She's gone from being a street performer earning $20 a night to an NBA halftime performer with her sights set on the Premier League.
But while Grace Good, from Nashville, Tennessee, is hot stuff in her own country, frequently taking her life into her own hands, her unique line of work does come with plenty of risks.
The 30-year-old fire performer and acrobat has appeared on several TV networks in the US, been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not and toured internationally with Cirque Dreams.
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But, despite being a professional in high demand, her work-related injuries are a lot more dangerous than the average employee.
Grace's TikTok account, @gracegoodcirque, has 3 million followers, where she regularly posts clips of her performances, and rehearsals for big events.
However, she's also not one to shy away from sharing clips of when it goes wrong.
"I have burnt my hair hundreds and hundreds of times, there have been some bad ones,"
"Never use hairspray, never.
"I always usually play with fire with my hair down, it adds that extra danger aspect to it."
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"People are like ‘oh my god, I can’t believe your hair is down',” she continued.
"I spray it with water, and yes I do have hair extensions in.
"But let me tell you, those hair extensions are expensive and I don’t want them to burn."
Grace said that some of the most dangerous tricks she does are fire breathing and burn-offs, where she burns fuel off her prop staff.
"I’d say that might be one of the more dangerous ones, because its fuel actually coming off the staff and the speed of what I’m doing it actually ignites and engulfs," Grace said.
"It literally looks like I’m in the middle of the fire. I’m actually in between, but if there is any wind, the fuel goes in a different spot, it can literally get me in the face and it has."
She continued: "Eating and breathing fire is also very dangerous as well. I would say eating and breathing are the top because if you do that wrong you could die."
In spite of the risks that Grace takes in her line of work, over the past 12 years her injuries are far and few between, as she takes a safety-first approach.
"I’ve never had a third-degree burn, I’ve never even had a second-degree burn," she said.
"I’ve never had a bad injury."
"I pride myself on safety, which I take very seriously.
"Even with the acrobatics, I’ve never broken a bone in my life.
"But, then I went to a trampoline park with my boyfriend and his nieces, and I broke my foot."
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