Joanna Thomas

Joanna Thomas (12 December 1976 to 26 April 2020) was a British professional female bodybuilder from Camborne in Cornwall, and the younger sister of the bodybuilder Nicola Shaw. She began lifting at fifteen, won the lightweight and overall titles at the 1998 EFBB British Championships at the age of 21, and so became the youngest British woman to earn an IFBB pro card. She made her professional debut by winning the lightweight class at the 2001 Jan Tana Classic and competed at the Ms. Olympia in 2001, where she was 10th in the lightweight class, and in 2004, where she was 7th. A 2005 television documentary, Supersize She, followed her preparation for the 2004 Ms. Olympia. She retired from professional bodybuilding after the 2007 Atlantic City Pro and died in Cornwall in 2020.