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Joseph Paul Demmel was born in London, England on January 24th 1977 to Karen Bridget Demmel (mother) at the London Hospital in Whitechapel (Eastend)

He went to Blue Gate Fields nursery and primary schools between 1982 and 1988 then went on to The London Nautical School which was an all-boys school with approximately 700 students. He graduated in 1993 with 5 G.C.S.E's and decided to continue there in the 6th form then went on to Westminster College (Battersea site) from 1994-1995 studying Media studies. From there he went on to join the Metropolitan Police force and after spending 10 years he left to find other opportunities. He Married in 2006 after a 2-year relationship to a Colombian woman; he met, whilst in Colombia on holiday and moved her to London, shortly after he worked at London Underground for 5 years. He then moved to Madrid, Spain where he currently lives teaching English to corporate clients.

From the years of 2007-2012 he had several setbacks in his life which caused him to put weight on (heaviest he weighed was 350lbs 159 kgs) and in 2013 he decided to get the help of Dr's in the form of a British Television series called Supersize versus Superskinny in which he was paired with Rebecca Hall and was flown out to meet an internet sensation by the YouTube name of Boogie2988 (Steven Jason Williams) who helped Joe see where he could end up if he continued to eat the way he did and didn't start exercising. in 2016 Joe had lost a total of 63lbs (28.6kgs) for a total weight of 267lbs (121.3 kgs) but had also divorced from his wife which partly played into him gaining some of the weight back on. Now in 2018, Joe is 281lbs (127.7 kgs) he continues to lose weight and hopes to go down to 220lbs (100 kgs) by the end of 2019.

Joe was involved in costuming as Darth Vader from the Star Wars franchise with the UK Garrison a Star Wars costuming group based in England from 2009-2012. He also continues to play RPG's (Role Playing Games) such as Dungeons and Dragons and hopes to one day get back into costuming once he is happy with the amount of weight he has lost.