PHOTOS Fun-loving former cheerleader Jenna Gillund ready for her Timber Creek Lodge close-up

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Timber Creek Lodge, Bravo’s newest reality show, is a high-octane ski-tastic adventure. Though cast member Jenna Gillund may be a Texan at heart, she finds more than one way to fit right in. Thanks to her diverse background, Jenna can lay claim to time as an NBA cheerleader, an intriguing reputation for “fraternizing,” and a stunning set of photos to induce bikini bliss!

According to her official Bravo bio, Jenna is new to the “restaurant business,” partly because she’s spent a good portion of her life living in different places. She’s Chicago-born, but Jenna spent the longest single stretch of her life in Texas, and considers it home. It’s also where she had her most noteworthy, pre-Timber Creek Lodge job: working NBA courts as a member of the Dallas Mavericks cheerleading squad:

? Happy #nationaldanceday to all of you who like to groove! #dance #soyouthinkyoucandance #pro #throwback

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In fact, Jenna is fond of telling people–as she does in TCL’s pilot–that she was kicked off of the team for “fraternizing” with one of the players. It’s a good story, but, as Jenna recently revealed to the Dallas Observer, there’s a bit of a wink involved. “I made the team in 2009 and I was with them for three years,” she explained. “We all have fun. I by no means was kicked off the team. I finished the season, but we had won the championship and it was the right time for me to go, so I just didn’t return the next year.”

Jenna also clarified that she didn’t date any of the players, but wouldn’t say whether any of her “friendships” meant a little bit more than the word might suggest. “We all practice and work together and a lot of the cheerleaders become friends with the players,” she told the Observer. “It’s a work environment, and we’re all friends. I wasn’t dating anybody. A lot of people see things or you’ll be out with a group of people and they’ll assume things, but none of it is true.”

Speaking of athletic jobs, it’s not clear if Jenna, who now calls Los Angeles home, has ever been a lifeguard. But she definitely looks good playing the part!

??#beachy #tuesday #life

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? #beachy

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Life's a beach ?? #lifeguardonduty #ocean #california

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Fri-YAY!! Time to play in the sand 🙂 #beachlife #blonde ??

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As for the reason she applied for the job at Gibbons Whistler, the ski lodge were Timber Creek Lodge is set? “Why not?” she said. “It’s in Canada. It just seemed like a really cool job, so I took it.” Fair enough–though, judging by the amount of time she likes to spend in and around the ocean, it sounds like Jenna might find herself yearning for LA before too long:

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Ready for summer and warm beaches ?

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? #tb to the beach… Take me there this weekend ?

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You can follow Jenna on Twitter here, and on Instagram here. And don’t forget to watch her and the rest of the Gibbons Whistler crew in action when Timber Creek Lodge airs Monday nights on Bravo.

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(Photo credits: Timber Creek Lodge Jenna Gillund bikini photos via Instagram, Twitter)


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