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Kimberly Wyatt |
Kimberly
Wyatt is an American singer/dancer of the modern burlesque pop group, The
Pussycat Dolls.
Her life is considered quite inspiring by many. Born in Warrensburg, MO, a tiny
farm town near Kansas City, MO. Her father is a trucker and her mother goes on
the road with him. Having danced since she was seven, by the time Wyatt was 14
she was earning scholarships to study in New York each summer, from the Joffrey
Ballet to the Broadway Dance Center. Graduating high school at 17, she promptly
flew to Las Vegas to audition for cruise ship and casino shows. Landing a revue
on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, then the largest cruise ship in the
world, she was able to visit most of Southern Europe.
In 2001, she moved to L.A., despite an offer from the Hubbard St. Dance Co. in
Chicago. “All I knew was that L.A. is where dancers got jobs and L.A. was the
dot MapQuest led to. My parents thought, ‘Oh my God, what is she going to turn
into out there?’”
In 2003, Antin was the choreographer for a video for Nick Lachey’s solo album
when she met Wyatt. Antin asked her that night to join The Pussycat Dolls. “I
had only seen a poster for them,” Wyatt recalls. “I remember falling in love
with the girls. Not many acts let you be sexy and still be about girl
power.”“Small town Middle America is different from the coasts,” she says, “and
all the girls come from big cities. I have a different perspective. They love my
stories about towns where the fancy clothing store is Wal-Mart.”
Down-home Southern girl Kimberly Wyatt also happens to be, according to Robin
Antin, “the sexiest dancer I have ever seen in my life.” Says Wyatt, “I’m a lot
shyer than most of the girls, but my personality onstage is full-out. I really
go for it.”
Kimberly stands as an inspiration for many, throughout this letter to a fan that
can be seen:
"(...) dream and believe is my expression for a reason. I came from a very small
town where their was no opportunity. My dreams were bigger than anyone around me
could fathom. I had the one person believing in me that counts.....myself. One
day I decided that I was ready and I packed my bags, filled my car with as much
stuff as possible, drove to LA, lived in a motel for a week and a half and
started working my way up. Its not easy but with enough drive and hard work
everything is possible. I had side jobs like telemarketing and tons of dance
gigs, not to mention the amount of jobs I had to support my dream from the ages
of 12 and up. I even went door to door asking for donations to get me to a dance
competition. But if you dream big and really do believe, you'll do anything you
have to. Listen to yourself, to your gut, and you will soar."