Month: June 2010

Janelle Haney

Janelle Haney is a 5’9″, 145 lb amazon living in the great state of California. She believe it or not is a club DJ. She started weightlifting because one of her female family members was a fitness pro. Janelle has a very “soft” and inviting look, but as you can see in the photos, she can be fit and hard as a rock. She reminds a little bit of Fegie of the Black Eyed Peas. Janelle has a very distinguishing tattoo on her chest.

Danitza Denn

Danitza Denn was born in 1974 in beautiful Redondo Beach California. She stands 5’2″ tall and competes at 110 lbs. She is the mother of two (daughters) and is a certified personal trainer. She draws inspiration from two other top competitors Monica Brant and Amanda Chapman. Danitza lost an incredible 60 lbs on her journey to be a figure competitor. Weight loss for women never seems to be easy, and Danitza conquered it with a change in her lifestyle. I don’t have her complete competition history, but the latest show I found she entered was the 2007 Orange County Muscle Classic in Anaheim CA where she placed 2nd in her class.

Melinda Janiszewski

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.

Jenny Lynn

Jenny Lynn is a Figure and Fitness competitor who has been very successful in winning competitions. She won the Figure International at the Arnold Classic in 2003-2005. In 2006-2007 she won the Figure Olympia. She used to do singing and dance routines as a child, and evolved into an athletic cheerleader in high school who competed at the national level. After graduating from high school, she started teaching aerobics and dabbling in weight training. Her body responded quickly, and it wasn’t long before she began competing.

She has been in tons of magazines:
Planet Muscle
NPC News
Ironman Magazine
Bodysport Magazine
Flex
Muscle and Fitness
Muscle and Fitness Hers
Oxygen

Julie Ann Kulla

Julie Ann Kulla is a 28 year old fitness competitor from Minneapolis Minnesota. She stands 5’2″ tall and weighs about 112 lbs when she competes. She’s been competing for about 4 years, and it shows in her arm and deltoid development. She is a personal trainer and spokesperson for Species Nutrition. Julie Ann placed 2nd in Pro debut at the 2008 IFBB New York Figure competition, which qualified her for that year’s Ms. Figure Olympia. She placed 12th in that contest. She says her favorite cheat food is chocolate, which means she’s human instead of bionic, and may have to diet a little extra if her cravings get out of control!

Heather Mae French

Heather Mae French is a figure competitor who hails from Denver Colorado but went to school in San Juan College in New Mexico. Her “day job” is working as a District Sales Rep, her part-time job is looking incredibly hot and winning competitions. She played softball and ran in track and field when she was young. She never touched a weight until she was almost 24 years old. She is now 28, and says her role as a single mom is one of her most important. She is only 5′ tall and weighs 108 lbs during the off-season diet. Heather is more of a fitness model than some of the ladies we profile – it’s evident in how she poses and that sultry look she gives the camera as she flexes. Having said that, she has been in an incredibly large number of competitions (see below).


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Melissa Merritt

Drop-dead gorgeous beauty is not a requirement for fitness competitors. Fit babes tend to make a statement with their beautiful bodies, not their faces. But wow, it sure does help when you have the looks to make people stop and stare. Melissa Merritt has that problem – the one where people stab themselves and turn their heads and drop their jaws and pant like overheated doggies. She competed in the 2008 Lackland Classic and suffered a very disappointing 2nd place loss. In many eyes, she stole the show. But she did manage to return to the Fitness America World Championships in Vegas later that year and clinch a 1st place win for Figure Overall. Melissa is 27 years old, 5’9″ tall, and lives in Austin Texas. She is a certified personal trainer, and trains Abby Marie (shown with Melissa in one of the photos below). She hopes to ultimately obtain her pro card and advance up the competitive ranks of fitness competitors.