Brooke Burke is an American television personality and model best known for moving up from her model position as the girl from the Bally’s Total Fitness ads to the tour guide on E!’s popular travel series, Wild On!

She is the fourth of seven children parents Donna and George Burke had together. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Burke spent most of her childhood in Tucson, Arizona, where its been said that she developed her love of the desert. She was born on September 8, 1971.

During her childhood, Burke had dreams of becoming a drummer in a rock and roll band. Instead, she went to UCLA where she studied broadcast journalism.

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