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THE POWER OF PERSISTENCE

Camille Kostek seems to radiate positivity and confidence when she beams back at you from magazine covers, billboards and TV screens. That’s because the model, host and actress is lit up with the knowledge that all those years of hard work and dedication have led to her dream life.

While you may know her as the longtime girlfriend of NFL tight end Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski, whom she started dating in 2015 when they met while she was a cheerleader for the New England Patriots, don’t for a second underestimate her as merely a pretty plusone. “When people hear you’re an NFL cheerleader, they might think you’re just trying to date an athlete. To have to train for 17 years as a dancer—that’s a difficult way to get a boyfriend,” she laughs.

Dance is indeed where it all began for the

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