Star made her massage competition debut at the 1st Annual Illinois Massage Championship in Springfield, IL. The winner of the competition obtains a free entry to the American Massage Championship taking place in North Carolina. The competition consisted of the following two categories:

 

• Open/Freestyle Massage:​

  • Allows participants to use their personal best techniques and methods inspired by Western & Eastern style massage.​

  • Duration of the Freestyle round is 65 minutes

 

• Clinical Massage​

  • Goal is to improve the condition of the client and their needs using a combination of massage modalities

 

Star participated in the Open/Freestyle category where she displayed her Eastern style techniques.

 

She won the Gold Medal in the Open/Freestyle category - however, she fell short of the Gold-Overall medal (by less than a point) - taking home the Silver-Overall medal.