Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Mia Yim. She is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she is a former one-time Knockouts Champion.
Who is Mia Yim?
On February 11, 2021, Bell got engaged to fellow professional wrestler Keith Lee. The couple married on February 5, 2022
Stephanie Hym Bell was born on April 16, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. Her father is African American, and her mother is Korean. Bell played volleyball at James Madison High School in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Vienna, Virginia.
She then attended Marymount University on a volleyball scholarship, where she studied information technology. She played volleyball until her senior year.
A fan of professional wrestling since her childhood, Bell began training at a wrestling school in Manassas, Virginia at the age of 18, while attending college. She trained for eighteen months before making her debut on August 22, 2009, adopting the ring name Mia Yim, and initially working primarily for independent promotions in Virginia