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CONTENTSFeatures32 The 2016 Oxygen

Magazine Australia Cover Girl CompetitionMeet the winner, category winners, finalists and semi-finalists, as well as all the incredible women who entered!

64 From stage to selfThe journey back to ‘you’ after the lights, cameras and posing is over.

120 20 minutes to a killer bod8 moves, 3 workouts, 20 minutes. That’s all you need to stay fit. (Really!)

on the cover This issue we feature on the cover: Claudia Jovanovski Cover photo by Dallas OlsenHair by Lisa LeeMakeup by Jen SteynClothing by Boost Gymwear Cover design by Sarah Saines

Nutrition54 Food intolerances and

how they can affect your weight-lossIf you’re struggling to lose weight, you may have an undiagnosed food intolerance.

78 Are you following a high-fad diet?If you found it on social media or somewhere else on the Internet, chances are you are.

108 Grab & go Get in on the rage of layering your meals into jars for your answer to near-instant nutrition satisfaction.

Training58 Sculpt lean legs outdoors

The weather is warming up so it’s the perfect time to take your training outside.

82 Side flexion and rotationUsing Pilates to improve your posing.

92 A new way to train your coreCarve a sleek midsection.

Motivation72 7 tips to improve your

competition placing Bring your best self and package to the stage to increase your placing.

80 How quickly reality can change Learn how to stop yourself from living in a state of fear.

104 ImagineBeing fit and healthy can truly be for anyone and everyone.

106 Prioritising yourselfLearn how taking time out for yourself will lead to you being a better mother.

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12 WE HEAR YOU

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16 LOVING LIFE WITH LINDY

18 COVER GIRL SECRETS

57 BABEWATCH

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40 MEET THE FINALISTS OF THIS

YEAR’S COVER GIRL COMP!

At the beginning of every year, Claudia Jovanovski writes a goal list of everything she would like to achieve over the next 12 months. She also writes down a number of ‘dreams’ — which she says are a little less attainable than the goals — and one of those was to be an Oxygen cover girl. However, this is no longer a dream on Claudia’s list, but a reality as she is the under 35 winner and overall winner of the 2016 Oxygen cover girl competition!

TO BE AN OXYGEN COVER GIRL HAS BEEN A DREAM OF CLAUDIA JOVANOVSKI’S FOR MANY YEARS. YOU ONLY NEED TO HEAR WHAT SHE DID TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALISTS’ PHOTO SHOOT (FULL DETAILS ON THE NEXT PAGE) TO SEE HOW BADLY SHE WANTED IT. AND IT’S NOT ONLY HER JOURNEY TO THE SHOOT THAT SHOWS THE TYPE OF DEDICATION THIS GO-GETTER POSSESSES. SHE HAS ALSO OVERCOME UNDER-EATING AND BEING TOLD SHE WAS TOO SKINNY TO COMPETE TO GO ON TO GAIN HER PRO CARD IN TWO FEDERATIONS, AND SHE NOW HELPS OTHER WOMEN TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES.

Under 35 and Overall WinnerClaudia Jovanovski

BY KIRSTIN CUTHBERT | PHOTOGRAPHY DALLAS OLSEN | HAIR LISA LEE | MAKEUP JEN STEYN

While today she is a confident and healthy woman who knows what she wants, Claudia wasn’t always this way.

Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, and attending an all-girls’ school, Claudia’s schoolmates would regularly swoon over underweight models on television and in fashion magazines. And, before long, she looked up to them too.

“For my whole life, the media had brainwashed me to believe that super-skinny was attractive,” she says.

“I believed the skinnier my body was, the more attractive my peers and

others would find me. Needless to say, I became obsessed with calorie counting, under-eating and excessive cardio.

“Instead of worrying about the nutritional value of food, I would only

consider the calorie and fat content in the food I was consuming. How it was made and why it could last on a shelf for a couple of years didn’t cross my mind for many more years.

“My diet in high school largely consisted of low-calorie, caffeinated, processed, artificially sweetened and highly addictive ‘foods’ such as diet sodas, low-calorie bars, chewing gum and sugar-free lollies.

“I also ate vegetables and occasionally some fruit. I would eat an entire cos lettuce drowned in low-calorie tomato sauce and a Diet Coke for lunch!”

Claudia’s weight plummeted to 42kg. She had a fear that eating carbs and fats would make her gain weight and if she ever consumed them, she would need to burn them off straight away.

“I believed if I ate one tablespoon of peanut butter, I would have

to jump on a treadmill immediately or I would wake up fat,” she says. “I was stuck in a vicious cycle, and living with these fears would make me feel depressed.”

After finishing high school, Claudia found a friend who had a more positive influence on her, but her mindset continued to hold her back.

“I became friends with someone who was very close to a bikini competitor who I looked up to,” she says. “I expressed to her I’d like to compete and asked many questions about diet and training.

“However, only 24 hours after the chat, I had managed to convince myself that I was not genetically built to look like any of those gorgeous, toned fitness competitors on stage. So I resumed my unhealthy, detrimental lifestyle.”

FAST FACTSName: Claudia

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City: Sydney, NSW

Occupation: Lifestyle

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Age: 23

Height: 163cm

Weight: 55kg

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Claudia JovanovskiCLAUDIA’S JOURNEY TO THE OXYGEN SHOOT

“I had booked to be overseas from 21 August to 23 September and had planned to visit Toronto, Miami, Los Angeles and then Vegas for Olympia. When Oxygen contacted me to let me know I was shortlisted for the cover model finalists’ shoot on 30 August, I was thrilled.

Reality set in two minutes later… I was competing at the WBFF Worlds in Toronto all day on 27 August, I’d lose half a day going to the Gold Coast, as it’s 14 hours ahead, plus I’d spend around 24 hours on the plane, which would mean I’d have to cut my vacation short, leave the day after my competition, and go directly from the plane to the Oxygen studio to shoot.

Further to that, I had a number of concerns such as water retention from the flight, the possibility of my spray tan from the show going blotchy, my hair and skin going oily, expensive fees to make flight changes — oh, and not to mention the potential exhaustion! But I decided to go for it.

My boyfriend had only just arrived the night before my show and was willing to postpone our holiday together at the potential chance of me being an Oxygen cover girl.

I worked with Oxygen to organise the domestic flights so I’d be at the Oxygen studio with enough time to have my hair and makeup done and shoot with Dallas Olsen and the other girls.

Then the trip to Oxygen HQ began. Toronto to LA was smooth and all went to plan. However, when I arrived in LA, they had shut down my terminal due to a false report of a gunman, which caused a huge amount of panic and delays.

My LA to Sydney flight was delayed more than two hours, which resulted in me missing my Sydney to Gold Coast flight. My flight to the Gold Coast was now leaving at 12.05pm instead of 8.15am — almost four hours later than planned and at an additional cost.

When I arrived in Sydney, my boyfriend told me he had booked a surprise flight to join him in Hong Kong for the evening of my Oxygen shoot. Unfortunately, the domestic flight to Melbourne was leaving at 4.50pm, which would mean I’d only have 20 to 30 minutes in front of the camera with Dallas, which would not be enough time.

My boyfriend and I decided to cancel my flight to Hong Kong, as we had come this far to get me to the Oxygen shoot and I could not miss an opportunity like this. I eventually made it to the studio at around 2pm on 30 August and had an amazing time shooting with the other models. When I arrived, I was attended to immediately, with Lisa doing my hair styling and Jen on my makeup. Needless to say, Dallas got some amazing shots and my mess turned into a masterpiece!”

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THE WEATHER IS WARMING UP, SO IT’S THE PERFECT TIME TO TAKE YOUR TRAINING OUTSIDE INTO THE FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE.

BY SUSY NATAL | MODEL CIANNA THOMSON | HAIR & MAKEUP JEN STEYN | PHOTOGRAPHY DALLAS OLSEN

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO WORK OUT, BUT AS THE WEATHER STARTS TO WARM UP AGAIN AFTER WINTER, IT IS NICE TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR TRAINING OUTDOORS. This allows for a change of scenery, which can help keep things interesting, but it also makes it easy to do with a friend. This legs workout does not require a gym or any equipment other than a bench and a wall, so it can be completed almost anywhere.

Plyometric movements can help to improve your speed and power in your weight training. If you keep up the speed of the movements and minimise the rest time taken between each movement and each round of the circuit, then this will also help with fat loss in preparation for summer. If you are a beginner, then you can pace yourself more, but if you are a seasoned fitness bunny, then go for speed with your feet to really get the heartrate up.

THE WORKOUTYou can incorporate this training into a walk, an outdoor sprint session or just complete it by itself. Adding this circuit twice a week to a weights program will help you to tighten up while feeling stronger and faster. You can also use this workout if you’re travelling to help keep your fitness up while you don’t have regular access to a gym.

EXERCISE SETS REPS

Bench jumps 6 12 on and off bench

Speed skaters 6 12 per side

Squat and lunge jump combo 6 12 of entire combo

Lunge with kick 6 12 per side

One-legged wall sit 6 To failure on both legs

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