Birth name | Kathy Dingman |
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Born | December 9, 1970 |
Residence | Daytona Beach, Florida |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Cousin Brandy Brandi Mae Barbara Bush B.B. Miss B Papaya Taylor Vaughn |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Billed weight | 147 lb (67 kg) |
Debut | June 1998 |
Kathy Dingman (born December 9, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager better known for her works in WWE (back–then called WWF) under the ring name B.B. (Barbara Bush), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Taylor Vaughn, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Papaya and various independent promotions under different names.
Cathy grew up in a small town in New York before moving to Daytona Beach, Florida where she worked for Hooters for 8 years. She also began modelling for posters and magazines before being approached by a close friend to work as a wrestling valet on the Independent circuit. She and her friend began training together and worked all over the Florida State.
Kathy's most prominent time on the independent circuit was in the IWF as Cousin Brandy Mae where she was valet of Hillbilly Cuzin Ray and later The Tennessee Mountain Boys. Their characters were that of "hick" types and were popular with fans.
Dingman began appearing in the WWF as an EMT during segments, including on SmackDown in October as she helped get a bear trap off of Road Dogg's leg. Dingman was also at Survivor Series when Tori was struck by X-Pac and when Stone Cold Steve Austin was run over by a car. She then appeared on the Thanksgiving 1999 edition of SmackDown, after the first ever Gravy Bowl match between Ivory and Jacqueline with Miss Kitty as the referee. Dingman came out to help the distressed Kitty and gave her the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge an object from her throat. Ivory went after the EMT, tore her top open and then threw her into the gravy.