Meet Lindsay, the 6ft 9in model who makes her living as an Amazonian wrestler



Towering above her terrified opponents at 6ft 9in and with the ability to lift a man over her head before smashing him to the canvas, Lindsay Hayward presents an overwhelming sight.

The Amazonian 23-year-old - known to fans as Isis - has achieved minor celebrity status in the U.S. as a professional wrestler and model who can leg press an astonishing 50st.



Now Lindsay hopes to make an impact on Hollywood as only she can.

She said: ' I want to be that tough chick that strides in and beats the hell out of everyone.

Don't mess with Isis: Lindsay Hayward and a fan in New York. the 23-year-old wrestler wants to become a Hollywood star

' I can easily spin a grown man over my head and throw him across the room,' said Lindsay, from Miami, Florida.

'I've done it many times in the ring and a few times outside the ring. You don't want to see me angry.'

Lindsay, who weighs a healthy 17st, said her passion for grappling came from an unhappy childhood.

LINDSAY HAYWARD STATS

HEIGHT: 6ft 9in WAIST: 30in BUST: 38G HIPS: 31in THIGHS: 26.5in CALVES: 17in



She said: 'I decided I wanted to be a wrestler. To be the strongest and the best.

'I didn't want to take any grief from anyone ever again. Now if someone decides they want to fight me they really regret it.'



By the age of nine, Lindsay was 6ft tall and towered above her classmates.

'You'd think my height would stop people teasing me but it didn't,' she said.

'I was shy back then. My basketball team became like family to me. I always felt more comfortable with taller people, they knew what it was like.'

At 13 Lindsay had shot to 6ft 9ins, but she became withdrawn and self-conscious and turned to alcohol and self-harm.

No sweat: Lindsay as Isis, manhandling a referee during a professional wrestling bout

'I'd drink in the park on my own,' she said. 'My home life was really bad and, back then, I hated the way I looked.

'Everywhere I went people were staring. I didn't know how to deal with that when I was young.'

Despite her size, people still picked on Lindsay.

'When I was 16 a girl punched me from behind so I picked her up and threw her into a brick wall,' she said. 'She never bothered me again.'

Model behaviour: The 6ft 9in star hopes to make it big in Hollywood

Unhappy with her life, Lindsay left home at 18, and turned her height to her advantage by becoming a model.



Gradually, she grew to love her imposing body. 'I started working out and I realised that what I have is a gift,' she said.

The powerful blonde is one of the tallest women in America and she's getting stronger by the day.



'I'm building muscle,' said Lindsay, who eats 5oz of chicken every two hours to keep her strength up to lift weights for up to three hours a day.



She said: 'Normally I eat about 3lbs of rare steak a day. I'm always hungry. I need a lot of food.'

However, despite her attractive looks, Lindsay has so far been unlucky in love.

'I haven't had many serious relationships. I went out with one guy for a year but I mostly just date people. I'm always dating.'

Her past boyfriends in the past have included basketball players and bodybuilders and she will not date anyone under 6ft 4in.

She said: ' The taller the better really. I like basketball players because they're sometimes taller than me.

'The tallest guy I ever dated was 6ft 11in. When I date someone like that people really stare in the street. Everyone turns around and gets out of our way pretty quickly.



'I think it gets a man kudos to have a tall girlfriend like me. If he's big, it makes him look like even more of a man.'