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Gabrielle Reece

Chronology

1970	Born January 6, 1970 in La Jolla, California
1972	Divorce of Reece's mother and father
1972	Mother leaves Reece in Long Island with friends to go off and pursue a job training dolphins in Mexico City
1975	Reece's father is killed in a plane crash
1977	Mother sends for Reece to be sent to Puerto Rico to live with her and her new husband
1978	Moves to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands
1983	Diagnosed with an ulcer
1984	Divorce of mother and stepfather
1986	Moves to Florida where she begins participating in sports at a Christian high school
1986	Offered opportunity to model in Europe, which she declines due to her mother's disapproval
1988	Offered volleyball scholarship by Cecile Reynaud with Florida State University
1988	Begins modeling half the year in New York, going to college the other half
1991	Earns Bachelor of Arts from Florida State
1992	Begins playing beach volleyball professionally
1993	Works on MTV Sports and MTV's show The Extremists
1994	Begins playing for team Nike
1997	Co-authors book Big Girl in the Middle
1997	Marries long-time boyfriend, Laird Hamilton on November 30
1997	Ends four-person volleyball career
1999	Begins two-person volleyball career
2000	Begins training with Gravity Golf
2001	Begins working on golf with Butch Harmon School of Golf
2001	Files for divorce from Hamilton on January 20
2002	Appears in Discovery Channel's 15th edition of Shark Week
2002	Reconciles with husband Hamilton