Alyse Anderson is one of the youngest girls to be featured on today's list. She was only 23-years old at the time of writing of this list (she was born on January 13, 1995), and like most other female MMA fighters, she is from the continental US. She was born in the small town of Mason, Michigan, and she is 5'5", which is about 165 cm. She weighs 105 lbs, placing her firmly in the atmoweight fighting category - the lightest one possible.
Her MMA team association is with the "Scorpion Fighting System," and her latest results show her winning 3 out of her 4 last fights. Despite her youthful and diminutive stature, she has seen plenty of success, which is why many experts speculate that her fighting records are only going to grow as time goes on. During an interview, she was asked to describe herself with a single word, and this was her reply: "mom, how would you best describe me?". Her mom said, "tenacious, you are absolutely tenacious sweetheart".
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.