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"Jemmas
always wanted to be like Lara Croft or
an action super hero."
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Jem was
born April 1986, Jemma's mother was not meant to be able to have
children but 2 years previously was involved in a serious car accident
crushing her pelvis after 2 years of rehabilitation she was blessed and
surprised when she found out she was pregnant with Jemma.
As a child Jemma always had something special about her, despite being a
quiet polite child people seemed to be drawn to her and always commented on
how beautiful she was. As a child Jemma won various beauty pageants such as
Little Miss Midlands, Miss Littlesea took part in Miss Great Britain and
Miss England competitions.
Jemma's father brought her up as a tom boy teaching her martial arts and
evoking a passion for the military and archeology. Jemma always wanted to be
like Lara Croft or an action super hero. She enrolled at army cadets where
she got into climbing, rappelling and amateur wrestling. At school Jemma was
a high achiever despite being bullied.
At age 9 Jem set her heart on becoming a Gladiator (after watching the
original series of Gladiators) or a wrestler. In her early teens Jemma
trained and competed in Athletics and Trampolining and in her later teens
started weight training and submission wrestling. Throughout her Teenage
years Jemma continued to model and study media at college. It was quite a
stressful time being pulled in so many directions.
In 2005 Jemma did some promo work with FWA under Doug Williams and got to
work as a valet at several shows. Jemma was looking for a wrestling school
to start pro wrestling training when she was invited as 1 of only 3 girls
for a WWE tryout after a European talent search . Jemma was the invited to
participate in the WWE Diva Search and after meeting with Talent Scout Rick
Bassman was offered a scholarship at his training school.
Whilst training in the USA Jemma was introduced to American Gladiators and
was being considered as a new American Gladiator, when she heard from the UK
Gladiators. After Flying back and meeting with the production company Jemma
was thrilled to sign up as a new gladiator for the re-launch in the UK.
Having completed the filming of the first series, Jemma is currently under
an intense training regime including Weights, Plyometrics, Cardio, Climbing
and of course Wrestling. As she works towards her dual goals of becoming the
best Gladiator she can be and becoming a WWE Diva/TNA Knockout and pro wrestler.
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