By | November 21 2012 10:47 AM

Brandi Cochran, a former “Price Is Right” model, who filed a lawsuit against the show’s producers over claims she was discriminated against because she was pregnant has been awarded nearly $777,000.Cochran, 41, claimed that when she attempted to return to the show in 2010 after taking a maternity leave, she was told there was no longer a position for her. Defense attorneys for the producers said that they had been satisfied with the five models who were working on the show at the time that Cochran sought reemployment. The show is jointly produced by Freemantle Media North America and the Price Is Right Productions.