FIRST FEMALE JACKASS

FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS. Stunt-woman Rachel Star Withers is giving Johnny Knoxville a run for his money by completing crazy stunts and pushing the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. The 29-year-old, of Indian Land, South Carolina, USA, says: ‘Doing stunts is an excuse for me to push my limits and find out what is possible. ‘I'm the kind of person who sees someone do something cool and then I want to do it too.

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