Connie Garner (born 22 May 1979) is a fitness competitor and NABBA Miss World Fitness. She won the Miss World Fitness title in 2000."ACT's Miss World Fitness relishes being at the top", ''

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'', Canberra Australia, 30 June 2000."2000 Honour Role", '' Australian Ironman'', Australia, December 2000.

Biography

Garner was born to a Finnish mother and Italian-French father, and was raised in

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, Australia. She began jazz ballet dancing at 7 years old. She played water polo, netball, basketball, hockey and soccer throughout high school. She was introduced to the gym by her physical education teacher. Garner became a

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and fitness instructor herself in 1993."Australian Profile, Connie Garner", '' Australian MuscleMag'', Australia, AUS Issue 15. Her first competition was in sport aerobics in 1997, in which she won the state title. Garner then went on to compete in fitness competitions in the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA)/World Fitness Federation (WFF) and Ms. Fitness federations. During her five years of competing, she won multiple State and Australian Miss Fitness titles, with her best win being Miss World Fitness in 2000. A World Fitness Championship Title. Fitness success followed with media coverage. Garner appeared on the cover of '' For Him Magazine'' in 2002. She also appeared in popular magazines such as ''

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'', ''Ms. Fitness Magazine'', ''Australian Ironman'', ''Australian MuscleMag'', ''Women in Sport'', and ''Oxygen Magazine''. Her fitness career was followed by newspapers and local news. Garner retired from fitness competitions in 2001 to focus on education, obtaining two degrees, a Masters and Bachelors of Information Systems, both from the

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, Australia. Garner is also a working actress and model. She appears in the 2018 movie ''Australia Day'', she also appeared in the 2014 movie ''San Andreas'', and in the TV series' ''Hoges'' and ''Mako Mermaids'' Garner also stars in the following TV Commercials ''Youi 2018'', ''Star Casino 2018'', ''UBet'', ''Cenovis Vitamins'', ''Devine Homes'', ''Vikings Heath and Fitness Centre'', ''Body Connection''. She works in

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.Rajandran, Kema
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, '' Australian Security Magazine'', 15 October 2014. Retrieved on 7 November 2014. Retrieved on 7 November 2014. Garner authored a chapter on success in the book ''Real Talk Real Women'', published in 2014.

Contest history

*2001 World Fitness Federation Universe - 2nd *2001 NABBA Miss Fitness Australia - 1st *2000 NABBA Miss World Fitness - 1st *2000 NABBA Miss Fitness Australia - 1st *1999 NABBA Miss Fitness Australia - 1st *1999 Ms. Fitness World - 16th *1999 NABBA Miss Fitness Australia - 2nd *1999 NABBA Miss Fitness State Titles - 1st *1998 NABBA Miss Fitness Australia - 2nd *1998 NABBA Miss Fitness State Titles - 1st *1997 NABBA Miss Fitness State Titles - 1st

References

External links

The National Library of Australia - collection of newspaper and magazine articles on Garner

Garner's official site

Garner's official Twitter page

Garner's official Facebook page

NABBA/WFF competition DVDs

Book and video

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Connie 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Canberra Fitness and figure competitors Australian female bodybuilders Australian people of Finnish descent Australian people of French descent Australian people of Italian descent

Biography

Contest history

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