Alexa Collins

Collins was born in 1995 in Orlando, Florida and grew up in Palm Beach, Florida.^[3] After studying for communications at university for three years, she left in order to pursue a social media career. This decision made her parents "very upset".^{[1][better source needed]}

Collins started her modelling career aged 15. When she left university at 21, she has already collaborated with several fashion brands: including PrettyLittleThing, Fashion Nova, as well as makeup brands Urban Decay and Tarte Cosmetics.^{[1][better source needed]} By the time she was 25 years old, she had become a millionaire.^{[4][better source needed]} Immediately after becoming a millionaire, she has also reached a million followers on Instagram.^[3] Her Instagram posts feature pictures of herself in lingerie, to which the South China Morning Post described as "[leaving] little to the imagination".^{[1][better source needed]} She said that her followers had grown because she posted twice a day and "[documented] every single thing I was doing".^{[4][better source needed]} She took part in 2021's Miami Swim Week, walking for boohoo.^[5] She is also the co-founder of BeachSweat, a virtual workout program which was established in January 2022. BeachSweat was dubbed a "visually inspired fitness".^[6]

Namita Nayyar of Women Fitness described Collins as having "glowing skin and gorgeous hair".^[7] She is also body confident and says "I feel that every woman should be confident in her own body".^[8]

In December 2022, Collins married Tommy Shields in Cancún, Mexico.^{[1][better source needed]}