Kendra Wilkinson and husband Hank Baskett posing for cameras at the Matt Leinart Foundation 3rd Annual Celebrity Golf Classic Welcome Party at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood Saturday night. The foundation raises money to help Banner Children's Hospital.

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Holly Madison's stint on Dancing with the Stars may have been short-lived, but she thinks her former Girls Next Door costar, Kendra Wilkinson, could go all the way to win the competition's coveted disco-ball trophy.

"She absolutely has a chance at winning," Madison 32, recently told PEOPLE. "She's a natural athlete and she's really competitive and she has a fan following, so I think she'll do really well and certainly better than I did."

Still, Madison says that no matter how Wilkinson fares, she should just enjoy herself.

"It's so much fun," Madison, 32, says about participating on the hit ABC show. "As soon as I heard Kendra was going to be on this season, I texted her and said, 'Try your hardest, but don't even worry about being competitive or how long you stay on the show.' "

The Las Vegas Peepshow dancer, who sat with Wilkinson's brother and hubby Hank Baskett during a recent DWTS taping, so far is impressed with Wilkinson's footwork on the dance floor.

Madison, who encourages the show's competitors to "have a blast," says her main advice is to live in the moment.

"You never know when you're going to go. It could happen for any reason," says Madison. "So just enjoy it from week to week."

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Things will get personal on Monday's Dancing with the Stars when pro Louis Van Amstel hits the ballroom with partner Kendra Wilkinson and takes on the role of her husband Hank Baskett.

"Next week is definitely a more spiritual, sexy story. It's a love story," Wilkinson, 25, told PEOPLE of their upcoming performance. "It's about my husband and me. It's about how we fell in love and what went on behind the scenes of falling in love."

While there's practically no comparison between the dancer and the athlete, Van Amstel, 38, is ready to put his acting chops to the test.

"I'll take the challenge," he says. "If she has to take the challenge each week, I'll take the challenge in storyline week. I'll have to up my game."

Fortunately, the pro dancer has met the inspiration for his role – and walked away with a good sense of the man he'll be impersonating.

"They are a very huge, big inspiration to young Hollywood that you can have it all and still be down to earth, have love, have kids at a younger age ... and be very supportive of each other," Van Amstel says.

The meeting also gave Baskett, 28, the opportunity to share an important – though perhaps unexpected – suggestion with his wife's new partner. "He didn't even give me advice," Van Amstel says. "He gave me a green light. 'Push my wife! Do anything you want with my wife.' "

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For Kendra Wilkinson, Monday night's Dancing With the Stars premiere means more than just the start of the new season. It means she will officially bequeath diaper duty for her 15-month-old son, Hank, to her pro-football hubby Hank Baskett.

"Hank is in his off season, so he's going to be the man of the house," Kendra tells PEOPLE, noting that Hank is a more than capable Mr. Mom while she's working.

"We put together a schedule for the baby," Wilkinson explains. "We didn't want to just dump him off to a nanny or a babysitter. When Hank is playing football, I take care of the baby. Now Hank is in his off-season so he has time to be the man of the house. He will run the house and take care of the baby."

Wilkinson, who's competing against 10 other celebrities for the season 12 mirror ball trophy, says knowing that her boys will be together puts her mind at ease so she can focus on performing.

"It makes me feel so good the baby will be with Hank," Wilkinson says. "We're very hands-on parents so this is just perfect timing."

Dancing premieres March 21 (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.

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Kendra Wilkinson may be the second of Hef's former girls next door to compete on Dancing with the Stars, but don't think she turned to Season 8 alum Holly Madison for pointers. "I'm very stubborn like that," Wilkinson tells TV Guide. "If anyone tries to tell anything to me, I shut them up immediately. There's only one piece of advice I'll take and that's from Louis." So how are rehearsals going for the self-proclaimed tomboy with zero dance experience?

Kendra Wilkinson: When I heard that they wanted to talk with me, I was like, "Uh, oh." I was kind of nervous. Yeah, I have a show on TV. I've been on TV for eight seasons. But candid reality TV is a lot different than Dancing with the Stars. I'm not that Hollywood. And Dancing is beyond Hollywood. It's a huge show. It took me a while to really feel it in my heart to feel good about it. Having a son, am I really going to take this time? It's not even the time; it's the focus. ... It's a lot of mental work.

Wilkinson: I was preparing for the worst and it's actually not that bad. You get to make your schedule. I get to spend some time with the baby, go dance for a few hours, and come back and spend more time with the baby and my hubby [Hank Baskett]. It's a perfect, perfect time in my life and career to be doing this.

Wilkinson: And I really don't like that at all! [Laughs] I've always been the underdog and I love that feeling. I've never won anything except for my husband and my son. I hate the fact that I'm picked to win. ... It's flattering, I guess, but I wish people wouldn't do that. It puts extra pressure on me. I don't know why people are picking me. I do not have one minute of choreographed dance experience in my life. I know how to go into the club and shake my butt to a hip-hop song, but when it comes to choreography, posture and etiquette, that is really hard for me. I need a lot of practice. ... I'm going to make a lot of mistakes. It's going to be a huge fight for me.

Wilkinson: Definitely posture. My posture is really bad. I have no etiquette. I'm an athlete. I'm a tomboy. I slouch and I'm pigeon-toed. That's my main problem. It's all mental. Louis lays us on the floor and is like, "Look, your feet go out because that's natural for your body." I'm like, "You know what? You're right!"

Wilkinson: The cha-cha. I get to shake my booty for a little bit. Our routine is great. I hope I can pull it off on game day. It's very, very fast. I have to concentrate. Once you think it's over, you have a mile to go. I think it's a great way to start off the season for me. It's a great way to pump up everybody and get everybody involved and have some fun. If they gave me the foxtrot for my first dance, that wouldn't have been good.

Wilkinson: I'm looking forward to getting the first dance over with. It's one of those things where the more I wait, the more nervous I get.... I'm also excited about getting into my costume. That's going to give it that extra spark for the dance.

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Taking an evening away from their parental duties, Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett were spotted out to dinner in Los Angeles last night (March 10).

The “Girls Next Door” alum and her footballer hubby both looked to be enjoying each other’s company as they arrived at a swanky restaurant.

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Kendra Wilkinson just can’t seem to escape all the talk of a relationship on the rocks with her football hubby Hank Baskett.

But a source close to the reality star says all the gossip is simply just that: “It’s not true,” the source told Radar Online exclusively.

“It’s not over,” said our source. “Nothing about her in the tabloids is true. “They’re solid.”

Recent reports have surfaced that in a final attempt to save their marriage and bring back the spark to their relationship, they left their son with his grandma and took off to Hawaii.

But our source says, “They went to Hawaii for a vacation. They’re relationship is fine.”

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Venturing out for a family fun day, Kendra Wilkinson was spotted with her two Hanks in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday (January 18).

The E! reality family hopped in the family SUV to visit a local hiking area before hitting up a nearby park so that Hank IV could hit up the jungle gym.

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Kendra Wilkinson and her hubby Hank Baskett are greeted by paparazzi as they leave Hollywood hotspot, Katsuya restaurant on January 17, 2011.

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Enjoying the mild weather, Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett were spotted at a Los Angeles park with their son Hank yesterday (January 11).

The “Girls Next Door” babe and her hunky husband treated their boy to some active quality time on the climbing blocks as well as the swing set while paparazzi snuck a few pictures.

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Kendra Wilkinson and husband Hank Baskett brought their son, Hank, to the grand opening of the store Coffee Kiosk in Valencia.

Kendra was surprised to find cookies with her and Hank's face on them! At one point they played with the baby by putting him on Kendra's back and holding him up in the air.

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Kendra Wilkinson and her husband, NFL star Hank Baskett, are tackling tabloid reports claiming that the reality couple is on the rocks.

“You know, I can’t sit here and tell people, ‘Don’t believe [the rumors],’ because they’re going to believe it no matter what,” Kendra told Access at the E! TCA event in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “We say, you know, [we’re] just living our lives and you know, it’s up to people to do what they want with the headlines. It’s up to the people to do what they want in their crazy heads.”

The power pair certainly looked in love, telling Access that their love life has certainly not fizzled.

“Trust me… we’re definitely happy as ever,” Hank — who spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles and, most recently, the Minnesota Vikings this season — told Access. “From the day we met till now, it’s still the same. I told her, ‘Just get ready,’ I couldn’t keep my hands off her.”

Kendra and Hank have one child together, Hank Baskett IV, 1, but are definitely considering adding to their family – and performing a lot of “practice.”

“Oh for sure, we talk about it like, everyday,” Kendra gushed, when asked about the possibility of a second child in the near future.

“Practice makes perfect you know?” Hank joked. “You got to, you got to.”

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Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett attends the Comcast Entertainment Group Television Critics Association Cocktail Reception at The Langham Hotel on January 5, 2011 in Pasadena, California.

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Kendra Wilkinson and her hubby Hank Baskett just can't escape the divorce rumor mill, and the NFL star's father is sick of it, Radar Online has learned exclusively.

"It's a bunch of crap!" exclaimed Hank's dad.

Another source close to the former Girls Next Door star said, "It's a joke. There are no plans on getting a divorce.

"They're going to be out and about at events in Los Angeles."

The newlyweds have been fighting back at rumblings of a split for months since Kendra decided to be bicoastal and move back to Los Angeles.

Kendra's mom even told Radar Online in November that the couple's marriage is not on the rocks.

"The marriage is fine and they came to the decision together that they'd be both better off with him concentrating on his career and she could concentrate on her career here in L.A.," said Patti Wilkinson.

"They see each other when they can until football season is over then he's going to move to L.A. and they're going to buy a house and live happily ever after!

"It was the best decision they could have made and it's only a couple of more months before he's out here."

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Hank Baskett and Kendra Wilkinson attended Covergirl Cosmetic's 50th Anniversary Party on January 5, 2011 at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood, California.

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With her husband released from the Philadelphia Eagles, Kendra Wilkinson removed any traces of Hank Baskett's former team from their home -- starting with her wardrobe!

"Eagles s*** was everywhere," the 25-year-old E! reality star complained as she cleaned out her closet. "I don't want anything green in here! Time to give it all away."

With the help of her assistant, Wilkinson -- whose son, Hank IV, turned 1 on December 11 -- boxed up jerseys, pajama pats, hats (and even a bra!) before taking her old duds to the curb.

Kendra airs Sunday at 10 p.m. (EST) on E!

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Kendra Baskett sure can hang with the boys!

On Sunday's episode of her reality series, the mom of 11-month-old Hank gets into a belching contest with pals while watching a football game.

"Every time the offense came on, I had to take a shot, because I was feeling so nervous," the reality star says as her Minnesota Vikings player husband, Hank, takes the field. "Butterflies were in my stomach eating me alive!" (Watch a clip above)

After her pal belches, Baskett shows him who's boss. "Mine was better than that," she says, sipping a beer and offering her trademark laugh.

Later, she gets into the game.

"C'mon, Hank, I want you to rip their heads off and swallow it!" says Kendra.

Watch the full episode of Kendra Sunday at 10 p.m. (EST) on E!

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As her son approaches his first birthday, Kendra Wilkinson has shed the baby weight she gained and is back in top bikini shape.

“My body is back,” Kendra said as she posed for the pictures with her little son Hank Jr.

She’s dropped an amazing 50 pounds and we couldn’t help but think she looks better than she did when she was in Playboy two years ago.

Kendra told In Touch that she doesn’t feel confident enough to hit the beach, but these photos don’t show a single imperfection.

The poolside shots show the sexy mama with her little boy as proudly showing off her ab-tastic stomach in a pink bikini from C.Z. Falconer.

As Radar Online previously reported, Kendra and her football star husband Hank are even talking about adding another baby to their happy family, just shy of Hank Jr.’s first birthday.

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Hank Baskett loved the two-year-old shots of wife Kendra Wilkinson baring all in the December issue of Playboy.

"He's like, 'I'm so proud of you! You look so good!'" Kendra, 25, told Us Magazine of her husband's reaction at a signing event for Ab Cuts at a GNC store in L.A. "Even though that's like, so long ago, I'm like 'urghhhhhh!'" she added, doing a fist-pump move.

"I'm very happy, very honored to be on the cover with the old pictures," cooed Kendra, who's gotten married and had a son (Hank IV, nearly one) since that nude photo shoot.

Would she ever pose again? "I can't say," she said. "I can't lock the door to that, but I am saying no, because I'm where I need to be in my life . . . it's not the time in my life right now to do it."

Meanwhile, she says that she and husband Baskett, 28, are adjusting to a long-distance relationship. (Wilkinson and their son stayed behind in L.A. when he relocated to Minneapolis, where he's now playing for the Minnesota Vikings.

"We're working with it," she said. "You work against each other or you deal with it and we're dealing with it. We're doing great!"

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