Australasia's 2010

On Sunday 18th April , I took to the stage for my IFBB Debut to compete in the Open Figure Division. The journey to the stage was nothing less than an absolutely amazing experience , and being on the stage was the absolute highlight of that journey. The two things I had set my sights on in the lead up to the show were to get in to the best physical condition that I had ever been in and to be invited to represent Australia at the 2011 Arnold Classic in the Amatuer Figure Division.
I most defnitely achieved my first goal and am yet to find out if I will recieve an invite to the Arnold , but know that I have been nominated by a couple of the judges , so at this stage..I am just keeping my fingers crossed!!
Pre Judging was the first part of our day , and went well. I was feeling good and knew that I had done the work , so was happy to finally be on stage presenting the finished product to the judges.
In the afternoon , we came back on for the Finals and I felt even better. I was super relaxed and feeling focussed and ready to go and give my best! There was a lot of competition in this line up for me in the current Australasia's Figure Champion , Sara Picken Brown. Sara is a conditioned competitor who not only is the leading short class figure competitor , she had just placed 6th at the very prestigious Arnold Classic in the Amateur Figure Division in a line up of 35 girls.
After we came off stage , the judges had Sara and I back for a third callout to try and make their final decisions on First and Second place. Then , 5 long minutes later we were called back for presentation , and Sara ended up taking 1st place by one point , and I took second.
I have to say , it was such an adrenalin fuelled experience having a final callout with Sara , as we are both very competitive and she is at the top of her game so she had me really working. It was real competing , what we train for and turn up in our best condition to do!! I loved it!
All in all , I was absolutely ecstatic with my result , and how I did on the day. I wanted to be my best and I was , and it felt great!
On the Monday , I spent the day doing photo shoots with three photographers that I had not
worked with before , which was so much fun. See Australasia's Photo shoots for pics!!

Latest Sponsorship News!!

6 weeks ago I was offered full sponsorship with Menage a Trois Hair Salon. The partners of the salon decided that they wanted to get me behind me and support me as much as possible in my quest for World Domination! lol I was very humbled and extremely overwhelmed by this offer and am still very excited and looking forward to working together!
Menage a Trois first became involved in my competing while I was a client at the salon. They knew that I was doing a show in April and after discussing different looks I might take to the stage , offered to look after my hair styling for the entire week. So , we started with a practise style and then worked together preparing for media shoots , the Australasia's show and the following photo shoots the day after the show. I was lucky enough to have the salon manager with me on location all day for Australasia's so it was great to be backstage with someone that I knew was going to take care of all the presentation side of things.
A few weeks after the show , the sponsorship was in place and we began discussing a possible new look for the next show! So , I eventually gave complete control to the Salon Owner to chop my hair off!! This was a HUGE deal for me as I had my long hair all of my life but , I trusted her so much and allowed her to just do her thing!!
I am excited about my new style and I am also really looking forward to enjoying a fresh look and representing the great team of professionals that they are. You can find Menage a Trois Hair Salon on Facebook and there will be a link connected taking you to the site directly from my links page over the next few days:-) I will also be posting some pics of my new "Do" very soon , so stay tuned!!!!
I would like to extend a very warm Thankyou to everbody at the Salon , especially Franc ; for giving me this Amazing opportunity:-)

Arnold Classic 2010

Arnold Classic 2010

Where do I start?? On the 1st of March I flew to the States to watch the very prestigious Arnold Classic. To say it was inspiring would be an understatement! The main reason I went over was to watch and support 3 of the Pro Figure competitors. They are all competitors and people who I look up to in different ways , but at the same time there is definately a parallel. The parallel is that they are three super ambitious girls who are making their dreams become a reality , and inspiring girls all over the world along the way! Monica Brant , is an icon in the world of Figure competing , and has the most amazing physique I think I have ever seen. Angela Mraz is the 4 times Figure World Champ , and inspired me all the way to the World Stage myself in 2007 , and last but not least is the beautiful Rosa-Marie Romero. Rosa is our Aussie Pro Figure competitor who I am sure you all know of , doing huge things on the Pro Figure Circuit ; and is without a doubt the one to watch. She is rising to the top and is such an inspiration to us all!
The funny thing is there were 19 competitors in the International Figure Division , and I wasn’t even sure if all the girls I went to watch had made it through to the Finals until I got there on the Friday night. When they all walked out , the three of them were there and I was so excited! I just knew they would make it.

The elegance , grace and beauty of these girls and the condition in which they presented themselves on stage was truly amazing. They are at the top of their field and are the best in the world. I came back from the show so inspired and wanting nothing more than to be up on that stage next year in the Amateur Figure Division. The Pro Show will be my long term goal , and something I will be striving to achieve over the next two years. Truly , the highlight of 2010 for me. So happy that I was fortunate to go over to watch , and even more exciting was spending time and having pictures with them all the following day at the Expo. What an amazing experience!!