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Alana Blanchard
Professional model and surfer Alana Rene Blanchard is not your typical surfer chick, as she happens to be one of the hottest surfers in the planet. She not only has the looks - flowy blonde hair and a smoking hot bod, but also the talent and killer skills to boot.
Some people might have known about her through the movie Soul Surfer, where she was played by Jack Nicholson's daughter Lorraine Nicholson. No? Well, she was that other hot surfer who was friends with Bethany Hamilton, played by AnnaSophia Robb. Her dad, Holt Blanchard, was played by Kevin Sorbo.
The movie was a real-life story, which means Blanchard was there when Hamilton was attacked by a shark.
Personal Life
Born on the beautiful island of Kauai, Alana learned
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Professional life
Alana Blanchard enjoys a successful career, with several sponsorships, including Rip Curl, GoPro, futures. and Modom. 2014 marked a decade of partnership between Blanchard and Rip Curl, with the company saying she “brings a sense of fun, beauty, good times and a real embodiment of 'The Search' to the Rip Curl family”.
She has won championships while competing all over the world. These include The Women's Pipeline Championships in Hawaii, The Roxy Pro Trials in Haleiwa, Hawaii, The Rip Curl Girls Festival Junior Pro in Spain, The Billabong Pro Pre Trials in Hookipa, Maui and The Volcom Pufferfish Surf Series in Pinetrees, Kauai. In the shortboard competition at the 2005 T&C Women's Pipeline Championships, Blanchard also took first place. She has also surfed on the ASP World Tour.
In 2015, she dropped hints that she may take a break from competitive surfing, which will surely make many of us sad, even if it’s just a break. The good news is she won't be out of the limelight entirely, since she models and designs her own line of Rip Curl swimwear, particularity surfing wetsuits. The Alana's Closet range and the Mirage Bikini line showcase her strong opinion and preferences incorporated into the

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