While the petite actress swears she's a klutz, she managed to win the first edition of the wildly popular Dancing With the Stars in 2005 — although many fans of the reality competition believed she was undeserving. (Subsequently, she lost to runner-up John O'Hurley in a dance-off rematch.) An athletic child, Monaco first put her bikini-perfect body to use on Baywatch before becoming a daytime-soap star on Port Charles and General Hospital. Dancing raised her profile to a whole new level, despite the controversy surrounding her crown.