Sara Lee | |
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Birth name | Sara Ann Lee |
Born |
Hope Township, Michigan, U.S. |
June 7, 1992
Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Hope Sara Lee |
Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Billed weight | 125 lb (57 kg) |
Billed from | Hope, Michigan |
Trained by |
Billy Gunn Booker T Lita WWE Performance Center |
Debut | August 25, 2015 |
Sara Ann Lee (born June 7, 1992) is an American television personality and professional wrestler, best known her time in the American promotion WWE between 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Lee was the female winner of the sixth season of the WWE competition Tough Enough, earning a one-year contract with WWE.
Lee was born and raised in Hope Township, Michigan. She has spent time in competitive powerlifting. She graduated from Meridian High School in 2010, and went on to study diagnostic medical sonography at Delta College in Bay City, Michigan.
In June 2015, Lee was announced as one of the thirteen finalists for the sixth season of the WWE competition Tough Enough. After being at risk of elimination five times throughout the course of the competition, on August 25, Lee was chosen by fan vote as one of the winners, along with Josh Bredl, earning a $250,000 one-year contract with WWE. During the final, Lee adopted the ring name Hope, and lost a singles match to Alicia Fox.
In September, Lee was assigned to WWE's developmental territory NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, to begin training. Returning to her real name, Lee made her first appearance for NXT at a live event on January 16, 2016, where she delivered a heel promo. She made her in-ring debut at the January 30 live event during a six-Diva tag team match, which also involved fellow Tough Enough competitor Mandy Rose. On October 2, 2016, it was reported that Lee had been released from her WWE contract two days prior.