By appearing in the 1999 James Bond short story "Midsummer Night's Doom" by Raymond Benson (in which 007 visits the Playboy Mansion), Dergan has the distinction of being the first real person (rather than an Actress playing a non-fictional character) ever to be awarded the status of Bond girl, as she has a relationship with Bond in the story.
She co-starred in the film The Arena with fellow Playmate Karen McDougal in 2001.
She served as the co-host with Ken Ober on the USA Network game show Smush. In 2003, she hosted the reality wedding competition Race to the Altar, which featured wedding and lifestyle guru Colin Cowie.
In 2008, Dergan married baseball player Scott Podsednik, but divorced in Spring of 2017. She previously dated film Director Michael Bay.
