- At the age of 17, Rachel was persuaded by her aunt to try modelling and she travelled to New York where she was signed by the Ford agency. She later landed the Cover Girl cosmetics contract and became the spokesperson for the company. Rachel has appeared in a fitness video for Sports Illustrated and has produced her own fitness video with her trainer, Todd Person, as well as starring in a VH-1 exercise show called 'Body'. There has also been a TV documentary of her life entitled 'Rachel Hunter - Cover Girl'. Rachel is very famous in her native New Zealand and when one magazine put her face on the cover, sales of that issue increased by 10,000.
- Rachel was in "Stacy's Mom" music video by Fountains of Wayne.
- She appeared in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 & 2004.
- She has a tattoo on her tummy and lower back.