PAULA ABDUL - PAULA ABDUL FINDS LOVE

Former pop pin-up PAULA ABDUL has found love with model DANTE SPENCER.

AMERICAN IDOL judge Abdul, 43, met Spencer, 30, on a Hollywood dancefloor just three months ago, and they're already smitten.

Spencer says, "We were salsa dancing in LA at a club called Mood on Hollywood Boulevard. I saw her and went right up to her. Before I said one word, she turned around and said, 'Who are you?' And it's been great ever since.

"It progressed slowly. We've been dating for a month and a half."

Spencer, who has modeled for the likes of International Male and Portuguese Men's Health, is currently pursuing an acting career and recently wrapped an independent film.

The only man she has been publicly linked with recently is American Idol reject COREY CLARK, 25, who claimed that the two had a torrid three-month affair and that she coached him for the show. Abdul denied the allegations and an investigation was closed in August (05) due to "insufficient evidence".