From shining in the world sporting area as an Australian pole vaulting star to having her career cruelly cut short when she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, it seems there’s nothing Amanda Bisk cannot conquer.
But when Bisk was asked to shed both her clothes and her inhibitions so she could be painted gold from head to toe for a photoshoot, even she felt first-time jitters.
‘I was nervous at first because I have never really done a photoshoot like this before,’ she said.
Amanda Bisk was naked and painted gold for the launch of 24/7 Lifestyle Studio's new website
‘I was nervous at first because I have never really done a photoshoot like this before,’ Bisk said
Bisk has reinvented herself as an Instagram star, yoga instructor and brand ambassador for activewear
Bisk’s employer and friend Emma Milner came up with the idea of having her painted gold.
Ms Milner - who owns 24/7 Lifestyle Studio, a yoga and pilates school - told Daily Mail Australia she wanted to push the boundaries with fashion and style.
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Share 104 shares‘I just thought she’s so gorgeous,’ Ms Milner said.
‘We have this incredible body and physique and I wanted to capture that in the purer sense. We didn’t want her naked and oiled up. That seems a bit cliché.’
Former elite athlete Amanda Bisk is the brand ambassador for activewear carried by 24/7 Lifestyle Studio
Bisk was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2011, forcing her to abandon her dreams of competing at the 2012 London Olympics
Ms Milner admitted feeling apprehensive about asking Bisk to bare all, saying with a laugh, ‘I was a bit nervous asking her and she was a bit nervous doing it'.
But any hesitancy Bisk may have had were shed on the day of the shoot, with photographer Stefan Gosatti describing the former elite athlete as a true professional.
‘She’s a very confident woman,’ Mr Gosatti told Daily Mail Australia.
‘She’s an athlete and professional yoga instructor. She was wonderful to work with,’ he said.
Bisk is active on Instagram where she has more than 430,000 followers. She posts photos of yoga poses as well as pictures of fruit
'It's important to schedule in time to exercise, eat well, and de-stress,' Bisk says. She is pictured here in a park in Perth
Bisk had competed in the Dehli Commonwealth Games and had set her sights on the 2012 London Olympics before Chronic Fatigue Syndrome crippled her career
Bisk told Daily Mail Australia earlier this year that the only way she got through the darkest times was by working on her mental health
The stunning photographs grace 24/7 Lifestyle Studio's new website which launched on Saturday.
Bisk - who was forced to walk away from the London Olympics in 2012 when she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome the year before - has since reinvented herself as an Instagram star, with more than 430,000 followers, and a yoga instructor.
She teaches at 24/7 Lifestyle Studio's Sorrento branch and is also the studio's brand ambassador.
Bisk said she was ‘absolutely blown away with the end result’ of the photoshoot, a sentiment shared by Ms Milner who said proudly, ‘We painted her gold and made her shine’.
Bisk shows what we can achieve, with exercise, yoga, discipline and a healthy diet
'We painted her gold and made her shine’, Bisk's employer and friend Emma Milner said
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