Internet sensation who first gained fame after she won the title of Heaviest woman to give birth in the 2010 Guinness World Records. She has since maintained a goal to become the world's heaviest woman.
Her mother died when she was a child, however, before she did, she would often make big meals for her and her family. At only nine years old, she weighed over 180 pounds.
In 2007, she launched a website and YouTube channel documenting her weight gain journey.
She married chef Robert Simpson when she was 24. They had one daughter before they divorced. She later had a son with previous partner Phillippe Gouamba.
Both she and Ashrita Furman gained fame for holding Guinness World Records.