I was born in Peckham, London in the late nineteen seventies. My parents were antique dealers and I spent my childhood surrounded by beautiful old things. In our house everything vintage was encouraged and I spent Saturday afternoons being fascinated by Busby Berkeley musicals and their tales of old showbusiness. Another film that really stuck in my head concerned a pretty lady who took her clothes off on stage. Of course, I was too young to understand that what she was doing was taboo. A few years ago I saw Gypsy (1962) and realised that this biopic about striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee was the film I found so captivating all those years ago. I think this must have led to my love of retro glamour.

As hippies, my parents brought me up with a liberal attitude towards sex and nudity; I seemed to seldom wear clothes as a small child. I guess this is why being undressed on stage seems totally natural, rather than something shocking. As a child I was also taken on a great deal of trips to stately homes and National Trust estates. It was there that I first saw art depicting the naked form, all sorts of revealing paintings, sculptures, carvings and fountains. I believe it was these images that made me see the female body in all its shapes as something glorious. Now on stage, I see my shows as a celebration of the female form.

I first became inspired to perform when I was travelling in India during 2001. Whilst in Rajasthan I saw a girl fire dancing next to a lake. I was awestruck - I had to learn the art. I was thoroughly obsessed and I practiced until I was an expert. On returning to the UK, I immersed myself in the world of performance and trained at the acclaimed Circomedia Circus School in Bristol. I remember a teacher explaining we had to offer something different and thinking, 'I want to put the sex into circus.' I began to combine exotic dance with my fire show and went out to perform in the exotic nightclubs of Ibiza to perfect my new skills. Back England it seemed there not so many outlets to perform the show was a little risqué for most venues. But then in 2003, I started to hear about the resurgance of the burlesque scene in America - suddenly it hit the UK. This was the perfect medium for me to perform as it was deemed acceptable and artistic for women to take their clothes off in public. I immediately fell in love with the wit, humour, irony and parody, not to mention the vintage glamour and styling that has been forgotten by our society today.

I threw myself into the world of burlesque and have had a wonderful time
travelling up and down the country performing at all sorts of exciting places,
whilst starting to make a name for myself. I think one of the best parts was
working with all the other wonderful performers.