Real Name: Kelly Marie Monaco Was Born: May 23, 1976. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Bio: Kelly Marie Monaco is an American
model, actress, and reality television contestant. Kelly grew up in a traditional
Italian American Catholic household, the third of five sisters. The Monacos
relocated from Philadelphia to the rural Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania
before Kelly became a teenager. Although initially unhappy about the move, she
eventually learned to love her peaceful surroundings. Monaco excelled at sports,
including soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and softball, as well as speech,
debate and drama during her years at Pocono Mountain High School in Swiftwater,
where she graduated in 1994. She then attended Northampton Community College
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she majored in mass communications for two
years, and worked as a lifeguard at the Mount Airy Lodge in Mount Pocono. With
dreams of becoming an actress, she planned her escape from the Poconos...
