Gabrielle Reece

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Gabrielle Reece (born January 6, 1970) is a professional volleyball player and former fashion model. Reece was born in La Jolla, California, and spent her early years living in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In high school, Reece excelled at basketball and played volleyball on the side. Many colleges started recruiting her due to her abilities in sports. She accepted a volleyball scholarship from Florida State University (FSU), where she majored in communications and led the league in kills four times and blocks once. FSU inducted Reece into the Florida State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. Since graduation she has played on professional volleyball tours.

Reece began her modeling career while attending FSU. She has appeared on the covers of several magazines including Shape, Women's Sports & Fitness, Outside, ELLE, and Life. She also appeared on the cover of Playboy, with an accompanying pictorial, in January 2001. As an Elite model, she could command a per day rate of US$10,000.

Outside of volleyball, she published an autobiography, co-written with Karen Karbo, entitled Big Girl in the Middle. Reece also writes a column for Women's Sports & Fitness magazine. In November 1997, she married surfer Laird Hamilton. They have one child together, daughter Reece Viola Hamilton, who was born in October 2003.

Reece's height is 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm) and her measurements are 36-24-35, according to Celebrity Sleuth magazine. She claims in her book to wear size 11 shoes.