At eighteen, a single photo changed everything
Allison Stokke is an American track and field athlete and fitness model from Newport Beach, California. She is best known for her pole vaulting skills and for being the subject of an internet meme. Stokke began competing in pole vaulting at the age of eleven. She quickly established herself as one of the top pole vaulters in the United States, becoming the US National Indoor Pole Vault Champion in 2004. She then went on to compete at the University of California, Berkeley, where she set the school record for pole vaulting.