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Savanah Amado is set to bring the glamour at this year's Boat Race with Oxford and Cambrige due to battle it out on the River Thames this Saturday.
The American, 24, has been named as part of Cambridge's 30-person team for the historic event, which will see the Light Blues look to defend their title after wrestling the Newton Trophy off their rivals in 2023.
Adamo, who hails from Ladera Ranch, California, is a postgraduate student at Peterhouse College and studies Digital Humanities.
She has swapped the sunny Californian beaches for the River Thames and could feature as cox - the team-member who faces forwards, steers the boat and motivates the other crew members.
In September, she was part of the Cambridge University Boat Club that travelled to take in the Head of Shanghai River Regatta, in China, where she coxed the second team.
Camebridge student Savanah Amado is set to bring the glamour at this year's Boat Race
The postgraduate has been named as part of Cambridge's 30-person team for the event
She moved to the UK to last year, after graduating from the University of California
Last year, Amado graduated from the University of California, Berkley before moving to the United Kingdom, swapping the stunning California beaches and coastline for The River Thames.
Away from rowing, Adamo also enjoys horse riding and skiing during the winter.
During her studies at Berkley, she won several honours including coxing her boats to clinch the Eric Will Trophy and the IRA National Championship.
She also won the Pac-12 championship in both 2022 and 2023 with Berkley, as well as the San Diego Crew Classic.
She says she first tried rowing as she had first been introduced to the sport after attending boarding school.
'I was going to attend a boarding school (Kent School) that offered rowing,
