Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971), known professionally as Brooke Burke-Charvet [1] is an American television personality, model, and occasional dancer, known for hosting Wild On! (1999–2002), Rock Star (2005–2006), for winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars and for co-hosting Dancing With the Stars starting in 2010 (Season 10).
Burke is the oldest of nine children born to Donna and George Burke.[citation needed] Burke is Jewish on her mother's side,and has Irish, French, and Portuguese ancestry. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She attended both Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High School in Tucson where she was homecoming queen in 1989, and later studied broadcast journalism at UCLA.[citation needed]
Burke first appeared nude during her early modeling career for the website BlueNudes, and most notably after gaining fame in the May 2001 and November 2004 issues of Playboy. She also appeared in men's magazines such as Maxim, Stuff, and FHM. In 2007, she was listed as one of Blender's hottest women of film and TV.
In 2001 Burke also competed in the TV show host edition of The Weakest Link where she was voted off in the second round.
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