Kelly Brook Biography

Birth Name : Kelly Ann Parsons

Date of Birth : 23 November 1979, Rochester, Kent, England, UK

Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Occupation : Model, Actress

Born Kelly Parsons on November 23, 1979, in Kent, Rochester, England, Kelly Brook is the daughter of Sandra, a cook, and Ken, a scaffolder. It was clear from the start that Kelly would be much more. Her talent can be traced back to when she attended the prestigious Italia Conte stage school, where Naomi Campbell and Louise Nurding also studied. After three years of training in dance, singing and acting, Kelly was ready to start her career.

Brook's modelling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, in which she was entered by her mother. 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, 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.

In 2010, she was chosen as the "new face and body" of lingerie maker Ultimo's advertising campaign. In September of 2010, Brook appeared in the American edition of Playboy magazine. 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. In November 2010, Brook presented an award at MTV's EMA's in Madrid.