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   >>> we are back on this booze day tuesday with tennis star model anna kournikova . what you probably didn't know about this beauty, she is also a certified fitness trainer .

   >> recently she joined the cast of nbc's hit show "the biggest loser." if you thought she would be soft on contestants, take another swing.

   >> come on, 20. let's go. finish up strong.

   >> incline?

   >> yes, incline.

   >> can you not give us a break on the first day?

   >> nope.

   >> this is only the first day and this is what she is doing to us on the first day?

   >> i think our time is up. our time is up.

   >> you can talk, that means you can keep going.

   >> i'm thinking, that girl looked like such an angel, so nice and so sweet. here she turns into a bear.

   >> water?

   >> no water. we're not done.

   >> oh, who are you?

   >> but i'm doing it for them. they have to change their lives and make it healthier.

   >> is this your personality? we are seeing this tough girl who really is hard driving ?

   >> we are used to jillian like that. you stepped into her shoes. you're just being you.

   >> absolutely. i'm not trying to fill anybody's shoes. i am so used to myself being very disciplined and dedicated and committed and being a professional athlete my whole life. that's what i had to do. when you're in the gym, you're in the gym and focus. i will push the contestants. it always ends with a hug. it always ends with, great job, well done. you have to motivate these contestants.

   >> you have to find their buttons. some people are motivated by someone saying, get down and do this. some people that's not their button.

   >> absolutely. each contestant is very different. you have to find the right approach during the right moment. sometimes they are feeling down and low. that's where you have to be their friend and listen.

   >> you had coaches your whole life doing that for you.

   >> absolutely. it's role reversal.

   >> weren't you sequestered away four months shooting this?

   >> absolutely. i haven't really been working full time since i retired from playing professionally on the tour. the last four months have been really grueling for me, too. i was in the gym with them 24/7 and living over there at the ranch. was awesome, but it's incredible. you're really forming this amazing bond with the contestants.

   >> it takes a toll on your own love life , missy.

   >> it does.

   >> your ring is blinding us.

   >> thank you, thank you very much.

   >> you look so cute together. what is this ten years now?

   >> not quite yet, but almost.

   >> in hollywood celebritiville, that is like a million dog years.

   >> that's why we don't talk about it. that's why i think it works. i get very shy and embarrassed when i'm talking about it.

   >> what is cool about you is your personality. do you think you're more comfortable in the background? you don't like to be in the foreground?

   >> absolutely. since i had been in such a spotlight as a teenager.

   >> 14 you went pro?

   >> yeah. and i was in the middle of it all and on top of the tennis circuit and being out there.

   >> the face of it.

   >> the face of so many different companiy ies promoting so much stuff. by the time i was 21, i wanted to explore what real life is about. i started working with a couple of charity organizations. traveled around the world, going to some rough places and what's important in life, the values, the relation shinns and stuff like that.

   >> did you feel you did lose the opportunity to have your own childhood in a sense?

   >> in a way. at the same time, i had the best childhood. it was very hard. my mom was very tough and disciplined. she was not, i don't want to say a stage mother, but she was pushy and we had goals we had to achieve.

   >> she was trying to do it for your best.

   >> exactly. i feel like i traveled the world. i grew up in the soviet union where we didn't have much exposure to the outside world . so i really did have a great childhood. i traveled the world. tried coca-cola when i was 8 years old and it was impossible to find.

   >> we wish you such great luck with your show. sounds like it's terrific.

   >> thank you.

   >> thank you.

   >> you can watch anna with the cast of "the biggest loser" on the premiere tonight 8:00/7:00 central.

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