Claudia Opdenkelder

Other Facts:

**Claudia's middle name is Marie.
**Claudia has meet almost everyone from Mandy Moore to Brad Pitt.
**Claudia is also friends with the guys from 'N Sync.
**Claudia was the most-liked Backstreet Girlfriend.
**Claudia and Howie are still friends. Howie still keeps in contact with Claudia's family.
**Claudia is dating a 23-year-old car salesmen who also lives in Toronto.
**Claudia still shows her support for Howie by going to concerts whenever she can.

Sightings:

  • May 18, 1999:
    Claudia was with Howie in New York to help celebrate the release of Millennium at the launch party. Here's some pictures of her arriving and leaving:

  • September 9, 1999:
    She was seen hanging out with Amanda (going shopping, etc) while in New York for the 1999 MTV VMAs. They seemed to having a great time. Claudia attended the VMAs, but didn't sit with Howie (so those of you thinking that was her sitting beside him, you're wrong. That was his sister, Pollyanna). Sometimes during the show, she sat next to Amanda, but I think she sat in the back most of the time.

  • October 16, 2000:
    Claudia was at the concert held at the MGM Grand Hotel. I went with a friend and after the concert we were walking around hoping to catch some of the Boys. We caught Howie gambling at a Craps table with Claudia looking on. We decided not to bother them, but we did run into them later. Claudia was really nice.

  • October 18, 1999:
    Claudia went with Howie to the VH1 Fairway To Heaven golf tournament at the Las Vegas Country Club. Here's a picture of her sitting behind AJ in a golf cart:

  • November 6, 7, or 8, 1999:
    Claudia was with Kevin's girlfriend, Kristin, and Howie's brother, John, at one of the Detroit concerts. The fans that got the chance to meet her said that she was really nice. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.

  • November 10, 11, 12, 1999:
    Claudia is everywhere. She was at the concerts in Canada and. She was there to be with Howie and support him in touring with the Backstreet Boys. She spent a lot of time with him when the Boys were in Toronto since that's where she is from.

  • November 14, 1999:
    Claudia was at the Buffalo, NY concert. She was traveling with Howie for a short time.

  • December 6, 1999:
    Claudia was at the Ft. Lauderdale concert on December 6th with AJ's girlfriend, Amanda and Nick's girlfriend, Mandy. Of course, she was totally friendly towards the fans.

  • December 8, 1999:
    Claudia was happily sitting by Howie's side at the 1999 Billboard Awards. She sat by Amanda at one point during the show (when Kathy Griffth was sitting in Kevin's lap) and was smiling into the camera. Here's a couple pictures of her in the audience:

  • December 16, 17, 18, 1999:
    Claudia was at the video shoot for the Boys' latest video, "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely", in Los Angeles. Her and Howie were also seen running around LA.

  • March 26, 2000:
    Claudia attended the Oscars with Howie in Los Angeles. I've gotten word from a friend of hers that she and Howie are still dating.

  • March 27, 2000:
    Claudia was at the "Johnny No-Name" concert in Los Angeles with Howie. It seems that Claudia and Howie are together. But who is Minda??

    Various News/Statements on Claudia:

    Little Extras

    Here are some pictures Claudia has taken as a model.

    Here's a picture of Claudia arriving at one of the Boys hotels.

    Here's Claudia at a couple Backstreet Boys concerts.

    This is Claudia getting into someone's car (probably Howie's).

    Here's Howie and Claudia taking a picture with the kid from Jerry McGuire

    The picture on the left is Claudia with Mandy Moore and the picture on the right is Claudia with Mariah Carey.

    My Opinion of Claudia

    I liked Claudia the minute I talked to her. She was extremely nice and willing to talk to any Backstreet Fan. She's like a female Howie, that's how sweet she is. I talked to her a Johnny No Name concert in Los Angeles, and she was there to support AJ. She introduced herself as Howie's ex-girlfriend. But given that they're still friends, I think she wanted to see Howie also that night. But she was really cool and posed for some pictures with some of the fans. I really liked her a lot.

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