Kelly Monaco Biography
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Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American model, actress, and reality
television contestant.
Kelly grew up in a traditional Italian American
Catholic household, the third of five sisters. The Monacos relocated from
Philadelphia to the rural Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania before Kelly
became a teenager. Although initially unhappy about the move, she eventually
learned to love her peaceful surroundings.
Monaco excelled at sports, including soccer,
swimming, tennis, track, and softball, as well as speech, debate and drama
during her years at Pocono Mountain High School in Swiftwater, where she
graduated in 1994. She then attended Northampton Community College in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, where she majored in mass communications for two years, and worked
as a lifeguard at the Mount Airy Lodge in Mount Pocono. With dreams of becoming
an actress, she planned her escape from the Poconos.
In 1996, Monaco sent nude photos of herself to
Playboy magazine and was contacted one month later by the men's publication.
With her family's approval, she traveled to Chicago for a photo shoot. She
became Playboy's Playmate of the Month in April 1997, and was also featured in
several of its newsstand specials. The work allowed her the opportunity to
travel to many exotic locales, including Fiji, Honduras, and throughout South
America.
Her first television role was on the nightime drama
Baywatch from 1997 to 1998. She also had minor roles in the late 1990s films
BASEketball, Idle Hands, and Mumford.
Monaco had two roles on the supernatural television
soap opera Port Charles: Olivia Livvie Locke Morley (19992003) and Tess
Ramsey (20022003). When that program ended, she joined the cast of soap opera
General Hospital as possible con woman Samantha Sam McCall in September 2003.
In 2003 Monaco was nominated for a Daytime Emmy
Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her Port Charles
work.
In summer 2005, Monaco appeared as a contestant in
the highly-rated American version of the television series Dancing With The
Stars. Despite her perceived lack of height and an initial lack of grace, she
improved each week and became a popular underdog. In the quarterfinal round
samba, she coolly recovered from a mid-dance wardrobe malfunction without
becoming exposed on live national television. On July 6, 2005, Kelly Monaco won
the Dancing With The Stars competition.
This was viewed by some as an upset, whereas others
suspected ballot-box stuffing, a frequent complaint of Internet-based voting.
This was discussed briefly on a Larry King Live interview with several members
of the show, but was not pursued by runner-up John O'Hurley, who took the high
road and declared that participation and viewer popularity was more important to
him than winning. However, it was decided to have a "Dance-Off" special as a
followup to this controversial result, with a presumably lessened chance of
Internet voting skewing the results. It was held "live" on September 20 and
results were announced two days later. This time, O'Hurley and his dance partner
Charlotte emerged as the winners. From appearances, it is fair to say that
Monaco was as happy about losing this match as O'Hurley was about losing the
regular competition.
The win on Dancing With the Stars boosted her
visibility level considerably and resulted in a number of appearances on talk
shows as well as possible new job offers, but she stated that she intends to
remain with General Hospital. Along with making a post-Dancing with the Stars
appearence in the November 2005 issue of Playboy (previously unpublished
pictures from her Miss April 1997 shoot) , Monaco has also made numerous recent
cover appearances in scantily-clad magazines such as FHM and Maxim.
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Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birthdate May 23, 1976
Measurements 34" D - 21½" - 31½"
Height 5' 3"
Weight 95 lb (43 kg)
Preceded by Jennifer Miriam
Succeeded by Lynn Thomas
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Her
appearances in Playboy Special Editions
Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 14 August 1998
pages 2633.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 63 September 1998
pages 3435.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 64 November 1998
pages 2023.
Playboy's Playmate Tests November 1998.
Playboy's Nudes December 1998 pages 3031, 4647.
Playboy's Girls of Winter January 1999 cover,
pages 2829, 3435, 4041, 4445.
Playboy's Playmates in Bed Vol. 3 February 1999
pages 8891.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 67 May 1999 pages
8081.
Playboy's Natural Beauties Vol. 1 May 1999.
Playboy's Girls of Summer June 1999.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 68 July 1999
pages 1417.
Playboy's Hardbodies July 1999.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 69 September 1999.
Playboy's Girlfriends September 1999 pages 3241.
Playboy's Barefoot Beauties December 1999.
Playboy's Nudes December 1999 pages 6465.
Playboy's Wet & Wild December 1999.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 71 January 2000
front & back covers, pages 13, 3637, 6667, 7681, 9293.
Playboy's Natural Beauties Vol. 2 April 2000.
Playboy's Girls of Summer May 2000.
Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 5 June 2000.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 74 July 2000 -
pages 36-37.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 75 September 2000.
Playboy's Nude Playmates April 2001 pages 8081.
Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads March 2002.
Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003.
Playboy's Girls of Summer June 2003.
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