offer to be photographed for Playboy. The photos were posted exclusively for viewing on the magazine's website, Playboy Plus. Commenting about her pictorial Monk said, "Marilyn Monroe did Playboy. It's an iconic brand, and let's get real... You only live once and I don't plan on dieting forever... I miss pizza too much!" Personal life Monk was engaged to American guitarist Benji Madden, but the couple split up in February 2008. In February 2010, Monk was photographed in a wheelchair following a car crash in Los Angeles. In January 2011, Monk announced her engagement to Jimmy Esebag. A few months later Monk announced on Chelsea Lately that she had separated from Esebag. In 2013, Monk revealed she has had a stalker who wanted to kill her. "He thought he could hear me screaming in the corner of his hospital room and thought I wanted to die. So I wrote to him and told him I was fine," she said. In October 2017, after completion of The Bachelorette Australia, Monk began a steady relationship with the winner, Stu Laundy. In January 2018, she broke off the relationship by announcing it on Instagram. In 2018, Monk was diagnosed with endometriosis at the age of 38. In 2022, Sophie Monk married Joshua Gross in a secret ceremony at their New South Wales home after being in a relationship since 2018. Discography Albums Singles Miscellaneous Filmography Film Television Music videos References External links 1979 births Living people Australian film actresses English emigrants to Australia Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Musicians from Gold Coast, Queensland People educated at MacGregor State High School 21st-century Australian actresses The Apprentice Australia candidates The Apprentice (franchise) winners Monk, Sophie Bardot (Australian band) members Bachelor Nation contestants 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers Australian female models