THIS is the blonde babe who is sexing up Strictly Come Dancing.
New Zealander Hayley Holt adds to the sexiest Strictly line up ever - with
stars Rachel Stevens and Lisa Snowdon also in the mix.
Voted New Zealand's sexiest woman in 2007, the 28-year-old is certainly hot to
foxtrot.
When she appeared in the Kiwi version of strictly - Dancing With The Stars -
she was linked with her her co-stars.
Tongues were set wagging after her dance partner Brendon Pongia appeared on a
radio show the morning after the pair was eliminated and admitted that he
had not been home.
Later that day ex-basketball star Brendon and Hayley both appeared bleary-eyed
on a TV show, yet denied they had quick-stepped it back to her place.
And it’s good news for her Strictly partner - Olympic swimmer Mark Foster.
Hayley seems to have developed a taste for water champions after also being
linked with another of her Strictly partners - Kiwi Olympic swimming
champion Danyon Loader.
Hayley was drafted into the UK show to replace axed dancer Nicole Cutler.
But despite clicking with her co-stars away from the dancefloor, Hayley said
she is not always pleased with the selection of her partners.
Moaned
She moaned: "The dancers have to make do with who they get given.
"It's a bit nerve-racking before you find out who they've paired you off
with.
“I think the producers try and match up people who might make headlines,
romance possibilities etc."
"It is all a cunning plan.”
Not only is Hayley a whizz on the dancefloor, she also hits the slopes as a
professional snow-boarder.
And dressing up in sequins does nothing for her credibility with fellow
boarders
"They give me a hard time" she laughed. "They couldn't believe
the person who danced across their screens last year. I look NOTHING like a
dancer when I'm in my baggy boarding gear and most of them had no idea I
moonlighted as a ballroom dancer."
Love
Despite making her name through dancing, she admits that snowboarding is her
first love.
"I have given up dancing before so that I could follow winters and pursue
snowboarding, so if I had to pick between them, it would have to be
snowboarding." she revealed.
Hayley has been dating All Blacks rugby captain Richie McCaw for over a year -
but the cross-continent romance could prove a problem.
The pair had been planning to move in together, but have put their
arrangements on hold while Hayley is living in London.
A pal of the pair told us "Richie is in love with Hayley, but worries
whether they can keep their romance alive when they are thousands of miles
apart - especially given her track record on dance shows."
Hayley is no stranger to reality TV having won NZD 50,000 (over £18,000) on
Treasure Island, Pirates of the Pacific, beating contestants such as Rebecca
Loos.
Based on our, it already looks like she's on winning form.