Victoria Kalina’s Plan After Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading? Moving Out of Dallas—and Dating

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on . Kalina, a four-year veteran of the iconic squad, auditioned for the team out of high school and quickly became one of the show’s breakout stars for her vulnerability and openness about the struggles she’s faced as a member of the team, known colloquially as DCC.Addressing the camera from her bedroom, which is notably festooned in piles of DCC-themed garb, Kalina starts out the series by telling the audience that making the squad as a teenager was the best moment of her life, the fulfillment of a lifelong goal after hearing stories of her mother Tina’s time on the team.But as the show goes on, Kalina’s personal struggles as part of the team start to show.

She discusses dealing with an eating disorder and depression during her time in DCC, explaining that she took a “gap year” from the team to get more mentally healthy before returning.“My depression, like, it turns into this bad cycle,” Kalina told the cameras. “Whenever I get into a bad depression, I turn to bad coping skills, which causes bad eating habits.

And as a dancer, the hardest thing you can fight are eating disorders plus depression.”As the show continues, Kalina is seen visibly struggling as she attempts to be “perfect” for DCC director Kelli Finglass and lead choreographer Judy Trammell, and fight for a bigger leadership role on the team.

Her willingness to open up about her personal struggles have won her many fans online, who criticized the way she was treated by Finglass and Trammell and told Kalina that she deserved to find happiness, with or without DCC.Kalina tells me she had an idea that she may be featured heavily in the series based on how much she had been filmed and grew nervous as time went on before the premiere about how she would be.