Brec Bassinger is Bella in Nickelodeon's 'Bella and the Bulldog' where she plays a cheerleader turned quarterback of her middle school football team.

Brec will be the featured guest of this year's Kidabaloo at Belk Activity Center (2101 Bowers Drive in Tuscaloosa, SEE MAP) on February 27th from 10 am– 2 pm.

There will be a limited amount of VIP tickets made available to a half hour private party with Brec at the beginning of the event, although, everyone will have chance to meet her from 10am-12:30pm with a Kidabaloo general admission ticket. Purchase your tickets now by clicking here.

Here are 5 things you may not know about the teen actress:

 

  • 1

    She won Best Child Pageant Queen

    She won Best Child Pageant Queen in the 2009 Little Miss World competition. Brec first took the stage at age two and continued until she decided to embark on an acting career nine years later.
    The actress says, “My mom always told me if I didn’t want to do it anymore, I could quit, but I had so much fun!”

  • 2

    She's an Ambassador for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation

    At 8 years of age, the young actress was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and has been very open about living with the disease and fundraising. She even auctioned off the football purse she wore at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards with money going to the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation.

  • 3

    She's a lover of strange animals

    According to the Bella and The Bulldogs web page, Brec has owned a naked mole rat, a millipede, a hedgehog and even a pot-bellied pig.

  • 4

    She was a competitive cheerleader

    It's true! Before becoming an actress, Brec was a competitive cheerleader.

  • 5

    Brec loves sports

    She's been on the volleyball team, the cheerleading squad and now plays a football quarterback on TV.

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