Monica Aksamit

She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the Women's Saber Team competition.

In 2022, she was a contestant on Fox’s dating and relationship reality television series revival, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer.

[11][12][13] She returned to the United States for kindergarten, and later attended public elementary and middle schools in Matawan.

[14][15] Aksamit then attended Pennsylvania State University ('12) on a full fencing scholarship, majoring in kinesiology.

She won a team silver medal at the 2008 Junior World Fencing Championships in Acireale, Italy, at 18 years of age.

[12] The following year, Aksamit won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships in Montreal, Canada.

Two years later, she again won a gold medal with Team USA, this time at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

[4] She also launched a GoFundMe campaign in September 2019 to cover her training and travel expenses, which raised over $30,000.

[4] In 2022, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Fox Broadcasting Company’s Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer, an American dating and relationship reality television series revival, featuring 18 women competing for two bachelors, one of whom is secretly a millionaire.