Christie Ricci was born and raised on her family-owned crawfish farm in Clinton, Mississippi. A tomboy at heart, her youth was spent fishing, chasing crawfish, and four-wheeling. At eight years old, Christie discovered wrestling when she was enrolled in Sunday school with the son of the Million Dollar Man. Christie found her softer side in high school as she began competing in beauty pageants, winning the title of Miss Teen Tennessee at the age of sixteen and competing at the national level at the Miss United States Teen Pageant. After high school Christie attended college at Middle Tennessee State University and received a bachelor in Business Administration with a major in Marketing. Since college Christie has obtained her MBA degree, and has jet set around the world wrestling professionally in Japan, Mexico, the Middle East and Europe, as well as on numerous military bases. She has also earned the titles NWA women's champion and XWF women's champion.