Early Life
Adams grew up in Moberly, Missouri. Her father and older brother were both in prison when she was a child. Her mother chose to relocate her and her twin sister away from that environment moved to Houston, Texas at age eight. For a time there the family lived out of the mother's Daytona hatchback until they had enough money to afford an apartment. She played basketball, volleyball, track and rugby. She started doing bikini modelling and competed in pageants such as Miss Hawaiian Tropic, Miss Swimsuit USA and Miss Hooters. Her agent told her "You’re way too ripped to keep modeling. You need to go to the fitness side, or gain some weight and get softer and be a model."
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