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Kimberley Dawn Locke (born January 3, 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee) is an American Adult Contemporary Pop/R&B singer and plus-size fashion model. She gained fame with her participation in the American Idol television series.

At age five, Locke began singing in church. Her parents divorced when she was eight years old.

Locke grew up admiring such singers as Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross. In 1987, she and her friends formed a quartet named Shadz Of U. The group performed at many local churches.

Locke went to Gallatin High School, where she was one of sixteen members to participate in their performing group. She remained in the group throughout the four years she attended the school. She was also selected twice as a member of the All-Middle State Chorus.

Intent on becoming a lawyer and not a singer, she began to work for a company at Nashville as an administrative assistant. Read more about ...