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'Hairspray' Star Nikki Blonsky Working In Shoe Store After Career Stumble

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July 8 2011, Published 5:20 a.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Nikki Blonsky was plucked from obscurity to play alongside Hollywood heavyweight John Travolta in 2007 hit movie Hairspray.

But it seems the voluptuous actress has fallen on hard times in her career and is now working in a shoe store in New York. The 22-year-old Big Apple native can now be found fetching size 9s for customers at the Steven Dann high-end shoe boutique in her home town of Great Neck.

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