{"id":105500,"date":"2025-08-31T20:11:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105500\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:11:30","slug":"bikini-bodybuilder-to-compete-at-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105500\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikini bodybuilder to compete at world championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A mother-of-two who defied the odds to become an elite fitness athlete and bikini model is preparing to take part in an international competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Victoria Emily, from Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, was born with Lymphoedema in her legs, which can cause difficulty with movement and repeated skin infections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Throughout her life she has had to manage her body&#8217;s natural water balance, something she has achieved with medical massages, training and tailored nutrition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She will represent Britain at the FMG World Finals in Australia next month.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Victoria Emily wearing bikini while posing onstage.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"839\" height=\"472\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/b7496d8c81eec3a034945d62bb10f16e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Miss Emily won her first professional title in Italy in June [Supplied]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Miss Emily won her first professional title in Italy in June and then finished as the highest-placed UK competitor at this year&#8217;s FMG show in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event saw international athletes compete in everything from fitness, bikini and wellness categories to those focused on muscle, figure and makeover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During each heat, participants were scored on their poses, physique, and overall stage presentation, with Miss Emily taking home third place in the bikini category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It felt like a mini World Championships,&#8221; said Miss Emily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;To stand on the podium there, knowing I&#8217;ll soon be stepping onto the real World&#8217;s stage, was an incredible moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Big dreams start locally&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Miss Emily helps empower other women after they give birth through training, coaching and hormone support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I know what it feels like to have extra barriers, and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m passionate about helping women work with their bodies to bring out their best,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This journey has proved that big dreams can start locally,&#8221; said Miss Emily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll be proud to carry Bury St Edmunds and Suffolk with me onto the world stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Suffolk news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdz3v?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC Sounds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSuffolk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbceastofengland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCsuffolk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More on this story<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother-of-two who defied the odds to become an elite fitness athlete and bikini model is preparing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,51334,102,51333,51332,56,54,55,51331],"class_list":{"0":"post-105500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-fitness-athlete","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-international-competition","12":"tag-miss-emily","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-victoria-emily"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}