Trish Stratus

I Patricia Anne Stratigias was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, on December 18, 1975. I grew up a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), now known as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and watching My hero, Hulk Hogan, wrestle on television. After high school, I went on to York University in Toronto where I majored in biology and kinesiology and was well on the road to medical school.The staff and faculty at York University would end up going on strike though, leaving Me with few options. Soon I found Myself working for a local gym where My friends and gym members suggested and pushed Me to go into fitness modeling. The 5' 4" 36-24-36student succumbed to the pressure. After modeling and appearing on magazine covers across the globe, I was approached by the WWF and began training to become an entertainer in Vince McMahon's wrestling empire. On March 19, 2000, I appeared for the first time on the wrestling show Sunday Night Heat as an escort, accompanying some of the night's wrestlers to the ring. Quickly, I took a liking to the ring and would soon be found in it as well as beside it. For MY first taste of what the sports entertainment industry had to offer, I was plowed through a folding table by Bubba Ray Dudley. The 5'4" former fitness model loved every minute of it, and thus became even more involved, until ultimately I would be crowned the WWE's Women's Champion six times over.