Her body was lean muscle, and she knew she had a good chance of placing in a contest. But she received no support from her parents, especially her father. She remembers that he got angry about her foray into the sport. “My father said it was a waste of time,” she recalls.
Ultimately, she decided not to pursue professional body building when one of the judges told her she needed to get her breasts enhanced. “I don’t believe being sexy means having big breasts,” Josette says. “I don’t want to send that kind of message to my three daughters.”