CHELSEA LATELY INTERVIEWS GABRIELLE REECE

The gorgeous six foot three professional volleyball player was a bit of a late bloomer, not taking up sports until she was 17 years old. Once she started playing volleyball, though, all bets were off, with a sporting scholarship to Florida State University as well as a side career modeling in New York every summer. The unbelievably beautiful defensive player led her team to first place at the inaugural Beach Volleyball World Championships, and was named one of the most beautiful women in the world by Elle magazine. In 2001, she accepted an offer to pose nude for Playboy, and her cover and accompanying shoot turned heads across the country. With chiseled abs, gorgeous legs and a beautiful face, the statuesque Reece presented a new model of femininity for the 1990s, one in which strength was as much of a factor as softness. Since then, she has continued to act, model, and develop health and fitness products.