Amber Rose will be competing on the upcoming 23rd season of Dancing with the Stars.
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The spunky 32-year-old talk show host, model, actress and fashion designer will be partnered with the badboy of the DWTS ballroom, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, which is very fitting considering she has some edge!
Amber fell into fame when she dated Kim Kardashian's now-husband Kanye West from 2008 to 2010.
She claims she didn't even want to be a celebrity, but once paparazzi began following her around, she embraced the fact her life would never be the same.
Amber now has nearly 16 million followers on social media and launched her own VH1 talk show in July called The Amber Rose Show. Want to learn more about Amber, whose last name is Levonchuck?
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Below is a list of 7 facts Reality TV World has compiled about Amber Rose:
- Amber was born on October 21, 1983 in Philadelphia, PA. She's 5'9" and her father is of Irish and Italian descent while her mother is of Cape Verdean and Scottish descent. She has one brother named Antonio.
- At the young age of 15, Amber began stripping under the pseudonym "Paris" to provide for her family after her parents divorced.
- Amber caught Kanye West's attention when she appeared in Ludacris' "What Them Girls Like" music video in 2008.
- She shares a three-year-old son, Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, with ex-husband and rapper Wiz Khalifa.
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- The Dancing with the Stars contestant was signed with the modeling agency Ford Models from 2009 to 2010. Her manager is currently America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon (N'Credible Entertainment).
- In 2011, Amber served as a guest judge on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was also a judge on Season 2 of Master of the Mix.
- Amber announced plans to launch her own eyewear line in September 2009. Three years later, she created a clothing line with her friend called Rose & Ono.
About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski