AFP presents a photo essay on professional wrestler Gia Scott shot by photographer Jim Watson over several months in 2018. Kierra Scott – better known by her stage name Gia – is a rising star in the US pro wrestling scene. This month, the 19-year-old became the youngest ever female champion of the MCW wrestling league in Maryland. Here: Professional wrestler Gia Scott (R) tries to break free from the grip of professional wrestler Aria Palmer (L) during Autumn Armageddon 2018 in Galena, Maryland on October 6, 2018. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP Photo)

(L-R) Dustin Poirier punches Conor McGregor of Ireland in a lightweight fight during the UFC 257 event inside Etihad Arena on UFC Fight Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Kaia Gerber attends the LOVE Magazine LFW Party, celebrating issue 23 at The Standard, London on February 17, 2020 in London, England. LOVE magazine is welcoming Ben Cobb as Editor-In-Chief Men's, Graham Rounthwaite as Creative Director, and Oliver Volquardsen as Fashion Director. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for LOVE Magazine)

The head of a Bennett's Wallaby Joey emerges from its mothers' pouch at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, England on March 19, 2020, where the park still remains open to the public as coronavirus continues to hit the UK. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)

A disinfection worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant to a medical worker after they perform swab tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during mass test at Islamic boarding school of Sunan Pandanaran on July 29, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia is struggling to contain hundreds of new daily cases of coronavirus amid easing of rules to allow economic activity to resume, has reported more than 100,000 coronavirus cases and with at least more 4,900 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A model wears a creation for the Elie Saab Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, Wednesday, January 26, 2022. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)

Visitors watch a California sea lion at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on Thursday May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)