"The Biggest Loser" Winner 2009!
Helen Phillips Wins the $250K!
"The Biggest Loser" Tara Costa Not Season's Winner
Helen Phillips lost 54.47% of her total body weight. The 140-pounds loss won her the $250,000 grand prize on NBC's "The Biggest Loser: Couples" show. Phillips, 48, beat worthy finalists Mike Morelli and Tara Costa.
She started the competition last fall at 257 pounds and ended at 117 pounds on Tuesday night's season finale.
"When I started, learning how to exercise and work out, and incorporate good nutrition into my diet was hard," Phillips said. "Once I learned and got on-board, and realized how important it was, the easier it became."
Morelli, 19, finished the show with a body weight loss of 53.35 percent. His starting weight was 388 pounds. Morelli dropped 207 pounds and weighed in Tuesday at 181 pounds. The 24-year-old Costa dropped 155 pounds after starting the show at 294 pounds. Her percentage of body weight loss was 52.72. Morelli's 55-year-old father, Ron, finished fourth.
For Phillips, winning the competition had special significance for her family which is caught squarely in the middle of the country's economic downturn and Detroit's automotive crisis. Her husband, Russell is in danger of losing his job if automaker Chrysler LLC goes forward with a plan to shut down its Sterling Heights assembly plant in 2010. Helen commented, "This will give us a nice cushion."
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