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circuit in 1992, winning her first title at the Wahine Open in Hilo, Hawaii her first year. She won several more titles over the following years and in 1996 won the ESPN World Open 9-Ball
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to stay, and the child continued to live with her biological mother whilst maintaining contact with
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