When we saw those incredible pictures of former glamour model Jodie Marsh competing in a bodybuilding tournament we couldn’t quite believe our eyes! Those muscles! That tan!
We had to track Jodie down and find out all about her new look and how she feels about her body image.
“I feel proud when I look in the mirror," Jodie tells heat. "I still can’t believe it’s my body. Like, when I look at my abs, I’m just like, f**king hell, I love it so much! I’m the prettiest I’ve ever looked. It has totally changed my life, doing this. My self-esteem is higher, my confidence is higher, I feel more secure, feel powerful – I almost feel invincible. I do feel a bit like Superwoman.”
Attention seeking
Jodie – who’s lived out her life on various reality TV shows – insists that she’s not bodybuilding to get attention, telling heat,
“I’ve been talking about becoming a competitive bodybuilder for three years with my trainer, Tim. This is where people get me so wrong. When I was at school I wanted to be a vet or a lawyer, I didn’t want to be famous. I got bullied at school for being ugly and that is why I wanted to be a model because I thought I could prove to the bullies and to myself that I wasn’t ugly. It is not attention seeking.
Continues Jodie, “Before I had my nose done at 15, I was bullied about how gross and big it was. I had surgery to sort it out and I got bullied even more. They called me “Michael Jackson” and “Rubber Face”. I probably still bear the scars. Now every single person around me is jealous of my body.”
“Completely pumped”
Jodie also revealed the extreme lengths she goes to get ready for a bodybuilding competition,
“Basically, you live on protein the whole time. Then, from the Thursday before the competition, you eat only carbs so your muscles grow even bigger. Then the day before you dehydrate yourself and, that night, you drink a glass of wine, so when you wake up you’re completely pumped. You want as many visible veins as possible.
“If you’re not in the bodybuilding world it is scary, but to me it’s normal. The more muscly and defined the better. It’s natural bodybuilding and not steroid. The steroid ones are f**king scary. I think I still look really feminine.”
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