Gi Gi was born and raised in the South. She put herself through college by pole-dancing in nightclubs. Then she went to Las Vegas where she worked as a stripper until she met Hugh Panetta, a playboy/businessman. Hugh proposed and after certain bickering over a prenuptial agreement (actually postnaptial) Gi Gi agreed to marry him. Hugh wasn't shy about cheating on his new wife and they had a falling out over this once or twice. Eventually they made up and moved in back together. Gi Gi seems pretty shallow and unsophisticated, but there might be more to her than meets the eye.