Jelena Abbou: Figure Competitor, Model And Personal Trainer Reveals Her Workout, Diet And Beauty Secrets

Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

8 years ago

jelena-abbou Jelena Abbou, née Jelena Đorđević is a figure competitor, model and personal trainer, now living in the United States. Jelena grew up in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. Her parents, Milica and Velibor, her brother and she lived there. She started working out in a little town in Serbia when was about 16. She was one of the first girls in her town who started lifting. When she was 20 years old, she left this small town for the U.S. to pursue her life-long dream of becoming a fitness model.

The first contest she trained for was the 2001 NPC Women’s Extravaganza, held about three miles from her home in Hackensack, New Jersey. She stands 5’6″ and competes at 118 lbs. She is married to a fellow personal trainer. After competing in several shows where she landed in good places, magazine editors and modelling agencies have started to give her calls. She then started shooting for TV commercials and other forms of advertisements.

Currently, Jelena Abbou, a Serbian-American beauty, is a figure competitor, personal trainer, bodybuilder and now the face of well-known products like MAC.

Jelena Abbou Achievements

2001 NPC Women’s Extravaganza – 5th
2002 NPC East Coast Championship – 3rd
2002 INBA Fitness Model Quest – 3rd
2003 WNFB Worlds Natural Pro Figure – 5th
2003 INBF Natural Monster Mash – Overall winner
2004 WNBF Worlds Pro Natural Figure (New York City) – 1st
2004 Northeast Classic Pro Figure – 2nd (and Ms. Photogenic)
2004 Natural Atlantic Coast INBF Pro Figure – 1st
2005 Ms. Buffalo Figure Championship – Overall winner
2006 Junior Nationals, Class C, 8th Place
2007 IFBB Kentucky Muscle Pro Figure Contest 8th
2007 IFBB Atlantic City Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest 7th
2007 IFBB New York Pro Figure Contest 7th
2007 IFBB Jan Tana Women’s Bodybuilding And Figure Contest 13th
2008 IFBB Olympia 15th
2008 IFBB New York Pro Figure 3rd
2008 IFBB 15th Annual Sports/Fitness Weekend & Europa IFBB Super Show3rd
2008 IFBB Houston Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Contest 4th
2010 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions 4th
2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure 11th
2010 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding & Bikini Championships 6th
2011 IFBB Houston Pro 2nd
2011 IFBB Olympia 9th
2011 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions 2nd
2011 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships 8th
2011 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International & Figure International 11th
2012 IFBB Olympia Weekend 16th
2012 IFBB Arnold Classic 11th

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Jelena Abbou is a world leading figure competitor, model and personal trainer. She is winner of 2004 WNBF Worlds Pro Natural Figure (New York City), 2004 Natural Atlantic Coast INBF Pro Figure and 2005 Ms. Buffalo Figure Championship. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have been a competitive fitness competitor for over 14 years now and you started competing when you were placed fifth at your first show, the 2001 NPC Women’s Extravaganza. You reached the pinnacle of success when you won the 2005 Ms. Buffalo Figure Overall Championship. Tell us about your journey that took you to the the world of fitness and as a winner in figure professional competitions?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: It was an long and awesome journey. Once I started competing I couldn’t stop. I just feel in love with sport. Goal was to become a IFBB I did in 2006. Next goal was competing at the Olympia and I did, 3 times. And got invited to The Arnold classics twice. Once as ifbb bikini pro once as ifbb figure pro.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You moved from Gornji Milanovac Serbia to US when you were 20 years of age. For a competitor adjusting to new countries with their own cultures it must be difficult and then to adjust your competing habits and style, what advice you can give to fellow sports person in a similar situation?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: I embraced all in the country. I was amazed with size of gyms here and options people have. Gyms in Europe are tiny. And more hard core. Adjustment wasn’t hard for me. Was just more and better options in nutrition and supplements.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Share your exercise routine that you do to maintain such a bikini perfect physique?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: My training changed over years and now I’m just maintaining where I am. I don’t lift heavy any more.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: What is your diet? Do you take a particular fixed regulated diet comprising of nutrients and vitamins to keep you in perfect health?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: No I don’t do that any more. I still eat pretty clean but don’t count calories. I have my cheat meals when I want them and other times I stay on low carb.

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Ms. Namita Nayyar: What is your motivation to take a multi-faceted personality of a fitness model, figure professional competitor and personal trainer?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: Just being healthy, staying in good shape and motivating other women to do it.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Do you take some kind of skin treatment to keep it young and glowing and secondly what you do to your hair to make them look so stunning?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: Clean diet is important for good skin and hair. I also drink lots of water specially with lemon and take fish oils I don’t do any heavy drying wash or scrubs on my face just gentle cleanser, moisturizer and Roc is my to go night cream. I don’t use too many styling tools for my hair and I don’t wash my hair every day.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Fitness modelling is about bold photo shoots. What advice you wish to give to the women of today to be body confident in order to do such bold modeling?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: If you are a competitor, I don’t recommend gaining tons of weight off season.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding figure professional competitor girls who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to ladder of success in field of figure professional competitions?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: Hard work pays off. Be patient and do it for yourself.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Tell us how you felt before and after standing first at 2004 WNBF Worlds Pro Natural Figure (New York City)?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: That was really an amazing feeling winning such a big show like that. And I got the chance to wear a evening gown

Ms. Namita Nayyar: What you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and message for its visitors?

Ms. Jelena Abbou: Womenfitness.net is a great source of information for anything from exercise, nutrition and beauty.

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