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Natalie Minh
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- What is your REAL story? Do you compete? Do you wish to compete? Are you on a transformation journey? Website??
- Biography from my website:
Natalie Minh is a Vietnamese-American born in Houston, Texas USA in 1980. She was raised in the Metro Detroit area and excelled in school and sport. She graduated with honors and was accepted to study at several prestigious universities. In sport, her achievements included #2 singles position in tennis, 3 years of martial arts, and swimming. She was also active in Student Council (class president Sophomore year), Student Representative on the school district Board of Directors, elected Student Council President on the county level, community service activities with the student Rotary Club, National Honor Society, listed 3 consecutive years in the High School Students Who's Who directory, Drama Club, and earned her Nail Technician license. Other hobbies included drawing, reading, and computer programming.
In University, she earned a BBA with honors from the University of Michigan (U of M) while working full time as an IT analyst in the automotive industry, running an Ebay PowerSeller online shop, and at one point her own manicure business. Although she had a strong interest in computers and IT analysis, Natalie believed that applying her analytical talents in a broader business sense would be far more challenging and rewarding. Immediately following graduation from U of M's bachelor's program, she enrolled in U of M's dual masters' degree program - MBA and Masters of Science in Finance. She earned both masters' degrees in 2.5 years. Upon graduation she changed careers from IT to Finance.
While working for a Fortune 100 financial services company in 2007, Natalie took advantage of an opportunity to live in Brussels, Belgium for 3 years as an expatriate in the company's European Treasury Center. This decision was a life changing event for her. Natalie dropped everything in Detroit, moved to Brussels by herself, and decided to accomplish some new goals for 2008 specifically - a physical goal. The first thing Natalie did after moving to Europe was to enroll in a gym, hire a trainer, and sign up for a physique competition.
For the next five months, Natalie learned to eat, breathe, and live the competition prep regimen. She extensively researched publications such as Oxygen magazine, bodybuilding.com's SuperSite, and the Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno and slowly started to implement the principles of clean eating and living. Her mantra during this time was "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time". In five short months, she tightened up her program, took progress photos, and educated herself on what was diet & exercise fact or fiction.
The hard work paid off when in April 2008 she won the WNSO FAME European Fitness Model Championship, 2nd place in Bikini Model, and received the invitation to compete at the WNSO 2008 World Championships in Toronto (placing 3rd in Swimsuit MOdel - Open). She also won a modeling contract with W Fitness Models, the premier fitness modeling agency in London and was a featured athlete in the September 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness UK magazine. Since then, her competitive record is as follows:
- 2008 WNSO FAME World Championships. 3rd Place Swimsuit Model - Short Division.
- 2008 WNSO FAME European Championships. 1st Place Fitness Model and 2nd place Bikini Model
- 2008 Muscle Mania/Fitness Universe Italian Championships. 1st Place Ms. BIkini.
- 2008 WNSO FAME North American Championships. Top 5 Fitness Model Pro and Swimsuit Model Pro.
- 2008 Fitness Universe Florida Show. Top 5 Ms. Bikini and Model.
In her spare time you will find her making new friends in Brussels, discovering new cities across Europe, and pursuing her other passion as a fashion photographer.
To learn more, please visit http://www.natalieminh.com or connect with her at http://www.facebook.com/natalieminh1
- Philosophies and Beliefs:
- Natalie's fitness goals are twofold: 1) To continue the fitness lifestyle by training/competing in more physique shows and 2) to further her modeling activities in the fitness world by representing the fit, educated, ambitious woman niche who are positive role models for others.
Her philosophy is to strive for excellence in fitness, intellect, family, and career. Her positive outlook on life and drive for excellence is evident in her upbeat personality and achievements.
- Words of Advice to REAL competitors and those on REAL transformation journeys:
- Outside of all the positive encouragement that I could give, I would rather take a moment to highlight the nay-sayers and people who may try to slow you down in your journey. Use their comments as fuel towards your fitness goal. Remember that success is the sweetest revenge and you are the architect of your own fortune. Go for it!!
Natalie Minh Blog: http://natalieminh.blogspot.com
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Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 12:02pm on February 16, 2010,
Everette Henderson said… - Hey Natalie, it's been a while, hope all is well. love the pics.
- At 2:57pm on February 5, 2010,
Rommiean Marcell said… - Hey Natalie nice vids. You look great
- At 11:42am on February 5, 2010,
Kai said… - Hey pretty girl! Are you stateside yet?? :)
- At 9:15am on September 4, 2009,
Lucas G. Irwin said… 
- At 1:16pm on September 1, 2009,
Alex said… - Hello Natalie, Welcome to REAL. You have done a great job in placing on all of your shows.
- At 10:41am on September 1, 2009,
Fentris Lane said… - Yes ~ I think we are connected everywhere. Very cool! :-)
- At 6:17am on September 1, 2009,
Frankie Rivera said… - Hey Natalie how have you been;)
- At 7:21pm on August 31, 2009,
Steve said… - Great updates Natalie! Great photogenics!
- At 1:30pm on August 31, 2009,
Kai said…
- SO glad you finally got on here!!
- At 8:43am on August 31, 2009,
Jason C Powell said… - Hey, Natalie!! Thanks for joining! I saw a few of the pics from your last shoot...GREAT work!
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