Facts

Name : Brooklyn Decker
Birthday : 1987
Birthplace : Kettering, Ohio
Occupation : Model

Gain More Public Attention after being featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2006.

Our Celebrity of the Month for April 2007

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Biography

Brooklyn Decker was born in 1987 in Kettering, Ohio. The daughter of medical professionals, she grew up with dreams of one day becoming a veterinarian. "That's because my parents are big animal lovers,” she explains. “We have four dogs and a cat."

Luckily for men everywhere, Brooklyn’s best intentions were sidetracked during her early teens when she was discovered at a mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brooklyn’s modeling agency promptly entered her in a number of contests and she rewarded their faith by running away with the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention. Before long, Brooklyn’s smiling face was popping up everywhere, including popular prom magazines. "It was so cool because everybody at school had a copy," she recalls.

brooklyn decker in cosmopolitan

Brooklyn’s rising profile soon attracted the attention of national periodicals and she began posing for Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Elle Girl, Vogue, FHM, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Spin. In fact, Brooklyn found herself to be in such hot demand that she made the decision to leave Charlotte behind to head for the bright lights of New York City.

brooklyn decker in sports illustrated

In 2005, within two months of relocating to the Big Apple, Brooklyn was asked to audition for the prestigious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. "I [asked my agency] to give me three weeks to hit the gym and eat really healthy," she says. Her hard work clearly paid off and Brooklyn was selected to join legendary models like Heidi Klum, Elle MacPherson, Rachel Hunter, and Rebecca Romijn for the magazine’s 2006 edition.

"I just got lucky with Sports Illustrated," she admits. "There are many jobs when I go in and they're just like ‘Eh' and they kind of brush me away. That's OK. That's part of the job. I'm happy that the people who did love me were from SI."

brooklyn decker and victoria’s secret

They weren’t the only ones, though. Victoria’s Secret caught wind of Brooklyn’s selection and immediately booked her to model for their own swimsuit catalog. "So, there I was shooting Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated in the matter of one week," she says. "I was completely outside myself that whole week. I would pray and I would say, ‘Lord, is this really happening or am I in a big dream?'"

brooklyn decker in she says, z says

Brooklyn solidified her reputation within the modeling industry by appearing in her second Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2007. Fans also saw more of Brooklyn in action on the NBC comedy Lipshitz Saves the World, as well as in She Says, Z Says, a Sports Illustrated online feature in which she goes head to head with football beat-writer Paul Zimmerman.