IPhoto upgrade and photo missing!!!!!!!!!

I got an automatic upgrade request for iPhoto and I allowed the upgrade. NOW MY PHOTOS ARE GONE!! Someone please tell me what happened. It never asked me if I wanted to delete or anything. Where did my images go??? This is so frustrating!!!!!!

Iphoto '11 version 9.2.1
iMac - mac os x - version 10.6.8
I simply was asked if I wanted to check for updates. I said yes and allowed it to update. Then when I went back in to iphoto...all of my images were missing except for my last import. Everything was gone.
My hard drive is brand new. My imac quit working after a few month of purchasing it and Apply replaced my hard drive just a few eeks ago. i have yet to back it up. I simply imported photos from my previous laptop and from my iphone (where important video of my kids were). When I went back in to import something else...I noticed everything was gone.
No error messages. Nothing. Just gone.
I looked in the trash. Nothing.
I have tried looking in a few folders, but I am hoping I am just looking in the wrong place.
I am very frustrated and baffled. Especially after having months of trouble already with my previous issue with my hard drive. This hard drive is brand new and should not have any problems.

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I'm re-posting the answer to this problem so I can show it has been answered:
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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