Unfortunately, in 2015 her mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia and was given just three to five years of lucidity but Jessy has only watched her grow into a stronger person, not in spite of the disease but because of it.

"She's never once felt sorry for herself, she never complains about it and she never lets her affect what needs to be done," Jessy said.

"Whenever I'm having a bad day I'm like well look at what my mum has to go through and live with every day.

"I don't think there is anything that could come up in my life or my career that is harder than what she has had to go through, that's how she inspires me," she said.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Jessy is hard worker, there is no denying that. At the age of 16, she was working full time while still completing high school at the time but would later drop out in her final year to continue working plus get a second job. 

However, it was while living in Townsville, where she was a nightclub manager, that her life would change. 

She was powerlifting because her boyfriend at the time was trying to be a bodybuilder but would also regularly do kickboxing. It was while reading the local newspaper that she saw an article about a girl winning all these powerlifting competitions despite lifting less than Jessy. 

Jessy wanted to show her what she could do but she would need to drop weight to be in a lower weight division so she went to her boyfriends kickbox gym and well...

"I didn't lift a weight the year after that," she said.

"From the very first day I was like this is what I want to do and ever since that day my whole life has revolved around it."