48. Chigusa Nagayo

48. Chigusa Nagayo

At the 48th slot on the list, Chigusa Nagayo, hailing from Omura, Nagasaki, Japan. While only standing at 5'5 was known for her intimidating demeanor and grit. Nagayo was a trained submission specialist known to leave her opponents writhing in pain. Nagayo began her wrestling journey in 1980 in the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling league (Zenjo) and gained popularity as one-half of The Crush Gals alongside, Lioness Asuka.

Nagayo wrestled from 1980 to 1989 and returned from her early retirement in 1993 and wrestled until 2005. Within that time, Nagayo started her very own highly-successful pro-wrestling promotion company called, the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization (GAEA) and briefly wrestled as under the alter ego Lady Zero. Throughout her wrestling career, Nagayo captured the AJW Junior Championship (2x), All-Pacific Championship (2x), IWA World Women's Championship (2x), WWWA World Single Championship, and WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4x). Nagayo is truly a pioneer for the sport.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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