Photography by Dania Graibe
"They don't have superpowers, but they have super-strong hearts and minds. Lynette and Edwin have my admiration—they make health a lifestyle, not a trend, and continue to inspire me and many others with their commitment, passion and courage."
-Marta Montenegro, SOBeFiT Founder/Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Overall fitness will transform your life for the better. This is one of the ideas at the heart of our Fittest Person of the Year Contest, which we launched 11 months ago and has been in the making for years. After narrowing the field from more than 500 participants down to six finalists, we left it up to you to decide which man and woman triumphed over the others in fitness, nutrition, health and sports. More than 10,000 votes later, we have our definitive winners: Lynette Mena and Edwin Lopez.
Lynette and Edwin represent two different manifestations of the same element: determination. They push their own limits every day to find victory in everything they do. Her passions and manner of achieving goals differ from his, but they both find the drive to succeed through living a balanced, healthy and very fit lifestyle. Their enviable commitment has led them to succeed not just in fitness and health, but life in general.
Click here to read Edwin’s story "Model behavior"
Click here to read Lynette’s story "Fit to compete"
