Volleyballer, Surfer, Split

By Stephen M. Silverman

09/15/1997 at 12:00 AM EDT

Citing irreconcilable differences, 6-foot-3-inch model and professional beach volleyball player Gabrielle Reece is divorcing Laird Hamilton, her surfer husband of about three years, according to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week. They have no children. The couple married on Nov. 30, 1997 and separated this past Jan. 20, say the legal documents. In 1996, Hamilton, who is from Hawaii, was voted one of PEOPLE's 50 "most beautiful people."