{{Short description|Barbadan professional female bodybuilder}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox bodybuilder | name = Alana Shipp<ref name="aboutme" /> | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}<ref name="Ms. Ripped">[http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-talented-ms-ripped/ The talented Ms. Ripped]</ref> | birth_place = Bridgetown, Barbados |Death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name="alanashipp">[http://www.sizedoesntmatter.com/uncategorized/anglo-expat-muscles-her-way-to-miss-israel-fitness-title/ Alana Shipp, a housewife and former New Yorker, turned to the gym to lose weight and fight boredom. What she found was a bodybuilding title. ]</ref> | weight = {{convert|125|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_wN_pr9Qo Alana Shipp After Winning Her IFBB Pro Card At The 2013 NPC Nationals! ]</ref> | firstproshow = IFBB Toronto Pro<ref name="musclememory" /> | firstproshowyear = 2014<ref name="musclememory" /> | bestwin = NPC National Championship middleweight champion<ref name="musclememory" /> | bestwinyear = 2013<ref name="musclememory" /> | predecessor = Rene Marven<ref name="musclememory" /> | successor = Tomefafa Ameka<ref name="musclememory" /> | yesorretiredyear = Since 2011<ref name="Ms. Ripped" /> |native_name=אלנה שיפ|native_name_lang=he}}
'''Alana Shipp''' (Hebrew: אלנה שיפ; born 1982) is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem.<ref name="aboutme" />
==Early life== Alana Shipp was born in 1982 in Bridgetown, Barbados to Guyanese parents. She spent her early childhood in Guyana prior to moving to Queens, New York City, New York at age 11.<ref name="aboutme">{{Cite web |url=http://www.alanashipp.com/bio.htm |title=About Me |access-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114040157/http://www.alanashipp.com/bio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Ms. Ripped" />
Born to mother Roxanne Brathwaite
Siblings
Amanda Methland
Ackeem Methland
Alex Methland
==Career== ===Marine Corps=== After graduating high school, Shipp enlisted in the US Marine Corps and spent almost 8 years as a Marine. She was a non-commissioned officer, working as a logistics procurement manager in Okinawa, Japan; Camp Pendleton, California; and in New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref name="alanashipp" /> In late 2008, she moved to Israel.<ref name="aboutme" />
===Fitness=== ====Amateur==== In 2011, Shipp began working out in order lose some weight she gained during her two pregnancies ({{convert|160|lb|abbr=on}}) and hoping to get into better shape for an upcoming Marine Corps ball. In October 2011, she began working out with Lia Finkelberg Elbaz and Meny Elbaz at their Jerusalem boutique gym, Sky Gym and suggested training her for a bodybuilding competition in the fitness category.<ref name="Ms. Ripped" /><ref name="alanashipp" />
====Contest history==== * 2012 NAC Ms. Israel - 1st (Ms Fitness)
===Bodybuilding=== ====Amateur==== Shipp said she was originally planning on competing at the 2012 Ms. Universe on the figure category but gained muscle mass faster than expected. Her training coach is Arthur Gooden.<ref name="rxmuscle" /> At the 2013 NPC National Championship, Shipp won the middleweight division and won her IFBB pro card.<ref name="aboutme" /><ref name="Bodybuilding" />
====Professional==== In 2014, during Shipp first year competing as a professional she qualified for the 2014 Ms. Olympia. At the 2014 Ms. Olympia, she mirrored Sheila Bleck's success at the 2010 Ms. Olympia by winning 4th place at her first Ms. Olympia she attended and during first year she competed as a professional.<ref name="musclememory">[http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?s=alana+shipp&g=F Alana Shipp ]</ref>
====Contest history==== * 2012 NAC Ms. Universe - 3rd (Ms Body/Physique) * 2013 NPC Steve Stone Metropolitan - 1st (LW and overall) * 2013 NPC National Championship - 1st (MW) * 2014 IFBB Toronto Pro - 2nd place * 2014 IFBB Omaha Pro - 5th * 2014 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th * 2015 IFBB Wings of Strength PBW Tampa Pro - 2nd * 2015 IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships - 5th * 2016 IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships – 16th
==Personal life==
Shipp currently lives in Virginia with her husband Kenneth Shipp, a U.S. Consulate employee, and her two children.<ref name="Ms. Ripped" /> Prior to taking up bodybuilding, she was a housewife. Before arriving in Jerusalem she worked as a procurement manager for Coca-Cola in Dallas, Texas.<ref name="alanashipp" /><ref name="Bodybuilding">[https://web.archive.org/web/20141226043131/http://www.haaretz.com/life/sports/bodybuilding-mr-and-ms-universe-jerusalem-resident-takes-third-in-international-competition-1.481576 Bodybuilding / Mr. and Ms. Universe / Jerusalem resident takes third in international competition ]</ref> She is a Christian.<ref name="rxmuscle">[http://www.rxmuscle.com/rx-girl-articles/9885-alana-shipp-nothing-worth-having-comes-easy.html Alana Shipp: “Nothing worth having comes easy.” ]</ref>
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.alanashipp.com/}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipp, Alana}} Category:1982 births Category:African-American Christians Category:African-American bodybuilders Category:American female bodybuilders Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:Barbadan female bodybuilders Category:Guyanese Christians Category:Guyanese emigrants to the United States Category:Guyanese female bodybuilders Category:Living people Category:Professional bodybuilders Category:Sportspeople from Jerusalem Category:Sportspeople from Queens, New York Category:United States Marines Category:Israeli people of Guyanese descent Category:Israeli people of Barbadian descent Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen