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Kelly Brook ( Kelly Ann Parsons ) was born on 23 November 1979 in Rochester, Kent, England, UK. She is s an English model, actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and Playboy model. Brook was born and grew in Rochester, Kent, England. Her mother name is Sandra who is a cooker and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder. She has one younger brother, Damian and an older-sister Sasha. Kenneth was dies at the age of 52 in Rochester due to lung cancer on November 26 2007, during Brook's time in Strictly Come Dancing. Brook attended The Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester, then She was studied in Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts in London for three years before becoming a professional model

She started his career at 16 and winning some beauty competitions, later she worked in some advertising companies like Foster's Lager, Renault Megane, Walkers crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. A poll over 5k Women for Grazia magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She was also on the top of the FHM for 100 Sexiest Women in the world list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15M people. Her ranked was on 34th in 2008, 67th in 2009 and 7th in 2010. She was the star cover of FHM, on World Cup 2010 special issue, and was also in the cover of the magazine in April 2011.

Brook was born and raised in Rochester, Kent, England.[1] She is the daughter of Sandra, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder. She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha.[1] Kenneth died aged 57 in Rochester from lung cancer[2] on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on Strictly Come Dancing.[3]

Brook attended The Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester. She then studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London for three years before becoming a professional model.[4]

Brook's modelling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, in which she was entered by her mother.[1] She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including for Foster's Lager, Renault Megane, Walkers crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Her figure eventually caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid,[4]which began featuring her as a Page Three girl.

Brook's picture soon began appearing in other lad mags such as GQ, Loaded and FHM. In April of the same year, a poll over 5,000 women for Grazia magazine considered her to have the best British female body. She also topped the 'FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World' list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people. Appearing in this list every year since 1998, she ranked #34 in 2008, #67 in 2009 and #7 in 2010.[5] She was the cover star of FHM's World Cup 2010 special issue,[6] and was on the cover of the magazine in April 2011.[5]

In 2006, she signed a contract, reported to be worth around 1m, to present Unilever's Lynx body spray, known as "Axe" in the US and in continental Europe.[citation needed] She has appeared on billboards, in newspapers, and on-line as part of their advertising campaign.[7] She has also appeared in commercials for Sky +and T Mobile, and modelled for Reebok.

In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face and body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's advertising campaign.[8] In September 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboymagazine.[9] In October 2010, Kelly Brook appeared live in a Clapham picture house to surprise cinemagoers as part of a promotion for Carlsberg and Sky 3D.[10] In November 2010, Brook presented an award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.[11]

Brook produces her own line of swimwear with New Look, which she herself has modeled.[12]

PresenterIn 1997, aged eighteen, Brook started presenting youth television programmes on MTV, Granada Television and the Trouble TV channel.[4]

Brook had a breakthrough into mainstream presenting in January 1999, when she was chosen to replace Denise van Outen as the female half of The Big Breakfast hosting team, alongside Johnny Vaughan.[citation needed] She left the show in July 1999.[citation needed]

In 2005, she hosted the reality television program Celebrity Love Island for ITV.

[edit]Reality televisionIn 2007, Brook participated in the celebrity dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1, with dance partner was Brendan Cole. During the TV series, her father Kenneth Parsons died from cancer,[3] and although she initially decided to continue dancing in his memory, she withdrew from the competition in week nine.[13]

She also competed in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2008, dancing the Jive with Brian Fortuna, Brendan Cole having to compete with his later partner Lisa Snowdon. Brook and Fortuna were put into fourth place, but with the studio audience's vote they came second to Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett.

In 2008, Brook took Jennifer Ellison's place as one of the three judges on the second series of the reality TV programme Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life,[14] broadcast between September and November 2008.

In January 2009, she joined the third series of Britain's Got Talent as a fourth judge, but was subsequently axed from the programme after less than a week on the panel, the producers having decided that the four-judge format was "too complicated".[15] Brook was billed as a guest judge in the episode in which she appeared, taped in Manchester and aired on 16 May. In October 2009, Brook claimed that Britain's Got Talent hosts Ant & Dec had been the cause of her removal as the fourth judge. She claimed that she was asked to leave the show after she upset the pair.[16]

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