Strictly Baldwin! Hilaria pictured as a strutting Latin ballroom dancer... years before life as a yoga Instagram star and other half of Alec Baldwin

By Antonia Kempton For Mail Online

Published: 15:55 EST, 7 August 2014 | Updated: 16:51 EST, 7 August 2014

These days, it's like Hilaria Baldwin exists in a series of static yoga poses, paraded daily on social media.

But it seems the 30-year-old yogi and now-wife of Alec Baldwin, 56, wasn't always quite so... still.

The Extra TV correspondent is seen here in photos from 2008 - when she went by the name of Hillary Hayward-Thomas - Cha Cha Cha-ring and Mambo-ing as a Latin dancer.

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Dance fever: Hilaria Baldwin was once Hillary Haywood Thomas, ballroom dancer, pictured in 2008 in NYC

Dance fever: Hilaria Baldwin was once Hillary Haywood Thomas, ballroom dancer, pictured in 2008 in NYC

Hilaria is pictured with her dance partner Alexander Rechits at the Manhattan Amateur Classic dance competition, and looks every inch the part.

In one snap, Hilaria - who has an almost one-year-old daughter Carmen with Alec - is decked out in a slinky black satin dress with a deep-scooped back and diamanté detailing on the bodice.

In another she wears a lavender and lilac costume with a beaded choker and embellishments at the waist.

Lavender lovely: Hilaria jazzed up her dance look with a dramatic tiered purple dress

Lavender lovely: Hilaria jazzed up her dance look with a dramatic tiered purple dress

Hilaria put her best foot forward in a pair of gold-heeled sandals, while her hair was slicked back in a tight bun for both dances.

While these days Hilaira is more known for her abundant yoga poses and TV presenting work, she is clearly still quite the dancing enthusiast at heart.

Earlier in the year, she shared a picture with her Instagram follower of her Extra TV co-host Mario Lopez throwing her backwards in a fanciful dance pose.

Sexy back: Hilaria showed off her toned back in a low-scooped black satin gown with diamante accents

Sexy back: Hilaria showed off her toned back in a low-scooped black satin gown with diamante accents

Good times: Hilaria looked to be having a lot of fun dancing in the amateur latin contest with partner Alexander Rechits

Good times: Hilaria looked to be having fun dancing in the amateur latin contest with partner Alexander Rechits

So elegant: Hilaria had recently posted an old picture of herself dancing with Alexander

So elegant: Hilaria had recently posted an old picture of herself dancing with Alexander

And just a few days ago, she shared a cute video of herself dancing with her baby daughter, who will turn one later this month.

Some of her most recent yoga posts, shared via Instagram include her poised in a bakasana stance next to the toilet, dressed in a sleeveless black dress, which she shared on Wednesday.

Hilaria and Alec - who is also father to 18-year-old Ireland from his marriage to Kim Basinger - married in the summer of 2012, after just a year of dating.

TV star: Hilaria has made no secret of her love of dance, showing off her skills on Extra with Mario Lopez earlier this year

TV star: Hilaria has made no secret of her love of dance, showing off her skills on Extra with Mario Lopez earlier this year

Yoga guru: Hilaria is known for her wacky daily yoga poses posted to Instagram

Yoga guru: Hilaria is known for her wacky daily yoga poses posted to Instagram 




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