Rose Namajunas

Thug Rose shaved her head to reject UFC's sex-appeal marketing

The UFC initially marketed female fighters on sex appeal (bikini weigh-ins), and some leaned in. Rose Namajunas went the opposite way, shaving her head and refusing Dancing with the Stars to be taken seriously as a martial artist.

“Rose went the other way. She's a beautiful girl and they were like, oh, do you want to go to Dancing with the Stars? You want to like, we can make you into a star. And she's like, fuck that. Shaved her head and was like, I don't want this. The whole beauty thing is a distraction. I'm actually trying to be a martial artist.”