Brooke Hyland

**Brooke Marie Hyland** (born on January 30, 1998) is the eldest child of Randy and Kelly Hyland and is the older sister of Josh and Paige.

Whilst on Dance Moms, Brooke was the oldest permanent dancer on the team. It was stated that prior to the show, she was one of Abby's favorites. However, as she got older, she began to lose interest in dance and Abby began to grow cold towards her.

Brooke and her family finally departed ways from the show after a physical altercation between Abby and Kelly in Big Trouble in the Big Apple. During pyramid, the following episode, Abby revealed that the Hyland sisters had been dismissed from the team.

In 2016, Brooke graduated from high school. She later went to attend Ohio University as a business major and graduated in 2019 with degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems.

## Other Information

* Her zodiac sign is an Aquarius.
* Brooke is the oldest girl to ever permanently feature on the elite team.
* Her solos were not often shown on Dance Moms, as she competed in an older age category from the rest of the dancers on the team.
* Brooke has stated on multiple occasions that the show did not show her real personality and instead portrayed her as never laughing or smiling/
* She is a fan of the NHL'S Pittsburgh Penguins.
* Her favorite thing about dance was getting to spend time with her friends and look at the beautiful costumes.
* When Brooke was younger, she broke her growth plate. This is why she is shorter in height.
* During the third season, Abby stated that Brooke and Paige were not apart of her studio and would only show up to shoot for the show.
* She got braces at some point during the third season of the show. Like Paige's, they were removed by early May 2014.
* She had her first kiss when she was in the seventh grade.
* When Brooke was younger, a golf cart ran over her foot and the doctors told her she may not be able to dance again. After she had surgery, she couldn't leave her home but the first day that she could was on the same day as a dance competition. She ended up winning the National title. She stated this was her proudest moment. Abby happened to refer to the incident during a fight with Kelly at the end of Night of the Living Dancers, saying she was the first one in the hospital when Kelly's husband ran over her kid's foot, and was in the room hugging her.
* During her time on the show, Brooke never forgot any of her solos onstage.
* Brooke's favorite color is Yellow.
* In April 2014, a mass stabbing incident, was covered in the national and international news, occurred at her high school. Twenty-five were injured, with no fatalities.
* Brooke graduated from college at Ohio University in 2019 with degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems.
* Upon graduating from college, in the summer of 2019, Brooke traveled around Europe with some of her fellow college friends.
* After traveling around Europe in the summer of 2019, Brooke moved to LA and has reconnected with all of the original Dance Moms team including Kendall.

* Brooke has become more active in the entertainment world again doing things such as interviews with Famous Birthdays, attending premieres & events as well as posting on her YouTube Channel again.