Joanna Krupa (born April 23, 1979) is a
Polish-American<!--- U.S. citizen --->
model and
actress.
Early life
Joanna Krupa was born in
Warsaw,
Poland. Joanna has a younger sister,
Marta Krupa, who is also a model. She moved to
Chicago,
Illinois, with her family at the age of five. Krupa was raised
Roman Catholic.
Career
Krupa has appeared on magazine covers including
ENVY,
FHM,
Personal,
Inside Sport,
Stuff,
Steppin' Out,
Teeze,
Shape and
Maxim, in which she was named the Sexiest Swimsuit Model in the World.
Maxim named her #61 in its 2006 Hot 100 list. She was voted German
Maxim's Model of the Year 2004-2005. Krupa has also appeared twice on the cover of
Playboy. Krupa has also been a lingerie model for
Frederick's of Hollywood.
She was a Miss
Howard TV model for the month of December 2007.
She was featured on the television show
Superstars in June 2009. She and her partner
Terrell Owens were eliminated on the first episode. However, because of another team's injury and disqualification, she and her partner were asked to step in and continue competing and did well in their comeback episode.
Krupa, who took ballet lessons as a child, competed in season 9 of
Dancing with the Stars with one-time champion
Derek Hough. They were eliminated on November 17, 2009.
Krupa is featured on Manon's new dance music single...
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