Mellissa "Dixie" Monroe is eager and enthusiastic, almost to a fault. She makes no secret of the fact that she hopes to make Apartment Championship Wrestling a stepping stone towards greater fame and fortune - a fact which rubs many in the promotion the wrong way.

While many in her middle-class neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia focused on going to college or starting a typical career, Dixie decided to take an unorthodox path toward her future goals. Feeling that she wanted and expected great things out of life, she made a decision one day to actively pursue her goal of making it as a big star in Hollywood. Evaluating the options available to her for getting there, she realized that many many of the major stars of the day were crossover artists from the recording and sports worlds. She realized as well that developing a musical career or a career in traditional women's sports would be difficult, considering the late start she was getting. One day, however, she spotted a copy of Rising Star magazine that focused on the burgeoning modeling careers of Heaven and Dominique LeMonde. The article focused on their ability to gain mainstream, cross-gender appeal despite working in an industry that can be brutal and decidedly unglamorous. She decided that this was an avenue that she wanted to explore. "When I looked at the fact that in professional wrestling , the Rock, Steve Austin, Sable and Goldberg have all become big television or movie stars, I realized that I could become the breakout star from ACW."