We’ve already had an IsaBody Challenge® first this year, announcing Ruka Te Moana as our first ever New Zealand IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner.

Is it too much to ask for another first?

Next week, Ruka and Australian IsaBody Champion Thomas Philbin-Malucelli have the chance to become the first Global IsaBody Grand Prize Winner. Not to sound bias or anything, but with two absolute legends representing ANZ, we’ve got this in the bag!

However, this isn’t a two-horse race. The IsaBody Challenge is a global phenomenon that’s taking the world by storm. With that in mind, it’s time to check out the competition and see who’s in the running to collect a whopping US$50,000.

Australia IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Thomas Philbin-Malucelli 
Sydney, Australia 
Age: 32
Height: 6’2”
Total Weight Gain: 8.6 kgs of lean muscle
Challenges Completed: 6

As a burned-out restaurant manager, Thomas was working long hours and late nights and felt like his life was falling apart. He was losing his health, his relationship and his self-confidence. He wanted to make a change, but the negative environment and people he surrounded himself with left him feeling stuck … until he found the IsaBody Challenge.

This journey has not only given Thomas the space to set big goals and the community to inspire and motivate him, but it has also given him the love and support he needed to keep pushing himself every day. Now, just two years later, he’s the fittest, strongest and happiest he’s ever been.

 

New Zealand IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Ruka Te Moana
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Age: 37
Height: 5’7”
Total Weight Loss: 34 kgs
Total Weight Gain: 6 kgs of lean muscle*
Challenges Completed: 8

Four years ago, Ruka was exercising regularly, but he couldn’t out-exercise his poor eating and drinking habits. He continued to feel tired, unmotivated and helpless, which was taking a huge toll on his body and well-being. Ruka tried many fad diets and programs but failed time and time again due to a lack of accountability and support.

When Ruka found the IsaBody Challenge, he knew things would be different because of the amazing nutritional system and unwavering support from the community. He is now in the best physical shape he’s ever been in, but he’s most grateful for the intangible results, the things you can’t see, like being far more present as a husband and active as a father.

 

Canada IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Chera Harris
Kelowna, British Columbia
Age: 44
Height: 6’1”
Total Weight Loss: 50.3 kgs
Challenges Completed: 4

At 125 kgs, Chera had lost her self-confidence. She was at the lowest point in her life both physically and mentally — not even her job brought her joy. She wasn’t happy with her reflection and lived with daily aches and pains. Hopeless about the future, she wondered, ‘Is this as good as it gets?’

Then Chera completed her first IsaBody Challenge … then another and another and another. That fourth one paid off, and she was named the Canada IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner! She believes she wouldn’t have reached this success without the IsaBody community cheering her on because here, you don’t have to walk this journey alone.

 

Colombia IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Maria Carmenza Rivera Garcia
Bogota, Colombia
Age: 41
Height: 5’0”
Total Weight Gain: 5 kgs of lean muscle
Challenges Completed: 3

As a working mum of two, Maria was stressed, anxious about the future and doubtful about herself and the many people who had believed in her and her goals. She started to wonder where her life was going until she was introduced to Isagenix® and the IsaBody Challenge, which took her somewhere she never saw coming.

Not only was Maria able to lose weight and increase her energy, but she’s also happier and more confident than she’s been in a long time. She feels she has partnered with a company that will allow her to make her goals a reality while helping others transform their lives. For Maria, that’s the most beautiful thing of all.

 

Europe IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Kathryn Harrold
Nottingham, England
Age: 40
Height: 5’4”
Total Weight Loss: 19 kgs
Challenges Completed: 2

After tragically losing her partner, Kathryn hit rock bottom. All she had ever dreamed about was getting married and having kids. With that dream gone, the years flew by without her, and Kathryn found herself feeling lonely and worthless. Then, in 2018, she did something she hadn’t done in a long time — she set a goal to look and feel her best by her 40th birthday.

Kathryn was introduced to Isagenix and signed up for the IsaBody Challenge as soon as her first box arrived. Things changed fast, and she found the confidence and self-esteem she had been missing for so long. Today, she says Isagenix helped her become the best version of herself. She realised she never lost her dream; it just took a different shape.

 

Hong Kong IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Kamlesh Lal Malkani
Hong Kong
Age: 46
Height: 5’10”
Total Weight Lost: 21 kgs
Challenges Completed: 1

Being born in Hong Kong, Kamlesh has been fortunate to be surrounded by multicultural friends and colleagues who have introduced him to their worlds both in culture and in cuisine. Kamlesh loves to explore these differences, but as someone who loves to eat and who has also struggled with weight his entire life, his body has gone through more changes that he cares to remember.

Through Isagenix, Kamlesh has finally been able to embrace the benefits of living a well-balanced lifestyle, which has helped him improve his habits when spending time with friends, family and colleagues while also rediscovering his love for activities like paddling, hiking and enjoying the outdoors. He continues to transform with the Isagenix System and has started sharing his story with others, so they can, too.

Indonesia IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Dimas Yudhistira Astura
East Java, Indonesia
Age: 32
Height: 5’7”
Total Weight Loss: 6 kgs
Challenges Completed: 3

For Dimas, joining the IsaBody Challenge is not about winning or losing — it’s about the commitment he makes to himself, his friends, family and patients. As a doctor, he is continually trying to improve his life through his health and inspire those around him to do the same.

This Challenge is just that: a challenge. It has forced Dimas to wake up early and go home late at night, but he’s fine with that because he’s living the life he preaches. His hope is to always show others that leading a healthy lifestyle is the key to living your best life.

 

 

Mexico IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Luis Montes
Cacahoatan, Mexico
Age: 29
Height: 5’6”
Total Weight Loss: 16 kgs
Challenges Completed: 1

As a young man, Luis didn’t worry much about his health. But, when his dad began to face several challenges with his health, Luis decided it was time to make a change. He had a rough start in the gym, but with the help of Isagenix, he was able improve his health and his energy, so he could start making the changes he was looking for.

Since then, Luis and his wife have started building their Isagenix business and are inspiring other young individuals to live a life focused on success. This includes the most important young people in their lives, their three kids, who witness every day what it’s like when you make your goals and dreams a reality.

 

South Korea IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Cheol-Kee Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Age: 60
Height: 5’8”
Total Weight Loss: 10 kgs
Challenges Completed: 1

In just 16 weeks, the IsaBody Challenge has helped Cheol-Kee regain the youth, health and confidence he had somehow lost over the last 60 years. He’s now a completely new person and couldn’t be more grateful to Isagenix and the experience he has had.

Cheol-Kee fully believes that if he could make this total-body and life transformation, others can, too, and he’s committed to showing them how through sharing the vision of Isagenix and the IsaBody Challenge.

 

 

Taiwan IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Pin-Chen Lai
Yunlin, Taiwan
Age: 36
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight Loss: 54.3 kgs
Challenges Completed: 3

When the stress and pressure of life started getting to Pin-Chen, you could find her at midnight secretly eating unhealthy snacks. A close friend began to worry about her substantial weight gain and reached out, and Pin-Chen now calls that friend her lifesaver for introducing her to Isagenix.

Pin-Chen has lost more than 50 kgs, but the IsaBody Challenge has given her way more than her health. This community has lifted her soul and inner spirit, and she’s been able to find joy and happiness in her family. Now, instead of eating, you can find Pin-Chen sleeping peacefully at midnight.

 

U.S. IsaBody Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Jennifer Riveira
California, United States
Age: 45
Height: 5’3”
Total Weight Loss: 34.5 kgs
Challenges Completed: 5

When Jen’s weight gain was spiralling out of control, she went to see her doctor because she thought there must be something wrong. She’d never been that heavy in her entire life. She knew she needed to make a change, so she reached out to a friend who’d experienced weight loss success with Isagenix.

To hold herself accountable, Jen joined the IsaBody Challenge and stuck with it again and again. Now, she’s not only in the best shape of her life, but she’s also building an Isagenix business to help others do the same.

Back when she was 86 kgs, Jennifer never would have believed it if someone had told her she’d be living the life she is now. Today, Jennifer looks great and feels even better, and she’s never going back to how things were before.

Be Our Next GRAND PRIZE WINNER!

Inspired by these incredible stories, and ready to see yourself onstage as an IsaBody Finalist? Register for the IsaBody Challenge today, and discover how you can transform your life in 16 weeks.

*​Weight loss should not be considered typical. In a study performed in 2012 by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers, subjects lost an average of 4.1 kg with an average of 0.9 kg of the loss from visceral fat after 30 days on an Isagenix system. The subjects also had a greater level of adherence and had more consistent weight loss from week to week compared to subjects on a traditional diet.