25 Facts About Brooke Burke

Brooke Lisa Burke was born on September 8,1971 and is an American television and fitness personality, model, author, actress, and businesswoman.

Brooke Lisa Burke was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the younger of two siblings born to Donna and George Burke.

Brooke Burke's mother is of half Portuguese background; she was adopted and then raised Jewish.

Brooke Burke's father is of Irish and French descent and left the family when she was two years old.

Brooke Burke was thereafter raised by her Armenian stepfather in her mother's Jewish faith.

Brooke Burke is raising her children Jewish, although she celebrates Christmas.

Brooke Burke attended both Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High School in Tucson where she was homecoming queen in 1989.

In 2005, Brooke Burke landed her first primetime network hosting gig on CBS's Rock Star: INXS and the subsequent Rock Star: Supernova, both produced by Mark Burnett.

In 2010, Brooke Burke became the host of She's Got the Look on TV Land, a modeling competition series for women over 35.

Brooke Burke served as the co-host of the Miss America pageant in 2011,2012,2013, and 2016.

From 2016 to 2018, Brooke Burke hosted and co-produced the Saturday morning show Hidden Heroes, a hidden camera television show developed for teenagers in which each episode reveals the widespread goodwill in our world by secretly capturing heroes in action.

Brooke Burke has featured on the cover of many fitness, fashion, and lifestyle magazines, including Fitness, Women's Health, Redbook, and Ladies Home Journal.

Brooke Burke has appeared in numerous men's interest magazines such as Maxim, Stuff, Playboy, and FHM.

Brooke Burke later developed Baboosh Body, a fitness product made to trim the tummy.

In 2012, Brooke Burke brought her own personal brand of fitness workouts to consumers via a DVD series with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Brooke Burke wrote her first book, The Naked Mom: A Modern Mom's Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections, in 2011.

Brooke Burke served as the face and voice of "Rachel Teller" in Electronic Arts' video game Need for Speed: Underground 2, for which she won a Spike Video Game Award.

Brooke Burke is the voice of "People and Places" in Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged.

Brooke Burke voiced the character "the subservient chicken" in an early 2000s game called Big Bumpin'.

Brooke Burke was a playable character in the game PocketBike Racer.

Since January 2020, Brooke Burke has co-hosted an iHeartRadio podcast titled Intimate Knowledge with former The Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds and Lila Darville.

Brooke Burke was first engaged to Joseph Benjamin, a gas station owner in Los Angeles.

Brooke Burke raises their two daughters, Neriah and Sierra, in her Jewish faith.

On November 8,2012, Brooke Burke announced she had thyroid cancer and underwent surgery to remove her thyroid.

Brooke Burke became the face of the American Cancer Society's "Bucket List" campaign in 2014.