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Leila Ali Expecting Second Child

Laila Ali arrives at the 2010 BET Awards on June 27, 2010, in Los Angeles. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

NEW YORK (CBS) Leila Ali is hoping there's a lot of pink in her future.

The "Dancing with the Stars" alumna and former world-class boxer is expecting her second child, and she hopes it's a daughter.

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"I am pregnant again! I'm three months, and I'm so excited, my family is excited," she said in a video message posted on People.com. "I'm hoping it's a girl this time!"

Ali is due in April 2011. She and husband Curtis Conway, who married in 2007, are also parents to 2-year-old son Curtis Jr.

She said her father, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, is excited about becoming a grandfather again.

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"My dad is an excellent grandfather," she says. "He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death."

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