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    Fans of comedy may recognize Candace Smith from Broken Lizards’ hit "Beerfest," in which she made her film debut as Naomi. In the process of seducing the audience, she was also able to produce big laughs, which led to a future role in "The Slammin' Salmon” as Michael Clark Duncan’s sister. She has been on numerous TV shows, as well, including HBO’s "Entourage," NBC’s "Joey" and "Heroes," and was recently featured in a comedy sketch on "Conan." This Friday, Smith can be seen in a more dramatic role in the highly anticipated cop movie, "End of Watch," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. While her acting career is now taking off, there is plenty more to know about Candace Smith, who is also a model, lawyer and former Miss Ohio USA. Click on for more fun facts and sexy photos.

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    Candace was born in Dayton, Ohio, and was a tomboy growing up. She was captain of the soccer team, played varsity basketball and competed in track-and-field at the National Junior Olympics.

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    Candace Smith has both beauty and brains. She received a full academic scholarship to the University of Dayton. While studying at UD, Candace completed a communications and marketing program at the University of London.

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    After that, Candace attended law school at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Ill. She says that Chicago is still her favorite city, and she is a Chicago Bears fan.

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    After passing the Ohio bar exam, Candace began practicing commercial-real-estate law at the largest firm in Ohio. It was during this time that she won the title of Miss Ohio USA.

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    Candace eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and modeling, and landed a gig as one of Barker's Beauties on "The Price Is Right."

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    She has recently been featured in several national ad campaigns, including Diddy’s Ciroc vodka Sinatra-inspired commercials.

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    Candace has always been a performer. Her first performance was as Titania in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" back in Dayton. Recently, she has performed stand-up comedy at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, and continues to write comedy.

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    When not acting, Candace continues to model, and will be seen in Paul Mitchell’s holiday campaign.

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    She loves cooking for friends and laughing as much as possible.

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    Candace avoids the gym. Instead, she prefers yoga, and running and hiking outside.

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    Finally, here is Candace Smith looking stunning on the red carpet for the recent premiere of "End of Watch." The movie opens everywhere this Friday, Sept. 21.

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