Gabrielle Reece

Gabrielle Reece: Biography in Details

Who is Gabrielle Reece?

American Gabrielle Reece is a former Volleyball player, actress, and model.

Gabrielle Reece is renowned as Christina Hansel of the movie Cloud 9.

Last, in 2020, she appeared in the short video, The Protectors as a Guest.

Gabrielle Reece- Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

Gabrielle Reece was born as Gabrielle Allyse Reece on the 6th of January 1970 in La Jolla, California.

She is of Welsh ethnicity.

She happens to be the single child to father, Robert Eduardo Reece, and mother, Terry Glynn.

Her father, Robert was killed when in the plane crash.

At the time,Gabrielle Reece was only 4 years old.

She spent her childhood in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Also, she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Later, she moved to the U.S. mainland in the 11th grade.

After that, Gabrielle Reece enrolled in St. Petersburg, Florida. In school, she was introduced to Volleyball.

Also, she was really good at the sport.

Later, she joined Florida State University on a volleyball scholarship.

Gabrielle Reece graduated from the University with Honors in Communication.

She used to play for the University’s volleyball team.

Also, she is one of the best players the team ever has had.

Also, she has two records for solo blocks (240), and total blocks (747) still stand to date.

Gabrielle Reece- Professional Career

Volleyball Career

After graduating from university, Gabrielle Reece took volleyball as her professional career.

Starting from 1993 to 1996, she played the captain of WBVL kills.

At the time, Gabrielle Reece trained hard to hone her skills in 2-person beach volleyball.

In the year 1994-95, she got honored as the title Offensive Player of the Year.

Moving forward, in 1999-2000, she competed 4 on 4 Olympic challenge series.

Also, Gabrielle Reece went on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.

Modeling & Acting Career

Since her University days, Gabrielle Reece has been talking about a modeling career parallelly with Volleyball.

However, she started modeling in High School.

To boost her modeling career, she traveled to New York and Italy for training and various competition.

During her sophomore year, the magazine, Elle named her as One of the Five Most Beautiful Women in the World.

As a model, Gabrielle Reece has been featured on the covers of magazines like Elle, Shape, Harpers’ Bazaar, People, and Fitness.

Apart from modeling, she has also tried her luck in acting.

In 1995, she entered the TV industry with the series, The Extremists.

Following that, she has appeared in movies like Gattaca and Cloud 9.

 Besides that, she hosted shows like Insider Training, NBC’s Gravity Games, and STRONG.

Writing Career

In 2013, Gabrielle Reece published her debut book, My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper. 

Within no time, the book became the New York Times Bestseller.

Apart from that, she has written for Shape, Men’s Fitness, and Elle Magazines on topics related to Health and Fitness.

Also, Gabrielle Reece has contributed  The Huffington Post and Los Angeles Times Magazine too.

Gabrielle Reece- Net Worth 2024, Salary

As of 2024, Gabrielle Reece has an estimated net worth of $10 million.

As a model, her earnings are in the range of $21k to $204k.

Besides that, as an announcer, she makes in the range of $28k to $90k.

Apart from that, she also earns as a writer and actress.

Body Measurements- Height & Weight

Gabrielle Reece is a brown-eyed brunette.

Her height is 6 feet 3 inches and weighs around 77 kg.

Also, her body measurements are 36-24-35 inches.

Gabrielle Reece- Controversy & Rumors

In 2013, Gabrielle Reece made headlines due to some lines of her book, My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper.

In the book, she defined feminine as being soft, receptive, and submissive.

However, some interpretations of the feminine didn’t sit well with her readers.

Due to this reason, Gabrielle Reece faced a huge backlash from the public.

According to her people are taking it the wrong way.

During an interview, she said that she believes women being submissive in the relationship is a sign of her strength, not her weakness.

Social Media

Gabrielle Reece has over 184k followers on Instagram, over 31.6k followers on Twitter, and over 91.6k followers on Facebook.

On Twitter, she is following personalities like Prim Siripat, Ryan Holiday, and Sean Swantek.

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