GiGi Amurao: NYC’s Bombshell Badass!
Muscleweek.com’s Seinor Editor, Shane Ray seems to be more of a New Yorker than native Chicagoan. On another recent business meeting with new shareholders in The Big Apple this past weekend, Shane needed to take a break from the suits and talk about stock and head to the gym to put in the real work. Walking down 49th st and a quick left on Broadway there was NYSC staring him in the face.
Heading to the second floor Shane spotted the lovely GiGi Amurao taking the stairs and not the escalator like Shane was and anybody who knows Muscleweek’s very own Shane Ray knows that Shane has been seriously infected with Yellow Fever for quite some time and board certified medically diagnosed with the fortunate plague.
With a little tricks from The Mystery Method and a few negs, false time constraints and a few sentences using neuro-linguistic programming an interview with Muscleweek was underway…
MW: GiGi Amurao. Welcome to Muscleweek! It’s great to have you. So tell me now how you got into this crazy circus that is the Bikini competitions and bodybuilding. Did you sort of fall into it with your Eyes Wide Shut or did some bodybuilder at the gym feed you a line and tell you that you were perfect for all of this?
GA: [Laughter] Actually a little bit of both. I have always been into sports and I started lifting around when I was in college. I actually got the itch to go on stage when I was in colleges and I started training and dieting but it didn’t long. I guess because at that age I was as focused and I wasn’t mentally ready to sacrifice my weekends or food. So I just stuck to working out and keeping healthy. Competing didn’t hit me again until this year. How I ended up competing was actually a girl friend of mine was training and prepping for her first show in the WBBF. I kind of got a little jealous that she was looking good and I guess in my head I sort of started my own little competition between her and myself. Right after that I called the first trainer I knew and was like “ get me in sick shape”! From there I started training harder than usual and after a month of that I said, “ That’s it!! I wanna hit the stage” and from that moment I looked into competition teams. 
MW: It paid off. So you won your Pro Card very quickly. In only two shows. Most competitors I know literally enter every single competition on the current Gregorian calendar and never even getting a call out let a lone a decent placing. What do you give the credit to for your rocket-like rise to the top?
GA: Thank you. Yes I did. My first show ever was in June then in about 3 months I earned my Pro Card at the IFBB North American Champioships in Pittsburgh, PA. What do I contribute to my rapid rise? My obsessive compulsive mirror distorted obsession of myself. [Laughter] Just kidding. The truth is I have always been a goal orientated person and I’m very into numbers so when I make something a goal I try to complete it in it ‘X’ amount of time and whatever it takes to get it done I do it. My goal originally was just to place in the Top 5 nationally and before the end of season I wanted to come in the Top 3. The Pro card I had my sights set on earning next year. I guess my future prayers were answered. I can’t be anymore proud and honored. Another reason is of course my awesome coach, friends and family who would tear me apart if I had a glass of wine or cookie to the point where I would be embarrassed if I had it.
MW: So staying fit & healthy was always something you were into. What sports did you play in high school and college?
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