I feel like I’m a broken record at this point, but I want to apologize for how these awards went down this year. Life happens. As mentioned before, a committee will be helping me with the awards going forward, beginning with the 2023 edition. I’ll post more about it closer to time.
With that being said, here are the winners for each category. Congrats to you all!
- Pro Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Andrea Shaw (Runner-up: Michela Aycock)
- Pro Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Natalia Coelho (Runner-up: Brooke Walker)
- Pro Fitness Competitor of the Year: Missy Truscott (Runner-up: Ariel Khadr)
- Pro Figure Competitor of the Year: Cydney Gillon (Runner-up: Jessica Reyes Padilla)
- Pro Bikini Competitor of the Year: Jennifer Dorie (Runner-ups: Ashley Kaltwasser and Lauralie Chapados)
- Pro Wellness Competitor of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-up: Francheel Mattos)
- Pro Masters Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Lenore Gregson (Runner-up: Gina Hill)
- Pro Masters Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Lenore Gregson (Runner-up: Stephanie Fredrickson)
- Pro Masters Figure Competitor of the Year: Lena Johannessen (Runner-up: Missy Sandeman)
- Pro Masters Bikini Competitor of the Year: Michelle Hurst (Runner-up: Miriam Jenkins)
- Pro Masters Welllness Competitor of the Year: Tammy Sievers (Runner-up: Tina Breshears)
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Female Bodybuilder of 2022: Lenore Gregson
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Women’s Physique Competitor of 2022: Lenore Gregson
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Fitness Competitor of 2022: Missy Truscott
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Figure Competitor of 2022: Jessica Reyes Padilla
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Bikini Competitor of 2022: Jennifer Dorie
- FitGems Fan Favorite Pro Wellness Competitor of 2022: Yarishna Ayala
- Amateur Female Bodybuilder of the Year: Leann George (Runner-up: Andrea Wellington)
- Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of the Year: Jessica Coleman (Runner-up: Nicole Washington)
- Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Year: Brittney Mendoza (Runner-up: Rachel Pitts)
- Amateur Figure Competitor of the Year: Jennifer Aguirre (Runner-up: Becca Wilcox)
- Amateur Bikini Competitors of the Year: Savannah Watchman and Amy Vetters (Runner-up: Evil Jack)
- Amateur Wellness Competitor of the Year: Alexis Adams (Runner-up: Shelby Talon)
- FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Female Bodybuilder of 2022: Chloe Phillips
- FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Women’s Physique Competitor of 2022: Julie Boley, Lauren Anderson, Nicole Lareau, Nicole Washington
- FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Fitness Competitor of 2022: Brittney Mendoza
- FitGems Fan Favotite Amateur Figure Competitor of 2022: Becca Wilcox
- FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Bikini Competitors of 2022: Brandi Lewis-Reed, Darcy Quinn, Evil Jack, Ukacki Onyekiaka
- FitGems Fan Favorite Amateur Wellness Competitor of 2022: Shelby Talon
- FitGems Fan Favorite Fitness Model of 2022: Lenore Gregson
- Fitness Model of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-up: Wendy Fortino)
- Jenny Lynn Fitness Ambassador of the Year: Whitney Jones (Runner-up: Trish Stratus)
- Social Media Woman of the Year: Yarishna Ayala (Runner-ups: Wendy Fortino and Ashley Marie Lajomowski
- Moment of the Year: Natalia Coelho finally wins the big one, winning her first-ever Women’s Physique Olympia title (Runner-ups: Isabella Nunes wins the inaugural Wellness International and Bianca Belair become the first active WWE Women’s Champion in history to compete in a bodybuilding show, becoming a WBFF Pro)
- Photographer of the Year: Will Wittman (Runner-up: Sean Nelson)
- Videographer of the Year: Gilco Productions (Runner-up: Joe Bayer for NPC News Online)
- Fit Celebrity of the Year: Carrie Underwood (Runner-up: Trish Stratus)
- Fittest Female RAW Superstar of the Year: Dana Brooke and Rhea Ripley (Runner-up: Alexa Bliss)
- Fittest Female Smackdown Superstar of the Year: Ronda Rousey (Runner-up: Charlotte Flair)
- Fittest Female NXT Superstar of the Year: Mandy Rose (Runner-up: Tiffany Stratton)
- Fittest Female AEW Wrestler of the Year: Jade Cargill (Runner-ups: Toni Storm and Saraya)
- Fittest Impact Wrestling Knockout of the Year: Jordynne Grace (Runner-up: Mickie James)
- Fittest Wrestling Star of the Year (ROH/NWA/Indies): Kylie Rae (Runner-up: Lady Frost)
- Physique Paysite of the Year: HDPhysiques/Premium Physiques (Runner-up: HerBiceps)
- Physique Paysite Models of the Year: Tanya Chartrand and Katie Lee (Runner-up: Modesta Halby)
- Fitness Clothing Line of the Year: Better Bodies Inc. (Runner-up: Flag Nor Fail)
- Team of the Year: Underrated Muscle (Runner-up: Cyberbodyshop and Time Mihaly)
- Mad Mountain John Meadows Male Trainer of the Year: Dave of Underrated Muscle (Runner-ups: Matt Allen and Brent Wilkin)
- Female Trainer of the Year: Stacy Espinosa (Fujarski) (Runner-up: Whitney Jones)
- 2022 FitGems Nation Woman of the Year: Cydney Gillon
Photos of all the winners will posted on our social media post (Facebook and Instagram) in the coming days. We will also be sending out awards to the winners via Instagram like we did in our previous awards, and that will begin in the next few days as well.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ALL for your patience this time around. Hopefully the revamped format for the 2023 awards and beyond suits everyone better going forward. Congrats to the best of 2022 and good luck to everyone competing this year. Maybe we’ll see you on the 2023 FitGems Awards ballot!
