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Traveling throughout the United States and Canada, she was involved in a calendar shoot with ACW champion Heaven and Barbie Mayfield. She later visited them at the ACW Academy Dojo in Chicago and became friends with a number of CAW competitors. On a lark, she decided to participate in a training session and accorded herself well enough to enroll in the Academy. With ACW's new interest in the entertainment industry, Torelli was signed to a contract and assigned to the Night Fights promotion for further training.

Gia began her career as a tentative performer. Many of the ACW competitors and prospects took offense to her entrance into the promotion, considering her little more than a little plastic doll looking to play around. Many sneered and made jokes behind her back while other were very vocal and upfront about their feelings, threatening to make her suffer greatly during a match.