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Kelly Monaco: Biography

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Birth Name: Kelly Marie Monaco
Birth Place: Philadelphia, PA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/23/1976, Gemini
Profession: Actor; model; reality-show contestant

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While the petite actress swears she's a klutz, she managed to win the first edition of the wildly popular Dancing With the Stars in 2005 — although many fans of the reality competition believed she was undeserving. (Subsequently, she lost to runner-up John O'Hurley in a dance-off rematch.) An athletic child, Monaco first put her bikini-perfect body to use on Baywatch before becoming a daytime-soap star on Port Charles and General Hospital. Dancing raised her profile to a whole new level, despite the controversy surrounding her crown.Kelly Monaco Fast Facts:

Showed a different kind of form as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for April 1997.
Gained immense popularity on ABC's reality competition Dancing With the Stars, which she eventually won. Though initially dismissed by the judges as lacking grace and poise, Monaco demonstrated immense amounts of both in dealing with a now-infamous costume malfunction in the midst of a performance.