Kalani Hilliker is an American actress, dancer, model, Youtuber, and fashion designer who became famous after being a contestant on the Lifetime reality series “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” in 2013. She also became a regular cast member on an American television reality series “Dance Moms” from 2014-2017.
She has won regional and national titles, including Junior Best Dancer at the Dance Awards NYC, Junior First Place at Nuvo Nationals, Junior First Place Jump Nationals, and National Teen Miss Showbiz. Besides, Hilliker is quite active in social media sites with over 6 million followers on her Instagram: @kalanihilliker and with over 382k followers on Twitter: @KalaniHilliker.
What is Kalani Hilliker famous for?
- Famous as an American dancer and her appearance on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition.
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Where was Kalani Hilliker born?
Kalani Hilliker was born on September 23, 2000, in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Her birth name is Kalani Brooke Hilliker. American is her nationality. Her ethnicity is white caucasian while her zodiac sign is Virgo.
Kalani was born as the daughter to Mathew Hilliker(father) and Kira Gerrad(mother). Her mother, Kira is also a TV personality who even appeared on reality series “Dance Moms” alongside Kalani. She has two maternal half brothers, Jax and Jett with whom she was raised in her hometown, Mesa.
Kalani started dancing at an early age of 2. Her mother supported and joined Hillker in the dance classes as she thought it would be fun for her to dress her daughter up. When she was 5 years old, she continued training at Club Dance in Arizona.
At the age of 10, she started her ballet training at the Master Ballet Academy. She also participated in many dance competitions like “Nuvo”, “Jump”, and “Hall of fame”.
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Kalani Hilliker’s Career Highlights
- Kalani Hilliker started her professional career by participating in Disney Channel’s “Make Your Mark Ultimate Dance Faceoff” along with her fellow dance friends in the year 2011.
- Her group won the competition and got the chance to be featured in an American sitcom “Shake it Up episode “Camp it Up”.
- Then, she focused on her dancing career and became a series dance regular on the ABC Family show “Bunheads” in 2013.
- In the year 2013, she also participated in a dance reality competition series “Lifetime’s Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” and she secured 4th position in the competition. She became one of the audience favorites in the competition.
- After her top-four finish in the competition, she was immediately cast in the American television series “Dance Moms” along with her mother. Her first appearance in the series was in its 4th season’s episode “Big Trouble in the Big Apple” in 2014.
- At the beginning of the 5th season, she and her mother became series cast members.
- Then, she started dancing as a part of Abby Lee Dance Company until the second half of the seventh season of the series “Dance Moms”. She stayed in the series until it’s midseason finale episode ‘Presenting My New Team’
- After leaving the show, she appeared as a member of the Junior Elite Competition Team for the fifth season.
- She also has appeared in reality shows like “America’s Got Talent” and “The View” and the television show “Bun Heads” and “Swipe”.
- She also has made an appearance in the music videos such as Mackenzie Ziegler’s ‘It’s A Girl Party’, MattyB’s‘Turn Up The Track’, Kendall K Vertes’s‘Wear ‘Em Out’ and Mackenzie Sol’s ‘My Name.’
- From 2018, she has been portraying the role of Sabrina in the web series “Dirt”.
- Hilliker has been nominated for many awards like “The Dance Awards”, “Teen Choice Awards”, and “Industry Choice Awards”
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Who is Kalani Hilliker dating?
Kalani Hilliker is currently single. Previously, Hilliker was in a relationship with Brandon Chang. Chang is also a dancer from Miami with whom she started dating since 2014. She was also in a relationship with Hayes Grier before.
What is the net worth of Kalani Hilliker?
The American actress and dancer, Hilliker has a good earning from her profession. Kalani Hilliker has an estimated net worth of around $1 million as of 2020. She also earns from modeling. She is living a luxurious lifestyle in Los Angels.
How tall is Kalani Hilliker?
The 19 years aged, Kalani Hilliker is a beautiful actress with a fair complexion. She has light brown hair with hazel eyes. She stands tall with a height of 5ft. 4inches(1.63m) while her body weighs around 53kg(117 lbs). She has a well-maintained slim body physique of measurement 35-24-34 inches. Her shoe size no. is 6.
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