Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels: Biography in Details

Who is Jillian Michaels?

Jillian Michaels is an American personal trainer, businesswoman, author as well as television personality.

Jillian Michaels became renowned for her TV shows broadcast on NBC, ‘The Biggest Loser’ and ‘Losing It with Jillian’. In the fall of 2015, she hosted and co-judged a series on Spike titled Sweat, INC.

Who are the parents of Jillian Michaels?

Michaels was born on February 18, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jillian’s nationality is American and her ethnicity is mixed(Syrian/Lebanese, Italian, and Ashkenazi Jewish).

Her mother’s name is JoAnn McKarus and her father’s name is Douglas McKarus. Her parents divorced when she was very young. She was raised in Santa Monica.

Jillian Michaels was bullied by her classmates. Hence, her childhood was traumatic and she has a sleep disorder. Jillian Michaels attended California State University at Northridge. At that time, she got a job as a bartender and a fitness trainer.

Jillian Michaels: Professional Life, Career

Jillian Michaels raised the bar for fitness by doing exceedingly well in her job as a fitness trainer. She trained her clients in a mix of strength training and endurance exercises which include weight training, Yoga, Pilates, kickboxing, and plyometrics.

In 2012, Jillian Michaels came out with a 90-day weight loss program known as ‘Body Revolution’.

Jillian Michaels also released ‘BODYSHRED’, a half an hour workout program for Good Life gyms in Canada and certain fitness clubs in the US.  She has teamed up with her business partner Giancarlo Chersich, and both of them run Empowered Media, LLC.

In addition to this, Jillian has released many DVDs. Some of them include “Killer Buns and Thighs”, “Killer Abs”, “Ripped in 30” and many others.

In 2011 she hosted her show, entitled ‘The Jillian Michaels Show”. It soon became successful and made Jillian’s net worth grow considerably.

What is more, there were several games released: “Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure”, “Fitness Ultimatum 2010”, “Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009” and others. She was an original trainer on the reality series The Biggest Loser when the show debuted in October 2004. On June 1, 2010, NBC debuted Losing IT With Jillian, a spin-off of

In 2011 Jillian Michaels hosted her show, entitled ‘The Jillian Michaels Show”. What is more, there were several games released: “Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure”, “Fitness Ultimatum 2010”, and “Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009” and others.

Jillian Michaels was an original trainer on the reality series The Biggest Loser when the show debuted in October 2004. On June 1, 2010, NBC debuted Losing IT With Jillian, a spin-off of The Biggest Loser.

On May 6, 2011, C, B, S Television Distribution announced that Michaels had signed a multi-year deal to become a co-host of the panel-discussion show The Doctors, as well as to serve as a special correspondent on the CTD program Dr.Phil.

Jillian Michaels: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Jillian Michaels has not been part of any notable controversies in her career. Additionally, currently, there are no rumours concerning her and her career.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Jillian Michaels has a height of 5 feet 2 inches and weighs 52kg. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes.

Besides these, her body measurements are 36-24-34 inches.

Furthermore, her bra size is 34B, her dress size is 4-6 US and her shoe size is 9 US.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Jillian Michaels is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 3.8 million followers on Facebook, 1.6 million followers on Twitter, 1.3 million followers on Instagram, and 233k subscribers on her YouTube channel.

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