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San Diego's Kendra Wilkinson to be on 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 12
Wilkinson, who grew up in San Diego, may be best known for starring on E!'s The Girls Next Door.
Kendra Wilkinson, a San Diego-native and former live-in girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is set to be one of the new cast members on the 12th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
On Monday, ABC announced the lineup for its newest season of the hit dance competiton. In addition to Wilkinson, who attended Clairemont High School, the cast includes former Super Bowl champ Hines Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers, actress Kirstie Alley and legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard.
Wilkinson is married to professional football player Hank Baskett and the couple has one son, Hank IV. The Girls Next Door star also has her own show, titled Kendra on the E! channel.
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The new season of Dancing with the Stars debuts March 21 on ABC.
The cast:
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- Chelsea Kane, Disney actress and musician
- Chris Jerico, six-time WWE world champion
- Hines Ward, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Kirstie Alley, Emmy Award winning actress
- Mike Catherwood, co-host of Loveline Radio
- Petra Nemcova, supermodel
- Ralph Macchio, actor, The Karate Kid
- Romeo (Percy Romeo Miller, Jr.), rapper and actor
- Sugar Ray Leonard, legendary boxer
- Wendy Williams, talk show host and author
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