Kelly Kelly (Barbara Blank) Biography

Barbara Jean Blank was born on January 15, 1987 and began modeling as a teenager. By her late teens she was a bikini model, which included work for Miss Hawaiian Tropic. Her modeling career led her to be discovered by the WWE's Johnny Ace who saw Kelly in a Venus Swimsuit catalog under the name "Barbie Blank. In May of 2006 she was signed to a developmental with the World Wrestling Entertainment and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. She was then given the name "Kelly Kelly" by the WWE.

Kelly Kelly made her WWE television debut on June 13, 2006 on ECW on Sci Fi performing a strip tease in a "Kelly's Expose" segment. A week later on June 20, 2006, Mike Knox covered her up in a similar striptease segment. Mike Knox played her on-screen boyfriend and he gained heat for not wanting Kelly Kelly to expose her body. Despite this, Kelly Kelly competed against the "Queen of Extreme" Francine in Hot Body Contests and bikini contests and various house shows, and she was even attacked by former WWE Women's champion Jazz at house shows.

Later, an on-screen crush developed toward C.M. Punk which lead to tension between her and Mike Knox. By the end of 2006, her relationship with Mike Knox came to an end. In January of 2007, Kelly Kelly joined up with Brooke Adams and Layla El to form Extreme Exposé. The ladies performed dances and stripteases together, however the gimmick was over in after Brooke was released from the WWE, leaving Kelly Kelly and Layla to feud. That yea, in April of 2007, Kelly as well as Layla El and Brooke has the opportunity to appear in the music video for Timbaland song "Throw It on Me" (featuring The Hives).

Kelly Kelly's feud with Layla El saw her becoming much more action in the Women's Division into 2008, she also continued to make appearances outside of the WWE. On April 13, 2008, Kelly she along with other WWE Divas appeared in an episode of Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp, she appeared as the Soccerette on the British football show Soccer AM.