    kelly brook (born 23 november 1979) is an english model, actress and television presenter best known for her role in the 2010 horror comedy remake, piranha 3d. ==early life== brook was born and brought up in rochester, kent. she is the daughter of sandra kelly, a cook, and kenneth parsons, a scaffolder. she has a younger brother, damian, and an older half-sister, sasha. kenneth died aged 57 in rochester from lung cancergrieving strictly star kelly brook attends father's funeral on 26 november 2007, during brook's time on strictly come dancing. brook attended the thomas aveling school in warren wood, rochester. she then studied at the italia conti academy of theatre arts in london for three years before becoming a professional model. ==modelling == 500x300px|thumbnail|right|brook in 2010 brook's modelling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, in which she was entered by her mother. she later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including for foster's lager, renault mÃ©gane, walker's crisps, piz buin and bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. her figure eventually caught the eye of the editorial team of the daily star tabloid, which began featuring her as a [[page thr
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