde in Turistas.
Heaney-Grier was featured in the books A Family of Women by Carolyn Jones.
and Freedive! by Terry Maas and David Sipperly,
Heaney-Grier also hosted Saturn's Gravity Files, covering the Gravity Games in 2004, and the Mad Fin Shark Series for ESPN in 2008.
Heaney-Grier married Silas Binkley on June 6, 2010.
For seven years she has been the guardian of a rescued wolf-dog hybrid named Rontu, and they are in the process of becoming a registered team for animal-assisted therapy work.
Heaney-Grier graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011 with both a B.A. degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a B.A. in Anthropology.
They have one child together, Cash, born 2013.
In 2015 Heaney-Grier co-starred as a member of a 5-person exploration team on the reality show Treasure Quest: Snake Island, which documents the search for the legendary Treasure of the Trinity on Snake Island, Brazil.