Brooke Burke
Model /
TV Personality
Brooke Burke was the globetrotting, bikiniclad host of
Wild On, an adventure travelogue on the cable network E!, from 19992002. (Burke took over for former host Jules Asner, and was succeeded by Cindy Taylor.) Burke is a former Ford Agency model whose early assignments included posing for lingerie company Fredericks of Hollywood and appearing in highprofile ads for Bally's exercise clubs. Her work on
Wild On made her a star, leading to appearances in Playboy,
Maxim and other magazines. She also hosted the E! show Rank from 200203.
Extra credit: Burke's birthplace is sometimes listed as Tucson, Arizona; she was actually born in Connecticut and then raised in Arizona... She is sometimes confused with actress
Brooke Burns.
Other models who have hosted TV shows include
Cindy Crawford (House of Style),
Molly Sims (House of Style) and
Cindy Margolis (The Cindy Margolis Show).
Women Celebrities