Supersize She, or Super Size She, is a 2005 television documentary focused on British professional female bodybuilder Joanna Thomas.
In order to make it to the Olympia stage, she has to win a qualifier called the GNC.
Over the next 4 months, she has to lose 30 lbs and build her muscles as she trains at Gold's Gym Venice.
She endures regular painful massage sessions to tear her muscles to make them larger.
Her parents would prefer if Joanna didn't have the website, but admit she needs to make money and that sex sells.
She has to build larger and more defined muscles than Debbie if she wants to win the GNC.
While she does not deny taking performance-enhancing drugs, an irritated Joanna sarcastically says that it's all about the steroids.
Joanna is at risk of damaging her vital organs as her regime has lost her 30 lbs in 16 weeks.
She poses on the beach in a small bikini for her photo shoot in front of a few staring onlookers.
Joanna tells a male bodybuilder she is walking with that she is sick as being seen as a sex object and never as an athlete.
At her apartment in Atlanta, Joanna has makeup applied to her by Debbie and another female bodybuilder.
The GNC Show of Strength is the last chance this year for female bodybuilders to qualify for the Olympia.
Just before taking stage, the women attempt to make their veins bulge out of their skin by eating sugary foods.
She won't find out where she placed until the final round of the evening event.
Joanna, along with Nancy, Rosemary, Jeannie, contestant number 1, Gayle Moher and number 4, Mary Doss all began performing free form poses and try to over-shine their contestants for the judges to see.
The DVD video concludes with her being named the 57 kilo East Midlands champion for 1997.
As they head to the Olympia for her to compete, she tells her mom that if she doesn't get called the first two times of each round she's at the bottom placing.
Joanna's dream since she started bodybuilding when she was 15 was to win the Olympia and retire at the top of her sport.
At the finals, Dayana, Marja and Denise are shown individually free form posing.
The emcee announces the top 3 contestants: Marja, Denise and Dayana, who wins 1st place.
Next morning, Joanna calls one of the Olympia judges, Steve Weinberger, and he tells her she came in 7th place.
She tells her parents that she makes more money in Los Angeles than in the United Kingdom being a staff nurse.
The narrator incorrectly states that Joanna Thomas was 20 years old to become the youngest female bodybuilder in the world to turn professional (pro).
Reviews have been written for Supersize She from the Daily Mirror,[8] Liverpool Echo,[9] The Beachwood Reporter,[10] The Daily Telegraph,[11] The Guardian,[12][13] The Independent[14] and Voices, newsletter of the Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University.