Biggest Loser Controversy: Contestant Supposedly Lost too much weight?!

OK here's the thing. And this should resonate with a few folks on this board.

1) There was a big cash prize for the winner. ($250,000)

2) The "participants" in the competition were allowed to "train" at home without "supervision" for a point right up until the final.

3) The winner blows everyone away by her "performance" (weight loss) and shocks the audience.

Could it be that this super-skinny chick just ordered a bunch of Ephedrine HCL online or some clenbuterol and T3 and just PED'd herself silly... knowing that she'd have a great chance at winning the $250,000? Especially with her competitive swimming background (and the discipline that goes with it).

I'm not sure how long some of those weight-loss PEDs last in your system. But I'd be really surprised if she was "clean" here.

And remember, she won a quarter-million dollars. So if she used Ephedrine HCL or Clen or whatever to win... and that's againsts the rules or law or whatever... that's CHEATING!

We'll see how this plays out, I suppose. Wouldn't be surprised if rumors start swirling around this.

sillyboys wrote:

Her shape is NOT normal and NOT attractive.

Are you on drugs???? Seriously, she looks totally GREAT!!

You know the best part? Inside, she still had the mentality of the fat girl, so her self esteem is all kinds of messed up. You could get her to do or go along with ANYTHING if you threatened to leave her. Man, I wonder if she's free?

Maybe its not the same lady that started on the show.... Maybe its her skinny twin

xcbg wrote:

markschultz25 wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/biggest-loser-skinny-article-1.1603184

Crazy, why are the show's hosts acting surprised. Don't they work with these people? How could they not notice her weight loss.

They go home for a period after the last recorded show and train on their own. The finale is live - the hosts haven't seen them in a long period at that time.

Ejner Handberg wrote:

BMI 18.0

I want to know when the porno comes out.

Exactly what I was thinking. Great minds...

Maybe call it, "Fitness Fun F•ck" or "The Total Ass Workout."

sillyboys wrote:

1: losing that amount of weight that quickly is ridiculous.

What is amazing is that you have somehow determined how quickly she lost all the weight, despite the show not releasing that information.

What else in your post did you make up?

same old routine wrote:

If you have ever had an Eating Disorder you should NEVER have an opinion about others eating situations.

It is like having a sex offender being critical of other sex offenders.

I don't think this is quite true. Having recovered from an eating disorder, I feel like I have an easier time picking out those signs in others who do..because I saw those same changes in my body. There have been a handful of female runners over the past few years that clearly looked to me like they had issues. Of course others on here said it looked fine/normal, only for that person to then come out and say they do have a problem. She does not look healthy at all-immediately picked it out by her face and arms. I don't know why you couldn't have an opinion when you have been in a similar situation..you may actually be able to relate more.

ummm, they did indeed say how long: 4-1/2 months. More than a pound per day."Frederickson, lost 60% of her body weight during about four and a half months on the show."http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/biggest-loser-skinny-article-1.1603184

ummm. wrote:

sillyboys wrote:

1: losing that amount of weight that quickly is ridiculous.

What is amazing is that you have somehow determined how quickly she lost all the weight, despite the show not releasing that information.

What else in your post did you make up?

. . . wrote:

eh -

huge generalization just b/c you like bigger ladies doesn't mean most don't prefer women who exercises, doesn't eat like shit or drink most nights -

if you think the picture posted earlier in this thread screams 10yr old boy - you like fat chicks - LOL (not saying she wouldn't look good still if she gained a few pounds - but she isn't grossly underweight by any means)

Nothing against Hasay, but if you watched the workout on Flotrack she and Cain did after the mile…She is clearly VERY skinny. If I didn't know her and someone told me she was 16, I would have believed them right away. So would anyone else. I understand that she needs to be skinny to run fast at long distance, and I have no problem with it, but if you've seen her recently you know thats not a good look. I'm sure the NOP has control, but its borderline and I doubt few would want a GF that skinny.

Looking at her yes she is too skinny for my taste. However she is also as skinny as she can make herself. Of course she went to the extremem to lose weight so she could win 250k. She will probably gain back some weight and hopefully stay there. Also if you read about her she gained all the weight after a breakup. A bit sad. The fact people on here think that they the gift of God because they are skinny and someone who is fat is a horrible person speaks to who they are.

Yes, I am pretty sure that the heavy girl was REPLACED! The skinny girl has a different BODY TYPE. This happens more than people think. As Barry Sanders said: "See God gave us talent, but the Devil made us famous".

runnerr wrote:

Maybe its not the same lady that started on the show.... Maybe its her skinny twin

xcbg wrote:

They go home for a period after the last recorded show and train on their own. The finale is live - the hosts haven't seen them in a long period at that time.

That $250k will be more like $130k after taxes.

I don't know if she won anything else like a car, but prizes like that are the biggest shaft, because you owe tax on the value of the car. If around 40%, and you want to keep it, you have to pay that 40% in tax--otherwise you must sell the thing to find the money to pay the taxes.

Yes, she made some money on the show, but not $250k.

If I were her I would leverage the publicity as much, and as soon, as possible. I don't know what her contractual agreement is with the show, but for sure she's got to have representation by now, and could do articles, interviews, and maybe even a magazine cover or two.

An interesting legal issue is that of "likeness". Different individuals in different situations have differing amount of control over portrayal of their likeness. Since her likeness has radically changed, does she still have some control over the old likeness? What degree of control does she have over the new likeness? What rights did she sign away to the show?

These are great legal questions--but I'm sure that somewhere there is some room for her to make some money in the short term, while thin.

Leviticus wrote:

That $250k will be more like $130k after taxes.

Yes, she made some money on the show, but not $250k.

Yes you are right but that's the same for everyone. If you work hard and earn $250k per year, that is also not the amount you take home.

I agree with the car thing...you get a car you don't want and most likely owe the taxes for the MSRP value while you could buy the car probably a lot cheaper...

Leviticus wrote:

That $250k will be more like $130k after taxes.

Damn you Obama!!!

haha, she'll take home a lot more than $130k after taxes. Believe it or not, you don't actually pay half your money to taxes. Using an online calculator for taxes using current rates she would pay $66k in federal taxes. Probably about $10k I think on payroll taxes, and then state and local taxes on top of that which might be another $10 - 15k.

She'll take home around $160k.

a lot more . . . lol

has to be said wrote:

Leviticus wrote:

That $250k will be more like $130k after taxes.

Damn you Obama!!!

yes! Damn you to hell Obama!! How dare you tax this woman's hard won money.

I'd call 30 grand a lot. $30k can easily last a single person a year. So yeah, thats a lot more.

I'm interested in what she did to lose and get healthy.

I checked youtube and the search engine but all that comes up is anorexia and controversy, nothing about working out or fat fatties.