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The most harrowing stories can be hidden under a seemingly glittering resume. Lolo jones, the champion of the USA and World hurdle championships has achieved this title after a long period of hard work and incredible endurance. Jones was born to a motherless family with five children in poverty and hardship as a child, had an incredibly difficult childhood. Her mother was always shifting and even lived in the basement. Jones had a nomadic and mobile life from the moment she started the high school system, was required to move to a new school every year. Jones left her mother and moved to Theodore Roosevelt in order for her to concentrate on her passion for track. She lived with four different families throughout her time at high school in order study at one location. Jones, a cellist in the school's orchestra, and winner of the Gatorade Track and Field Iowa athlete of the year award earned her the Gatorade Iowa Athlete award at the end of high school. Jones at the time she was going to college, was regarded as one of best hurdlers. In 2002, at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 2002, Jones took home the 100 meter hurdles. Also, she was among those on the second team for the relay 100-meter event. In 2003 and 2004 Jones was the winner of the indoor hurdles event during the NCAA Championship. Jones was a professional athlete when she graduated in 2005. her education. She started training to pursue a track career that would be successful. In the same year, she won her first Torino Memorial Event, while in 2026, she was the winner of the Ostrava Track competition and Heusden.

Brandt was born and raised in Cape Town in South African. Her family moved from Cape Town to Auckland New Zealand with her family during her late teens. Brandt was discovered by casting directors in her hometown and took the role as Naevia in the Starz popular Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Her character was popular for both the audience and the producer Steven S. D Knight, Sam Raimi and Sam Raimi. Mazikeen is a Vertigo/DC Comics role model who appeared on Netflix's hit series Lucifer. The show ran for 6 years. Forbes has ranked Lucifer the top-rated series in 2021. Brandt is set to next be seen alongside Andrew Lincoln, Danai Guarira as well as others Walking Dead cast members in the six-episode Walking Dead spinoff that airs in 2020. She is also starring opposite Jason Ritter Anthony Carrigan and Chris Meloni in the adult animated show Captain Fall which airs July 2023 on Netflix. Lesley-Ann Brandt was born on the 2nd of December, 1981, in Cape Town South Africa. She is one talented New Zealander actress. Lesley Brandt moved along with her family and friends to Auckland New Zealand in 1999. Her first job was in Auckland as a store manager, and was then made an IT consultant. Lesley began her modeling career after which she began appearing in commercials. Her graduation was with a degree in acting in 2008. Then in 2009, she started training in Meisner Methods of Study. Lesley's very first prominent acting role was on the TV drama Diplomatic Immunity in New Zealand. Lesley Brandt made a guest appearance on the New Zealand's television show Shortland Street acting as support actor. In a subsequent sci-fi adaptation This Is Not My Life she played the city of Waimoana. Lesley Brandt played Naevia in the TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The character was later reprised as Naevia in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.