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DeBarra Mayo (born 1953, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American health and fitness advocate, writer and media personality. She has epilepsy, which has led her to a career involved with maintaining and enhancing health. She has written regularly on the subject of health and wellness in books, magazines and newspapers, as well as on radio and television broadcasts. Mayo has been an award-winning women's bodybuilder and trainer for the West Virginia University football team. ==Life and work== Since childhood, DeBarra Mayo has suffered from neurological symptoms, including loss of muscle control and drop attacks. These episodes progressed into her adult life and became more frequent. She began weightlifting, yoga, and focusing on good nutrition in an effort to cope with her symptoms. This led her to becoming a health and fitness trainer and writer.〔 Listed under DeBarra Shaw; Article ID: 316233 free viewing first part of article; pay for view full article〕 In 1982, she won the overall title "Ms. Gold Ring Classic", as well as the "Most Muscular" trophy and a first place for her height and weight class.〔Metheney, Sandi, "Give me strength! Local woman seeks Miss Olympia tite" (full page, including photos) ''The Dominion Post'', Morgantown, West Virginia, () Sunday May 30, 1982 (Archives at WVU Downtown Library, 1548 University Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 (304) 293-4040 ext. 4210; fee for copy. Metheney covered Mayo's career in 1982 and 1983.) 〕 At 5'3" Mayo competed at a body weight of 107-112 lbs. In 1984, she retired from competitive bodybuilding. Mayo's writings have been published both nationally and internationally. She became a nationally recognized celebrity as a champion bodybuilder, fitness expert, and freelance writer.〔Viti, Lucia, "Fitness is only way of life for local bodybuilder," ''Daily Athenaeum'', Morgantown, West Virginia, February 9, 1983 (Archives at ''Daily Athenaeum'', 284 Prospect Street, P.O. Box 6427, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, (304) 293-4141)〕 She wrote a weekly column for the ''Mid-Week News Magazine'', which featured a wide variety of fitness tips and information.〔Mayo, DeBarra, ''Runner's World Yoga Book II'', Anderson World Books, Inc. Mountain View, California, 1983, author biography, p. 176.〕 For many of her articles she demonstrated exercise routines.〔Wasielewski, Ron, "Mayo spreads word on fitness," ''Sportsweek'' Erie Times-News, Erie, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1986 (Archives at Erie County Public Library, Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County Public Library ) stored in vertical files, not yet available online; 41 articles under title: DeBarra Mayo (photos included), fee for copies)〕 In 1983, she began writing features and modeling exercise routines for ''FIT'', a new women's magazine with a global circulation. The magazine featured celebrities, including Jane Fonda, Raquel Welch, Jaclyn Smith, Lisa Hartman, Donna Mills, and Rachel McLish.〔''FIT Magazine'' ISSN 0278-9760, Runner's World Magazine Company, Inc. 1400 Steirlin Road, Mountain View, California, 94043; name changed in 1985 to ''Get Fit'' ISSN 8750-8079. Library of Congress, National Serials Data Program, (202) 707-6452 or issn@loc.gov〕 Its founder Bob Anderson (also founder of ''Runner's World'' magazine) was recognized by US President Ronald Reagan for his contributions, through his publications, to health and fitness in the USA.〔Photos of Bob Anderson at the White House appeared in ''Runner's World'' during the 1980s.〕 Mayo has made numerous public guest appearances, and has been featured on many television and radio talk shows.〔 In 1983, Mayo was a television guest on ''Pittsburgh Today'' with two Pittsburgh Steelers football team players, Franco Harris and Rick Woods. It became national news when she gave them an arm workout on air, and Harris nicknamed her "Killer". As a result, WVU football coach Don Nehlen recruited her to train his squad, and the ''Wheeling News-Register'' published an article, "The Girl Who Could Take on Franco Harris".〔"Can't Hold the Mayo," ''FIT'' magazine (Upfront section), March 1983, p. 12; Comins, Linda, "The girl who could take on Franco Harris: Fitness Expert Teaches WVU Football Team" (includes photo) ''Wheeling News-Register'', Wheeling, West Virginia, Sunday, September 16, 1984 (archives on microfilm at Ohio County Public Library, 52 16th St., Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 - (304) 232-0244; fee for copies)〕 Don Nehlen credited DeBarra Mayo with providing his team with an "edge" during the 1983 season.〔Mayo, DeBarra, "Real men get benefits from aerobic exercise," ''Gettysburg Times'', April 11–12, 1987 (article at Newspaperarchive.com, thumbnail free; pay for full view)〕 In 1986, Mayo became aerobics editor and monthly columnist for ''FIT'' magazine. She worked with Denise Austin, who also wrote a monthly column.〔''FIT'', Laura Dayton, July 1986.〕 Anderson World published two books by Mayo, ''The Runner's World Yoga Book II'', and ''Women's Bodybuilding for Beginners''.〔Anderson World Books, Inc. 1400 Stierlin Road, Mountain View, California.〕 In 1986, she began writing a column, entitled "DeBarra Mayo on Fitness", for the ''Erie Daily Times'', Erie, Pennsylvania.〔 This was syndicated to ''The Gettysburg Times''.〔''Gettysburg Times'', Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, March 27–28, 1987. Archives at (newspaperarchive.com ), thumbnail free, fee for full viewing, 22 articles listed under title: DeBarra Mayo 〕 In the same year she became a member of The Authors Guild, a society of published authors. During the 1980s, Mayo was the star of a radio exercise show.〔Conrad, Eric, "Elysburg native devoted to goal", ''The News-Item'', Shamokin, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1984; ''Women's Bodybuilding for Beginners'', by DeBarra Mayo with Joseph Mayo, Anderson World Books, Inc., 1983, author's biograpahy, p. 223.〕 Mayo married in 1998. In November 1999, she publicly announced that she had epilepsy with a four-part series, ''Living with Epilepsy'', on stayhealthy.com, for Epilepsy Awareness Month, and in a newspaper feature in the ''Fayetteville Observer''. In the interview with the ''Observer'', she revealed that she had attempted to hide her condition, since she was a teenager, and had tried to make her body as healthy as possible to compensate for the condition. In the interview, she said that she became an overachiever in an effort to tell herself that she was okay.〔 Due to complications relating to epilepsy, she withdrew from public life for several years. She founded an effort called The Epilepsy Awareness Mission to act as a support and advocacy group, and she was elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Epilepsy Foundation (associated with the Epilepsy Information Service, Wake Forest University) 〔 In 2005, she became part of the Karate Team at the United States Karate Academy, Bellevue, Nebraska, and in 2006 she received a trophy for her karate board-breaking skill. She is currently working on two books, which are scheduled for release in 2007. She recently began writing a weekly column entitled "Bikini Body Fitness by DeBarra Mayo".〔(Ujena Company News, Fashion Events and Spring Break Parties )〕 She continues to appear as a guest speaker at events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DeBarra Mayo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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