Update 12/28/11 – We were contacted by Melinda and asked to update/correct some of the info in the profile we posted:
This info posted about me is incorrect. Can you please fix it? I did not move to Florida I moved to Dallas Texas. I also did not gain a ton of weight I gained 25 pounds.
Thanks Heaps 🙂
Happy New Year
Thanks for the help, Melinda, and sorry for the misinformation folks!
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Melinda Janiszewski was born and raised in Philadelphia as the oldest of two sisters. She graduated from Penn State and moved to Florida, where she proceeded to gain a whole bunch of weight. She felt horrible, looked bad, and was depressed. Through a wacky set of circumstances, Melinda met an IFBB fitness pro named Susan Groshek who encouraged her to change her lifestyle and lose the extra weight. She won the Lone Star Plano Texas (1st place) in 2009, 3rd place in the Europa Dallas show, and finished 2009 with a 1st place win in the Team Universe New York show.