Competition Suit

I think I have explained on and off what is going on with the suit. So here's the full scoop.





At Monica's camp, I met Sonya Davis, and she was super nice. She is from Alabama and has this twang in her voice. She also is a judge for contests, so that was cool to talk to her and get the scoop on what judges are looking for. But what really impressed me is she designed this suit for Ava Cowan:

Ava wears this suit in a Gaspari Nutrition add, and I saw it recently as the first ad when I opened my Oxygen Magazine in May. I immediately thought she looks freaking gorgeous. And I LOVE the suit. Well, Sonya designed her suit!!! At that point, I was sold on getting a suit from Sonya and her company "Bambi Boutique" (check out her link to the right).

At first, I thought I would go with a teal. Everyone has told me I would look great in blue because I do when I wear just a normal top. So I picked out an aqua blue. I told Sonya I trust her design work so she could just do whatever style she wanted with the rhinestones. I paid for the most stones I could get without being too over the top (after all, this is the amateurs people!).

Well, then I spoke with Amy on the phone. She said that light colors just don't look as good on stage. She can't explain why, but they just don't. She said if I were going to go with a blue, to go with a navy or a royal blue. Can't say I like either of those blue colors very much. So then I told her about the suit Ava is wearing and we went to Sonya's website together and Amy said it was PERFECT. So she was like "well if you like it so much, why didn't you just get Sonya to make you one that is similar, but in your budget?". Well, aren't I stupid. That was a pretty obvious question and I probably should have just had the same suit made for me!

So I emailed Sonya and she said, "no problem" and now we are making a mini-Ava Cowan suit for me. It will be in my budget though. And if anyone is wondering what is the budget...well, get ready to shit your pants. My suit is going to cost $680. With shipping, that is $700. Yes. you read correctly. Probably the suit in the picture of Ava, she is most likely wearing a $1500 suit. So, yes, mine won't be as wonderful. But very very pretty I'm sure.

So, how on earth am I supposed to know what size I will be to have already ordered the suit??? Well, that is an interesting point. So when I met with Sonya, she took my measurements. And then we discussed what we thought my competition weight would be. At the time, I was about 125 pounds. And I knew I had 102 pounds of lean body mass. So I told her I didn't anticipate being any smaller than 110 pounds. She agreed because she said she could tell that I have a lot of muscle. So that is what we ordered. BUT, I am 118 pounds right now. And 14 weeks till contest. So I may be less than 110 by contest. Which isn't a super bad deal as long as I'm not smaller than 105 pounds. If I get too much smaller than that, then well, I may have a problem. See I will need the suit altered to fit me if I am too much smaller. But it is better that way than the other way around. Let's say I stay at 118. Well, that suit is never going to fit me right then. I'll just be screwed. You can't make a small suit fit a big body. You just can't. So that probably won't be a problem at this point.

So, that is all that is going on with my suit. So many people seem to ask about this and think it is a regular bathing suit or something I'll be able to wear again and again. NO! Only if I compete again will I wear it again. Otherwise, it is getting put in a shadow box and hung in my house. LOL. :)