Joanna Thomas
Joanna Thomas is a professional
female bodybuilder, now living in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Joanna was born on
December 12,
1976 in
Truro,
Cornwall,
England. She became interested in bodybuilding at age 14 when she saw a bodybuilding magazine that belonged to a college student who was staying with her family. She began serious bodybuilding training at 17, with the goal of winning the British championship. In
1997, at age 20, she finished third in the championship finals. In that contest, her sister Nicola became the first lightweight to win the overall title and pro card (Nicola retired without competing as a professional). Joanna won the British championship in
1998, becoming the youngest women ever to win a pro card in England.
At that point, Joanna felt that her physique needed substantial improvement before she could compete successfully as a professional, so she did not compete again until
2001. She entered the 2001
Jan Tana Classic and won the lightweight class; this qualified her for the
Ms. Olympia.
In
2005, Joanna was featured in a one-hour documentary on
The Learning Channel called
Supersize She. The show followed her training leading up to the
2004 Ms. Olympia contest.
Thomas supplements her income by doing glamour and nude modelling on the Internet, where she bills herself as "The Buff Barbie".
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1997 EFBB Northeast Qualifier - 1st (MW)
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1997 EFBB British Championships - 3rd (LW)
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1998 EFBB Northwest Qualifier - 1st (MW)
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1998 EFBB British Championships - 1st (LW and Overall)
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2001 Jan Tana Classic - 1st (LW)
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2001 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 10th (LW)
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2003 Jan Tana Classic - 2nd (LW)
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2004 GNC Show of Strength - 2nd (LW)
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2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 7th (LW)
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List of professional bodybuilders*
Official web site - contains nudity
