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Brooke
Burke never envisioned herself in the entertainment
industry. "When I was young, I wanted to do something
more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band,"
says Burke, whose French, Irish and Portuguese descent
make up her stunningly exotic look. While accompanying
a high school friend to a modeling agency in Scottsdale,
Arizona, Brooke was discovered by a talent scout who
happened to be there.
After
pursuing modeling near her hometown and going on to
win an acting scholarship, Burke moved to Los Angeles
where she studied broadcast journalism at UCLA. In between
classes during her first year at school, Burke signed
with the industry's highest profile agencies including
Ford, Wilhelmina, and Cunningham-Escott-Dipene. In addition
to gracing dozens of magazine covers, billboards, swimsuit
editorials, catalogues and posters, Burke has also starred
in a string of popular commercials. She is the "beautiful
body" in the Bally's Total Fitness commercials as well
as Yankee's shortstop, Derek Jeter's dream date for
Discover Card. Her other credits include Coca-Cola,
Anheuser-Busch, and M Professional Cosmetics.
Although
she kept busy and content with modeling, Burke took
an interview with E! Entertainment on the insistence
of a friend. The producers were looking for a real person
that could go to exotic locations, interact with the
people, and be spontaneous. Brooke had a very casual
meeting with them, which led to a trial show that they
all loved. Before she knew it, she had signed a three
year deal and was packing her suitcases.
Now,
rated the second highest show on the network, "Wild
On" continues to expose Brooke Burke to a variety of
cultures, people, food and personal challenges. "The
only thing I've refused to do is go on a lobster dive.
I have a bug phobia and they remind me too much of bugs,"
says Burke, whose introduction onto the show was a shoot
in Spain to participate in La Tomatina -- the tomato
war. "It's the world's largest food fight you can imagine
with forty thousand drunken Spaniards and one hundred
and twenty tons of tomatoes." "Wild On" airs six nights
a week at midnight, with two new segments a month premiering
on Saturdays at 11:00pm.
As
evidence of Burke's emerging popularity and fan base,
she gets the fourth most hits on E! Online (after Britney
Spears, Fashion Emergency and Howard Stern), and she
was recently selected as one of three women in the world
to be photographed for a 2002 At A Glance Calendar.
During
the fifteen days a month she spends at home in Los Angeles,
Brooke Burke enjoys doing pilates and yoga, taking long
walks, scuba diving, horseback riding, reading psychology
books, cooking holiday meals and going to see movies
and plays. She is also regularly volunteers her time
to work with such charitable organizations as Athletes
& Entertainers for Kids and the Entertainment Industry
Foundation.
Despite
her hectic schedule, however, Burke is obviously not
adverse to new challenges. "I never intended to make
the cross-over from modeling to hosting, let alone acting,
but when an incredible opportunity comes along, I'm
up for it." And the sky's the limit for this gorgeous
and talented ingenue for whom film, television and modeling
doors continue to open in her path.
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Brooke
Burke never envisioned herself in the entertainment industry.
"When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key,
like become a drummer in a rock band," says Burke, whose French,
Irish and Portuguese descent make up her stunningly exotic
look.
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