About JMP
ABOUT JMP MANAGEMENT
 J.M. Manion |
The fitness & figure athletes of JMP MANAGEMENT have been featured on the cover & inside of FLEX Magazine on numerous occasions. The first 2 fitness women ever to appear on the cover of FLEX Magazine were JMP MANAGEMENT's Michelle Bellini & Theresa Hessler.
You can also find them in numerous articles & pictorials in FLEX Magazine, Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Muscle & Fitness:Hers, IronMan Magazine, Oxygen Women's Fitness Magazine, NPC News, Strong & Shapely Magazine,Women's Physique World, Parrillo Performance Press & MuscleMag International. They have appeared on television programs such as Entertainment Tonight, The Montel Williams Show, Live With Regis & Kathie Lee, Jeff Everson's TN2000, MuscleSport USA, Physical TV & on a variety of ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports Net & Prime Network fitness programs.
The focus of JMP MANAGEMENT is to be different from the current crop of agencies & management companies currently available to NPC & IFBB women fitness & figure competitors. For starters, only a small, handful of fitness & figure competitors will be represented at any time. Quantity is not the goal. Quality is. Promoters, potential client's, casting directors & talent agents should realize they are hiring a phenomenal professional when they book with JMP MANAGEMENT.
Another difference is that the fitness woman JMP MANAGEMENT represents must be active fitness or figure competitors & agree to compete in numerous NPC and/or IFBB women's fitness or figure competitions per year to maintain their visibility & marketability within the fitness/bodybuilding/health industry. JMP MANAGEMENT doesn't believe in "fitness models". These women put it all on the line in competition. The proof is in the overall titles many of them have attained - IFBB Fitness Olympia Champion; NPC National Fitness Champion; NPC National Figure Champion; NPC USA Fitness Champion; IFBB Fitness International Champion; IFBB World Professional Fitness Champion; IFBB World Amateur Fitness Champion; IFBB Jan Tana Pro Fitness Champion; IFBB Atlantic City Pro Fitness Champion; IFBB Slovakian Pro Fitness Champion; NPC California Fitness Champion; NPC Colorado Fitness Champion; NPC Florida Fitness Champion; IFBB Italian Pro Fitness Champion; NPC Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic Champion; IFBB European Amateur Fitness Champion, IFBB New York City Pro Fitness Champion & NPC Pennsylvania Fitness Champion!
Of the 7 IFBB Fitness Olympia champions through the year 2001, the athletes of JMP MANAGEMENT have held the title 4 times. Of the 6 IFBB Fitness International champions, the athletes of JMP MANAGEMENT have held the title 5 times. For the IFBB Jan Tana Classic Pro Fitness, since it began in 1995, the athletes of JMP MANAGEMENT have held the title 4 times.
In addition to these titles, 4 of the women represented by JMP MANAGEMENT competed in the 1996 IFBB Fitness Olympia, which only had 10 total competitors. In the 1997 IFBB Fitness Olympia, which only had 16 total competitors, 6 of the women competed & 4 of them placed in the top 10. For the 1998 IFBB Fitness Olympia, 3 of the women competed with 2 placing in the second & third positions. The 1999 IFBB Fitness International saw the competitors of JMP MANAGEMENT winning 5 of the top 7 placing's. Capping off the year at the 1999 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the toughest field to date, the competitors of JMP MANAGEMENT took 6 of the top 10 placing's, including the Overall! The year 2000 started with 6 of the women competing in the IFBB Fitness International & all 6 placing in the top 8. That followed with the 2000 IFBB Atlantic City Pro Fitness where the 5 competitors took 5 of the top 6 placings including the Overall. The 2000 IFBB Jan Tana Classic Pro Fitness first & second place finishers were the competitors of JMP MANAGEMENT. The 2000 IFBB Fitness Olympia saw the competitors of JMP MANAGEMENT capturing the Overall, plus places 3rd through 6th. They began the 2001 season by winning the Overall again at the IFBB Fitness International, plus having 4 more place in the top 10. They finished up the 2001 season at the IFBB Fitness Olympia by having the first repeat, overall champion, and placing 2nd, 4th, 5th, 11th & 12th. The 2002 season began with the IFBB Fitness International with placings in 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 12th & 13th. At the inaugural 2002 IFBB NYC Pro Fitness, they placed 1st, 3rd, 5th & 11th.
Previously managed competitors include the likes of Mandy Blank, Michelle Bellini, Theresa Hessler, Karen Hulse, Themis Klarides, Timea Majorova, Laura (Mak) Makowski, June Monroe, Coralie Mosby, Michele Ralabate, Michelle Talboo, Carol Semple-Marzetta & Mary Yockey.
The majority of these competitors had their most success in NPC & IFBB competitions & their careers to date, while with the company. Mandy Blank won the overall NPC National Fitness Championships & the IFBB Pro World Fitness Championships while under the auspicious eye of JMP MANAGEMENT & was the first of the athlete's under contract to have her own personal web site.
Theresa Hessler won the IFBB Italian Pro Fitness & staked a claim on the overall IFBB Jan Tana Fitness title for two consecutive years, plus had her own video tape released.
Karen Hulse won the first ever IFBB Pro World Fitness Championships & competed in 2 of the IFBB Fitness Olympia's, narrowly missing the overall in 1996.
Michele Ralabate made her switch from bodybuilding to a successful fitness career in 1997 & had her own video tape released as well.
Michelle Talboo was the queen of fitness poster sales & pictorials on 'the web' back in 1995 to 1997, before the whole world wide web explosion took hold.
Carol Semple-Marzetta reached the pinnacle of her career while represented by JMP MANAGEMENT with overall victories at both the 1997 IFBB Fitness International & the 1997 IFBB Fitness Olympia.
Mary Yockey was able to capture the overall titles at the 1999 IFBB Fitness Olympia & 1999 IFBB Jan Tana Classic Pro Fitness while represented by JMP MANAGEMENT.
Timea Majorova became a major presence on the magazine circuit by appearing on numerous covers, plus having tons of features inside the publications, & was voted the "Flexiest" of all the fitness competitors by the readers of FLEX Magazine in 2001 by a 2-1 margin over the 2nd place finisher! All of this happened through her representation by JMP MANAGEMENT.
Most of the competitors represented can also be found in the successful Alluring Fitness Women poster & photo series. All of the fitness women currently featured are available for appearances, acting, modeling, guest posing, poster or photo signing's & product endorsements.
The basis of JMP MANAGEMENT was formed by J.M. Manion, official photographer & senior writer for the NPC News, & son of NPC President Jim Manion, as an offshoot to his company J.M. Productions . When the NPC & IFBB decided to make its foray into women's fitness competitions in 1995, J.M. & his wife Debbie launched the management firm to help promote the NPC & IFBB's most Alluring Fitness Women . Since this is a personal management company, their goal is to work closely with each of the fitness competitors they manage to help guide & develop a successful career for them.