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"&lt;img alt=\"0804_gabby_douglas_Natalie_Hawkins_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/08/04/0804-gabby-douglas-natalie-hawkins-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8/6 --&lt;/strong&gt; Hawkins spoke to reporters about her financial history in London yesterday ... saying, \"It's my story, it's part of me. I'm not even embarrassed about it.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She added, \"It shows that even though I didn't like to have to do it, I'm glad there was something there for me to be able to protect my home.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0314_divider_graphic\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/14/0314-divider-graphic.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a few months before &lt;strong&gt;Gabby Douglas&lt;/strong&gt; won her gold medal -- and opened the door to countless opportunities that will undoubtedly score her millions of dollars -- her mother filed for bankruptcy ... TMZ has learned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to documents filed earlier this year in Virginia, &lt;strong&gt;Natalie Hawkins&lt;/strong&gt; filed for Chapter 13 ... which is far less severe than Chapter 7. The docs state Hawkins&amp;#160;has assets totalling $163,706.10 and debt totaling $79,754.14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her creditors include:&lt;br /&gt;Capital One -- $1,534&lt;br /&gt;Student loan -- $4,350.23&lt;br /&gt;Sprint -- $158.78&lt;br /&gt;T-Mobile -- $413&lt;br /&gt;Orthodontist&amp;#160;in Iowa (where Gabby trained when she was 14) -- $408&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the Chapter 13 filing, Hawkins has agreed to a monthly payment plan. She began making payments of $408/month back in February ... to a trustee who will divvy it up among her creditors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, with Gabby&amp;#8217;s new found fame and the potential to make a bloody fortune, it's likely her mother will never have to worry about bankruptcy or money problems ever again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go USA."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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