facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramEmily SkyeFitness Expert Born: 1985Emily Skye is from Australia. She began modeling as a teen, but the pressures of being skinny led to depression, unhealthy habits and an attempted suicide. She switched to bikini body competitions and...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramAnllela SagraFitness Model Born: 1993Anllela Sagra is from Columbia. She grew up wanting to be a model. She went to college to study fashion and has a degree in fashion design from the University of Columbia. Despite prejudice against...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramMassy AriasBodybuilder Born: 1988Originally from the Dominican Republic, Mqassiel ‘Massy’ Arias moved to Los Angeles when she was 13 along with her father and 2 of her 5 brothers. She did not speak English and struggled with hunger,...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramAlan RitchsonActorBorn: 1984Alan Ritchson moved around a lot as a kid. He was born in North Dakota then moved to Illinois before settling in Florida at the age of 10. Ritchson was a member of two school singing groups and received a...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramRuby RoseActressBorn: 1986From Australia, Ruby Rose moved around a lot as a child with her 20-year-old single mom. Rose entered the model competition Girlfriend in 2002 and came in 2nd. Later, she competed to become a VJ for MTV in...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramShawn MendesMusicianBorn: 1998Shawn Mendes is from Ontario, Canada. As a kid, he played hockey and soccer, took acting lessons and participated in his high school glee club. Mendes auditioned for the Disney Channel but was not cast. He...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramMark WahlbergActor Born: 1976Mark Wahlberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and is the youngest of 9. He had a rough childhood and was addicted to drugs including cocaine by age 13. Wahlberg was also arrested for hate crimes as a teen....
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramPaige VanZantUFC Fighter Born: 1994Paige ’12 Gauge’ VanZant was born in Oregon. Her parents owned a dance studio and she grew up dancing ballet, jazz and hip hop, and she also enjoyed outdoor sports like riding dirt bikes and fishing....
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramChris PineActorBorn: 1980From California, Christopher ‘Pine Nuts’ Pine is the son of actors Robert Pine (from CHiPs) and Gwynne Gilford. He was an avid baseball player as a child and teen. He attended UC Berkeley where he joined the...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramShemar MooreActor Born: 1970Shermar Moore was born in California but lived abroad in Denmark and Bahrain for several years with his single mom. He played baseball in his youth and was drafted out of high school, but his mother, a math...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramMichelle WatersonMixed Martial ArtistBorn: 1986Originally from Colorado, Michelle Waterson is of half Thai, half Caucasian descent. Always an active child, she started out with gymnastics, but financial constraints pushed her to try...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramSofia VergaraActress Born: 1972Sofia Vergara was born in Columbia. She pursued a degree in dentistry but dropped out to try show biz instead. Vergara was discovered on a beach in Columbia and her first appearance was in a Latin American...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramChantel JeffriesModelBorn: 1992Chantel Jeffries was born in California, but her family moved around due to her father’s work as a military trainer. Jeffries first became widely known as Justin Bieber’s girlfriend. (She was also in the...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramJenna DewanActressBorn: 1980Jenna Dewan was born in Connecticut, but moved around a lot at a child. She was a cheerleader in high school, and voted prom queen in her senior year. Dewan attended the University of Southern California. Her...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramJenna JamesonActressBorn: 1974Jenna Jameson (Jenna Massoli) was born in Las Vegas to a showgirl who danced in the Folies Bergère. Her mother died of cancer when she was just 2. Bankrupt from paying for the cancer treatments, her family...