Leilani Franco
Gymnast
Contortionist seen as a semi-finalist on Britain's Got Talent in 2012, a semi-finalist on Das Supertalent, and a dancer for Turkey in the 2011 Eurovision song contest. She has performed with companies like Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Eloize, and Little Big World.
As a child, she studied piano, dance, martial arts, and gymnastics. Then, at sixteen, she joined the Philippine Ballet Theatre and would eventually earn a diploma in contortion at the École nationale de cirque.
She scored a Guinness World Record for traveling 20 meters in a back-bent position in just over ten seconds. She also earned one for the fastest contortion-roll a distance of 20 meters, covering the distance in just under 18 seconds.
She grew up in Manila in the Philippines before eventually working out of London and Berlin.
In 2012, she competed on Britain's Got Talent against Ashleigh Butler and her dog, Pudsey.