24 Facts About Brooke Burke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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On May 17,2022, it was announced that Brooke Burke Body had teamed up with LaPlage Wellness Retreat, with Burke being named Creative Director of Operations.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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