Kelly van der Veer

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Kelly van der Veer (often known as Kelly "Big Brother") is a Dutch former Big Brother contestant, singer and television personality. She was born a male named Ferry on the 6 May 1980 but underwent Sex reassignment surgery at the age of 19.

She currently resides in Hilversum and is 186 centimetres tall. Her childhood idol was Barbie.

Before her transition she won "De Travestiet Show" competition where she entered as the youngest participant. However, it was her participation in Big Brother - The Battle that brought her the celebrity status. Kelly was one of the finalists.

She currently does a comedy item called "Just Kel" on Dutch talk show Jensen and has also appeared in a Big Brother offshoot show called Hotel Big Brother[1].

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[edit] Early Life

Kelly's formative years were the most difficult phase of her life. She was often confused to be a girl and frequently had to face ridicule because of this. She saw an escape, from her plight, in gaining prominence as a media personality and therefore participated in "De Tranvestiet Show" in her early teenage years.

[edit] Career

[edit] Beginning

She was a finalist at the 2002 edition of the Dutch Big Brother and one of the favourites to win it. She was one of the controversial participants in that she had sex with an unsuspecting fellow participant Andries, who wasn't aware that she was a transsexual. [2]At the end of the it, she performed her single , "I'm what I am" which was released shortly thereafter.

Van der Veer is currently working on an autobiographical book, which is being written by Andries de Jong, one of her fellow contestants at Big Brother. The book will be released in September 2006.[3]

Kelly released her first CD, I am what I am, in January 2002. Sadly enough, it attracted only lukewarm response and garnered below average sales in the market.

In 2004, Kelly had a short cameo appearance as an unnamed lesbian in Dutch movie Gay. The film, however, was not very successful at the box office as it did not appeal to the contemporary image of homosexuals in the Netherlands.

[edit] Future

After gaining prominence in her home country The Netherlands , Kelly plans to gain a foothold in America. This beautiful woman has recently moved her residence to Florida parttime[citation needed].

[edit] Trivia

  • Kelly scored 77 in a national level IQ test according to BNN[4].
  • Her name translates to "Kelly of the feather" when translated from Dutch to English.


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