Miesha Tate is ready to show what she’s made of in the upcoming season of Celebrity Big Brother. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, who also took the top prize in the Strikeforce league, is joining the cast that includes Khloe Kardashian‘s ex Lamar Odom, John Mellencamp‘s daughter and reality star Teddi Mellencamp, ‘NSync member Chris Kirpatrick, Queer Eye star Carson Kressley, figure skater Mirai Nagasu and model and former wife of Travis Barker, Shanna Moakler.
Find out all about Miesha, below. Born on August 18, 1986 in Tacoma, Washington, Meisha grew up wrestling in high school and college before mixed martial arts caught her eye.
During her illustrious MMA career, she began a relationship with fellow MMA fighter Johnny Nuñez. On June 4, 2018, the couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Amaia Nuñez.
Their son, Daxton Nuñez, arrived on June 14, 2020. When asked if she felt like she was treated differently in the world of fighting because she’s female, Miesha said there were two sides to the answer. “I think we’ve broken a lot of barriers and kind of shattered our “glass ceiling” that was there for women.,” she told Ask Men. “There are so many great fighters and we’ve proved a lot of people wrong.
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