UGA’s buff cheerleader turns heads, turns down modeling contract
It’s news when a University of Georgia student athlete turns down an offer to turn pro.
It’s usually a football player we’re talking about. This time it’s a cheerleader.
Junior Anna Watson has declined a $75,000 modeling contract, concerned about the physical impact of performance-enhancing substances that could be part of a professional career.
“I don’t serve a modeling agent. I serve the Lord,” Watson, an exercise and sports science major from Fayetteville, told UGA’s independently run student newspaper, the Red & Black. “I’m not going to compromise my morals and my beliefs just to take pictures. I believe that my body is a temple and a beautiful creation, so I don’t want to put anything into it that can harm it.”
Here is the Red & Black’s story about Watson. Here is a photo gallery of her.
Watson discussed her physique and her faith during an appearance on “Good Morning America.”
“I’ve grown up in the church and I’ve been in the Word my entire life and just reading the truth and seeing that this is really not something that God wanted me to do,” Watson said. “I feel like my body was created the way it’s supposed to be and it’s a temple and putting artificial things in it was not something that I was willing to do.”
Come football season, we anticipate plenty of cameras will be trained on UGA’s sidelines.
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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John Abraham's Groin
February 2nd, 2012
4:00 pm
Hol-E Anabolic Steroids Batman!!!!
Finally
February 2nd, 2012
4:00 pm
Strong is the new skinny! Nice to see someone that can be confident in their fitness instead of those skinny fat people who barely eat and have no capacity to do anything moderately physical.
Pam Ward
February 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Oh she’s hot!
HS Coach
February 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Go Anna! Keep working out and sticking to your beliefs. I’m sure you will be rewarded much more than 75,000 dollars in the long run. Be a role model for all those girls out there that think being “skinny” is where it’s at.
mary
February 2nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Gross.
SAWB
February 2nd, 2012
4:06 pm
Maybe the football team could use her.
Kat
February 2nd, 2012
4:08 pm
Hmmm…not sure the Lord created her body like that. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the weight room and good nutrition.
dawg girl
February 2nd, 2012
4:08 pm
Anna you are strong role model! You did Georgi proud this morning!
KSU Alum
February 2nd, 2012
4:09 pm
Let’s be honest here, the modeling offer was for a fitness (i.e. ‘muscle-head’) magazine. She’s acting like Playboy tried to hire her or something.
southern hope
February 2nd, 2012
4:10 pm
Tebow, your virgin maiden awaits you.
KSU Alum
February 2nd, 2012
4:11 pm
And by the way I think women that are as muscular as she is are just not… right. Equal opportunity: I also think men that are that muscular are wrong. And possibly bad for America.
Spanky
February 2nd, 2012
4:12 pm
She’s holding out for a career in pro wrestling!…I’d watch that!
DHD
February 2nd, 2012
4:12 pm
You go, girl!! Funny how people have their opinions on what YOU should do.
dawg fan
February 2nd, 2012
4:12 pm
Looks like a girls face on Schwarzenegger’s body
Hetch Hetchy
February 2nd, 2012
4:16 pm
dollars to doughnuts, she’s on something. Hiding behind religion is a common tack for juicers.
Dawg Doc
February 2nd, 2012
4:21 pm
Hetch Hetchy: BTW, I saw her this morning on Good Morning America. She turned down the contract with the fitness magazine because they wanted her to take “legal” steroids to bulk up even more. Kudos for her to doing it all naturally!!!
dre
February 2nd, 2012
4:21 pm
Oh is that nasty!
Dawg Doc
February 2nd, 2012
4:21 pm
Sorry, Kudos to her for doing it naturally!!
Sad Sack
February 2nd, 2012
4:22 pm
Move along — Nothing to see here…
Eaassyy
February 2nd, 2012
4:22 pm
KSU alum, she is saying she doesn’t want to live a body builder lifestyle becuase it forces you to ingest questionable performance enhancing drugs to be competitive. Her reasoning had nothing to do with the outfits or innapropriate photo taking.
wreckmaniac
February 2nd, 2012
4:23 pm
Reminds me of our coeds at Tech
Tom
February 2nd, 2012
4:24 pm
I don’t see what’s wrong with accepting contract…It’s not like God doesn’t want us to take advantage of certain opportunities. It’s not anti-Christian to make money…only to serve money.
Hetch Hetchy
February 2nd, 2012
4:24 pm
How deep was her voice?
4xtra
February 2nd, 2012
4:24 pm
“Schwarzenegger’s body”, Lesbo,…………… WHAT EVER
You bunch of fat, slimy couch potatoes need to get in the gym instead of watching Jerry Springer all day long.
I am ALL for fitness …100%
do ya thang girl….
Hetch Hetchy
February 2nd, 2012
4:26 pm
uga should blood test her then.
Dawg Doc
February 2nd, 2012
4:27 pm
Tom-Again, it wasn’t about the contract, it was about taking substances to enhance her body.
gfd
February 2nd, 2012
4:27 pm
That is sooo nasty
gt4ever
February 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Send her to North Ave… She could make our team!
amy
February 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
i don’t really care what she does…her choice…but this article is missing a huge chunk of context. was there something in the modeling contract that required her to take “performance enhancing drugs” as part of the deal? because that’s not typical. WTF? is her faith that shaky that she’d be incapable of saying no if someone were to ask her?
also, from the R&B article: “She’s obsessed over working out, leaving her miserable and tired.” followed later by “I know that my identity is not in working out,” Watson said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not what I want people to see me as. Yes, on the outside, I’m a very fit individual, but when you get to know me, my life is not all about exercise and working out.”
stellar reporting from the ajc and a stellar demonstration in the effectiveness of an education from UGA, as usual
Jason
February 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
She didn’t accept the contract because they wanted her to use steroids to get even bigger. Don’t bother reading the articles, just comment on the picture and then judge away…
Dawg 4 Life
February 2nd, 2012
4:40 pm
TEBOW TEBOW TEBOW TEBOW…THAT’S ALL YOURS BUDDY.
SOMEBODY MAKE THAT HAPPEN!!!!!
Dave
February 2nd, 2012
4:42 pm
Enter your comments here
BadBidness
February 2nd, 2012
4:42 pm
The article said she turned down a “LEGAL” steroid. It didn’t mention actual gear..and btw, testosterone isn’t artificial so she may be cool jabbing that. With that said, do your thing girl??
Peadawg
February 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
Most of the guys posting nasty comments probably all have beer bellies and are jealous that she can bench more than you.
2012
February 2nd, 2012
4:47 pm
if…that…is…attractive………………………wow
jeva
February 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
Anna, please keep doing what you’re doing, God is in complete Control…….You are an inspiration for young ladies who will do anything to score a greenback. God Bless!
Dave
February 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
That woman is so freaking HOT! All of you dough wraps and stick skinny men and women…look and learn. I get so tired of Hollywood pushing the anorexic, looks like you’re in chemo, sickly look. I don’t like the model look where all it looks like you can do it hold up some clothes. I love the athletic look with muscle tone. They can ski, play volleyball or tennis, gymnastics, etc. You can have the ladies that just stand there and look like they would break if you blew on them.
Muscles On A "Woman" Is Not Sexy
February 2nd, 2012
4:51 pm
That is not cute.
reebok
February 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm
Check out the photo gallery…it’s obvious that she’s juicing already…the jawline & facial structure, plus the thinning of the skin give it away. Wonder why she’s acting all holier-than-thou about how her body is a temple and all?
Mike
February 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
“I’m not going to compromise my morals and my beliefs just to take pictures. I believe that my body is a temple and a beautiful creation, so I don’t want to put anything into it that can harm it.”
What is she talking about? If she models they’re going to put her on HGH or something?
dan
February 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
NO THANKS!
Dawg Fud
February 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm
I have not laughed this hard at blog comments in a while. Holy smokes this is funny.
Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beerholder
February 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm
Something is just so wrong with that picture…
Dave
February 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm
You people don’t know any more if she’s juicing than the man in the moon. I’ve spent a whole lot of time in the gym since I played football in high school and to this day and heard people say “Oh, he’s definately on roids!”, when I know 100% that the dude wasn’t. It’s the uninformed, ignorance and outright jealousy that some people have towards others that don’t sit on the couch eating potato chips and watching TV all day. She busts her rear end to get the way she wants and I think it’s very sexy and attractive. She could probably run rings around and is in better shape than 95% of the people posting.
Grandaddy
February 2nd, 2012
4:58 pm
Uh… she looks more like a boy from the neck down, but don’t piss her off.
WELL
February 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm
I bet she could beat tech all by herself……awe…..that hurt
jo
February 2nd, 2012
5:00 pm
That’s a maaaan baby!
GTlifer
February 2nd, 2012
5:00 pm
Ahhh, pretty lady —- and once you get past that “posed flex photo”, the rest are eye pleasing. (Her female friends flanking her in other photos are cute too.)
Nice story to hear about her having standards, and sticking to them! For all you crude and rude commenters, get a real life and leave the girl alone. We don’t want to hear from you.
That says everything
February 2nd, 2012
5:01 pm
“Exercise and Sports Science major”? What the heck is that? To her credit though, it’s probably the most challenging degree for a UGA athlete (being generous with that term since dancing in short skirts is not a sport). Harvard in the pines. Yeah, right. This chick has landed on her head too many times. The only people interested in watching her flex have multiple piercings and tats.
Lets Do the Nasty
February 2nd, 2012
5:02 pm
Thats just hot!