Barbara Jean Blank was born on January 15, 1987 and began modeling as a teenager. By her late teens she was a bikini model, which included work for Miss Hawaiian Tropic. Her modeling career led her to be discovered by the WWE’s Johnny Ace who saw Kelly in a Venus Swimsuit catalog under the name “Barbie Blank. In May of 2006 she was signed to a developmental with the World Wrestling Entertainment and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. She was then given the name “Kelly Kelly” by the WWE.








































































































