Sharni Vinson

born in NSW, Australia, Sharni Vinson was raised in Sydney's southern beach suburb of Cronulla. She participated in swimming at the National Level of Swimming as a teenager and held 4 State Records throughout her time in high school. Sharni was the youngest athlete within her immediate family, being the first to begin at an early age, with singing, acting and dancing. She was the daughter of performers in musical theatre as her grandmother was the recipient of the Borovansky Ballet Company scholarship to England in 1945. Sharni took up a place at the Brent Street School of Performing Arts Sydney when she was 12 years old. For the next ten months, Sharni trained in various forms of dance. Sharni became a part of Roadshow Music Australia at 17 aged 17 after graduating from high school. She was part of within the girl group "Foxfire IV" and had a debut song called 'Roses which climbed to the top 50 of Australia's ARIA Charts.