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Edgy Gir l Fit n ess St u dio, LLC
?Real Wom en Wit h Real Lives?
by Sylvia Dennis Wray
Edgy Girl Fitness was established in 2013 by health
enthusiast, Fatimah Ray. Since the tender age of 6,
Fatimah has nurtured her love for fitness, personal
training, and self-empowerment. As chance would
have it, Fatimah was given the opportunity to merge
her passion with a profession when she began
working at LA Fitness in 2006. Her strong work ethic,
knowledge of the whole body, health, and vivacious
personality aided in becoming the Assistant General
Manager within the first year of employment, and
later the General Manager for Snap Fitness in 2010.
In 2013, Fatimah entered the world of bodybuilding
and competed for the first time in the category of
Figure and received her SNBF Pro card and won
several SNBF pro shows. In 2014, she joined a bigger
league and became a member of the National
Physique Committee and competed in 13
bodybuilding competitions, winning several Overalls
in Open Figure and placing first place in three
different categories. In 2016, Fatimah won 1st Place
in Masters Figure & 1st Place in Figure Open Class D
at the Lee Haney Games.
She was at a point in her life where she wanted to
combine her passion of personal training and
empowering women in order to start a business
instead of continuing to work in the radiation
oncology department at Emory. Fatimah had been
training as a bodybuilder in her spare time and had
also taken on clients from her church as their
personal trainer. She put competing on hold in 20I7
as she stepped out on Faith leaving her job at Emory
Healthcare to pursue her dreams as an
Entrepreneur. She said that was the best decision
that she had ever made in her life. She?s doing what
she loves every day helping other women get Healthy
and never giving up on themselves or their dreams!!
In March 2017, she registered her business with the
Secretary of State, started working on her business
plan and began searching for funding. She was
turned down because she didn?t meet all the
requirements and became frustrated.
She finally googled ?business loans for minorities
and women? and found a link to ACE?s website. Right
away she picked up the phone and called the
Women?s Business Center. After attending the
workshop ?Access to Capital for Small Businesses?
After getting saved 3 years ago God spoke to Fatimah she applied for a $50K loan; however, her application
and said he wanted her to focus on him and open
was denied because her credit was not where it was
Edgy Girl Fitness Studio. She was at a point in her life supposed to be for funds she requested. But her
story doesn?t end there, because at ACE they
where she wanted to combine her passion of
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