Australian model Jessica Gomes to be a wildcard on Dancing with the Stars: All Stars

She recently joined the bevy of stars flocking to Byron Bay.

And Australian model Jessica Gomes has revealed her next project after returning home from Los Angeles last November amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 35-year-old beauty revealed to The West Australian on Monday that she will be a contestant on the upcoming all-star series of Dancing with the Stars.

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Despite having appeared on the South Korean version of the dance competition back in 2011, she admits that returning to the dance floor has been a ‘challenge’.

‘The biggest challenge is learning the choreography and getting back into training seven days a week,’ said the Perth-raised catwalk stunner. 

Having placed third in the Korean version of the show almost a decade ago, Jessica was keen to return to the format, revealing that when her agent asked her if she wanted the job she said: ‘Why not, it’ll be super fun!’

Joining Jessica on the show will be Schapelle Corby, Home and Away’s Ada Nicodemou, Tom Williams, Fifi Box, and Bec Hewitt. 

Jessica has also expressed enthusiasm for her return to Australia and revealing she plans to settle in Byron Bay. 

‘I’m just so excited that I’m in Australia. I’m going to live in Byron for sure, there you have it!’ Jessica said in a statement last week.

She added: ‘I’m excited that I’m home with my friends and family now who mean so much to me. Just living the simple life after such a hectic 2020 in LA.’ 

She was recently snapped while out and about in the coastal town with fellow Western Australian-raised model Gemma Ward. 

Earlier this month, the Hyundai spokesperson reflected on the ‘uncertainty and fear’ she experienced while living in her adopted home in California.

‘It was a heavy year. Having that fear lingering over you for so long, it’s quite heavy. You don’t realise what you’ve been through and then you kind of come out of it and go “Oh wow”,’ she told The Daily Telegraph on Saturday. 

‘In LA everyone was really worried and not working, scraping kind of the barrels, and going “Oh god, what’s happening?” There was a lot of uncertainty and fear,’ she added.

While she was still in the US, the Portuguese-Chinese beauty – who hails from Perth –  shared photos of herself wearing a facemask and encouraged her followers to do the same.

Despite calling LA home for a decade, she told the publication that she decided to leave at the end of the second lockdown because she no longer felt safe.

Luckily for her, she was able to get on a flight back home to Australia where there are barely any cases Covid and productions for film, TV and fashion have thrived.  

‘Obviously it’s a very different situation here in Australia, and different environment, and I’m really happy that I’m back and it’s great that things are open and people are working and being productive,’ she said.

Jessica has recently been spending time in Byron Bay, where she has been pictured out and about with her model pal Gemma Ward.