Video: Clair Ann Moore Thrills NOC Audience

[Updated] Everyone that took the stage during Saturday’s [Aug 17] Night of Champions received support from the crowd, but there was one clear audience favourite, with guest poser Clair Ann Moore bringing down the house with her special appearance.

The 55 year old suffers from scoliosis, polio and cerebral palsy, but hasn’t let that hold her back from hitting the gym. Ms Moore trains at the SeaView Gym on North Shore, and said working out has helped her with her physical disabilities.

“I learned to overcome all three,” she said. “Because now I have the benefits in my legs from going to the gym. Secondly, I don’t have spasms anymore. I used to have 90 degrees curvature of the spine and now I have 60 degrees.”

Ms Moore walked on stage with the assistance of a walker, showing off some of her hard earned lower body strength.

She then sat in her wheelchair and performed a posing routine, drawing a great crowd reaction as she displayed some of her upper body musculature with bodybuilding poses such as the front double bicep and side tricep.

As she finished her posing routine, one of the bodybuilding officials came and placed a well deserved medal around her neck, and Ms Moore exited the stage to a standing ovation.

You can view all our coverage of the 2013 Night of Champions here.

Update: Ms Moore’s trainer Percy Paynter said she has been training fairly steady for four years, and said she “works pretty hard. I toss alot at at her and she sucks it right up.”

The veteran personal trainer, who has been in the field for some 50 years, says she comes to the gym twice a week to train with him, and also works out with weights while at home at Summerhaven.

“She’s a real trooper,” said Mr Paynter. “She is an inspiration to alot of us. She wants to do it again, and if she does she will be in even better shape.”

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