{"id":10510,"date":"2026-01-16T03:05:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:05:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:05:45","slug":"celebrity-pin-up-turned-bodybuilder-jodie-marsh-triumphs-at-natural-bodybuilding-championships-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10510","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Pin-up Turned Bodybuilder Jodie Marsh Triumphs at Natural Bodybuilding Championships in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 12, 2012<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity pin-up turned bodybuilder <span class=\"xn-person\">Jodie Marsh<\/span> has triumphed at the INBF (International Natural Bodybuilding Federation) Natural North America Bodybuilding Championships, achieving <b>first place<\/b> in the Women&#8217;s Fit Body category.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-a\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-a<\/a> )<br class=\"dnr\"\/> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-b\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-b<\/a> )<br class=\"dnr\"\/> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jodie&#8217;s training and performance in the competition has been captured by a production crew filming <b><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Jodie Marsh<\/span>: Brawn in the <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span><\/i><\/b> which will premiere on DMAX on Wednesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> June, <span class=\"xn-chron\">9.00pm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Jodie said, &#8220;I&#8217;m so proud that I am the Natural North America Fit Body 2012. \u00a0I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m Number One!&#8221; \u00a0She added, &#8220;I have to keep looking at the trophy to make sure it&#8217;s real. This America journey was one of the most exciting of my life and I&#8217;m so grateful and lucky to have been able to do this. Meeting <span class=\"xn-person\">Lou Ferrigno<\/span> was a dream come true. I feel like I&#8217;m bursting with excitement and I can&#8217;t wait for everyone to able to share my journey when the show airs on DMAX!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jodie, a member of the UKDFBA (United Kingdom Drug Free Bodybuilding Association), has been training under the guidance of personal trainers and ex-Pro Bodybuilders, Eddie Abbew and <span class=\"xn-person\">Carmen Knights<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 2011<\/span> Jodie placed 5<sup>th<\/sup> in the Ladies Physique category at the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships, after just eight weeks of gruelling training. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold\">Further Information:<\/p>\n<li><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Jodie Marsh<\/span>: Brawn in the<\/i>\u00a0<i><span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span><\/i> premieres on DMAX on Wednesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> June at <span class=\"xn-chron\">9.00pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li>DMAX is available on Sky (channel 144), Virgin (channel 172) and UPC Ireland (channel 214)<\/li><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.co.uk\/news-releases\/celebrity-pin-up-turned-bodybuilder-jodie-marsh-triumphs-at-natural-bodybuilding-championships-in-america-158530995.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, June 12, 2012 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Celebrity pin-up turned bodybuilder Jodie Marsh has triumphed at the INBF (International Natural Bodybuilding Federation) Natural North America Bodybuilding Championships, achieving first place in the Women&#8217;s Fit Body category. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Photo: http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-a ) \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Photo: http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120612\/537740-b ) \u00a0 Jodie&#8217;s training and performance in the competition has been captured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":465,"featured_media":10511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-natural-bodybuilding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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