Heather Mills, estranged wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, has joined the next group of celebrities who will strut their stuff on the US television hit Dancing with the Stars.
The US ABC network says 39-year-old Mills, a former model turned social activist who lost her left leg below the knee in a traffic accident, will be the first contestant on the show to compete with an artificial limb, the Walt Disney-owned broadcaster said.
Also in the line-up will be world female boxing champion Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali, country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, former 'N Sync boy band member Joey Fatone, Olympic speed-skater Apolo Anton Ohno, former basketball star Clyde Drexler, TV-radio host Leeza Gibbons and Vincent Pastore, who appeared on The Sopranos.
The cast for the upcoming fourth season of the show that premieres on March 19, was announced on ABCs Good Morning America program.
During its fall 2006 run, the show ranked as the most watched unscripted show in US prime time and number two overall, averaging 20.7 million viewers a week.
Mills, who separated from McCartney last year in what has grown into a highly publicised and increasingly nasty divorce, will be paired on the dance contest show with professional dancer Jonathan Roberts.
