Season 13 Contestants
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JR Martinez
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J.R., 28, has quite the back story. He's an Iraq War veteran, motivational speaker and actor on ABC’s All My Children. In April 2003, at age 19, Martinez was serving as a humvee driver for the United States Army in Iraq when his left front tire hit a landmine. He suffered smoke inhalation and burns to more than 40 percent of his body. He was immediately evacuated and...
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Carson Kressley
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Celebrity stylist and fashion designer Carson, 41, is probably still best known for Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and and Lifetime's How to Look Good Naked. So, he should be on the best dressed list when it comes to DWTS costumes. Carson is currently starring in Carson-Nation, a one-hour reality show on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN, in which he travels to small towns...
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Hope Solo
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Hope, 30, is not only hot, she's widely considered the best goalkeeper in the world and has been the starter for the United States women’s national team since 2005. She scored 109 goals as a high school forward before moving to goal at the University of Washington near her hometown of Richland, WA. At the 2011 World Cup, Hope recorded two shutouts in group play,...
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Kristin Cavallari
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Kristin, 24, is our second expat from The Hills, following Audrina Patridge on Season 11. Kristin moved from Colorado to California with her brother and father as a high school junior when the first season of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County began production for MTV. After two years on the show, Kristin switched gears to focus on a career in acting. From 2006-2009 she...
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Ron Artest
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Ron, 31, filed a petition to legally change his name to Metta WorldPeace in June 2011. Yeah. He currently plays basketball with the Los Angeles Lakers and is a father to four children. He was voted by the media as 2003-04 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and was the only man with 271 steals in his first two seasons in the NBA — breaking Michael Jordan’s record. For...
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Chaz Bono
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Chaz, 42, is the only child of Sonny Bono and Cher. His decision to come out as a lesbian in 1995 prompted his public work in support of LGBT rights and social justice. Chaz has contributed as a writer-at-large to The Advocate and, in 1996, became the Human Rights Campaign’s National Coming Out Day spokesperson. He also served as Entertainment Media Director for the...
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Nancy Grace
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Tristan McManus
Nancy, 51, is the outspoken powerhouse and legal analyst behind HLN’s Nancy Grace. A former prosecutor, Nancy's life changed forever in 1979 when her fiancé, Keith Griffin, was shot and killed. She abandoned plans to become an English professor and turned to criminal justice. Her first book, Objection!, became a New York Times bestseller, as did her two subsequent...
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Chynna Phillips
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Chynna, 42, of the 1990s pop group Wilson Phillips, is the daughter of musicians John and Michelle Phillips of famed '60s group The Mamas and the Papas. She's also married to fellow actor William Baldwin and they have three children together. Chynna began her acting career appearing in John Hughes’ film Some Kind of Wonderful. She followed up with roles in Caddyshack II...
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Elisabetta Canalis
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Val Chmerkovskiy
Italian TV presenter Elisabetta, 32, is mostly known for being gorgeous and dating George Clooney. But she has also worked with some major fashion icons, including Roberto Cavalli, and has been featured on the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and Cosmopolitan. She studied foreign languages at Universita Statale in Milan but switched to acting and landed a series...
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Ricki Lake
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Ricki, 42, made her acting debut as Tracy Turnblad in the original John Waters’ film Hairspray before turning into a successful talk show host. She's ready to return to daytime television with the all-new The Ricki Lake Show in the fall of 2012. Ricki also starred in John Waters’ Cry Baby, opposite Johnny Depp, and Serial Mom, alongside Kathleen Turner. She recently...
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Rob Kardashian
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Rob, 24, is part of the Kardashian dynasty, which has become America's latest attempt at a royal family. Rob is the fourth child and only son of the late attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner; he has five sisters, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Rob graduated from Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California...
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David Arquette
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David, 39, is perhaps best known as the estranged husband of Friends actress Courteney Cox, with whom he has one daughter, Coco. David has acted in dozens of feature films, most famously Scream, where he and Courteney met. In January 2003, they formed a production company, Coquette Productions. Through their company, he produced the F/X drama Dirt and ABC’s Cougar Town,...
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Donald Driver
Paired with:Peta Murgatroyd
Green Bay Packers’ Donald Driver grew up homeless, occasionally living in a U-Haul truck, but overcame these obstacles to become a Super Bowl champion and the All-Time Leading Receiver in Packers history. After being selected in the last round of the NFL draft, he went on to hold the Packers’ all-time receiving records for yards and receptions, as well as a host of...
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Jaleel White
Paired with:Kym Johnson
Forever remembered as Steve Urkel fromFamily Matters, Jaleel has also become an emerging screenwriter. While attending UCLA’s School of Film and Television, Jaleel occupied a dual role as star and producer of the UPN series,Grown-Ups. After graduating from UCLA, he worked as a WGA writer for Imagine Entertainment and Disney Channel Television. He also kept acting, playing...
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Katherine Jenkins
Paired with:Mark Ballas
Katherine Jenkins is the world’s most prolific classical crossover artist. The Welsh mezzo soprano, now 31, has sold more than seven million albums since launching her career in 2004. When she was still only 23, she signed what was said to be the biggest ever UK classical recording deal; she has broken records, becoming the fastest selling mezzo soprano ever. She has...
