I went from acting to hanging from my hair as a circus act by 'accident'

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Growing up in Edinburgh meant that Miranda Menzies was always surrounded by performers thanks to events like the Fringe Festival at her doorstep.

From an early age she always wanted to get into showbiz and when she completed high school she went on to study acting at higher education.

Nowadays Miranda is still in showbusiness, performing on the stage, but not for acting. Instead she leaves the audience, awestruck and with their hearts in their mouths as she is suspended from a dizzying height performing acrobatics and held there by a specialist knot tied in her hair. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Miranda says her journey to becoming a circus performer was by 'accident'.

After studying at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, the 32-year-old featured in some stage plays but found herself being drawn to being an aerial performer in a production.