Hi my name is Anthony Catanzaro, I was born and raised in Bay Shore, New York. I am the youngest of six children; I have 4 sisters and 1 brother. My parents Carlo and Rosaria were both from Sicily. I had a very close relationship with my parents, who passed on some time ago. I miss them very much, but I know that their spirit lives on through me. I started modeling at the age of 18 when I landed my first cover for an eveningwear catalogue. Soon after that, I began a career in modeling. I wanted to be "someone". My father was a fisherman for the Fulton fish market in New York City, and he used to wake up in the middle of the night and drive over 40 miles to work everyday! My father was much older than most fathers, when I was born he was 50 years old. I always said to him that one day, people would know my name for something special. I began Fitness and Bodybuilding soon afterwards. I entered my first Fitness show The 1996 Mr. Fitness and came in third place, then the following year I entered again and won the 1997 Mr. Fitness championship! I wanted to see how far I could go in developing my physique, so I began Bodybuilding in 1998 and entered my first Natural Bodybuilding show and won first place! Shortly after that I started fitness modeling and began shooting for Bodybuilding and Fitness magazines worldwide. In 1999, I married my true love Tina, I met her at a local nightspot in Long Island, and we both fell in love with each other on the spot! We have been together for 14 years now, she is a wonderful woman who cares for me deeply, and I am very lucky to have her! We now live in New York City with our cute little Beagle Tiny. Today, I still compete in natural bodybuilding shows. I have great confidence in myself, and my personality and charisma has helped thousands all over the world to live a better life! I would love to be a huge motivational speaker and speak in front of thousands of people to help motivate and inspire them to live a better life through health, fitness and nutrition mentally and physically. I now do a lot of shoots as a cover model for Romance novels after being on a TV reality show for the Oxygen network called Mr. Romance! I have also been on prime time TV numerous amounts of time, my most recent was a one on one interview on CNBC called “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.” I will be competing in future Natural Bodybuilding shows here and abroad. I have been 100% natural throughout my whole career, and I am completely against the use of growth hormones or steroids. I always felt that creating something beautiful must remain pure and clean the way that God intended it to be. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my fans and my friends all over the world who have shown me such tremendous support throughout my career and who continue to do so! I have very serious goals in this business, and I know that I will make them a reality. Working with John Mitchell was great! I have been in front of the camera for over 15 years and have worked with hundreds of photographers, and I can tell that John Mitchell really knows his stuff! I have shot with John numerous times now for many projects! His choices of locations for his shots are outstanding! There is everything from grassy fields, to lakes with waterfalls! Absolutely "Gods land"! Just recently I had John come to my home in NYC to spend a weekend we took some amazing shots that are truly inspirational. It’s such a great opportunity to shoot with John Mitchell. I would recommend anyone who is in the modeling or acting field, to make the trip to shoot with John. He is not only a great photographer; he’s a great person too! Thanks for the all the great shoots John, and I look forward to more great ones to come! Your friend, Anthony Catanzaro View
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