ClairAnn’s letting nothing hold her back at the Night of ChampionsBy Colin ThompsonClairAnn Moore has been physically disabled since birth.But the 55-year old Summer Haven resident refuses to allow her disability to get in the way of her passion for body building.Ms Moore has been involved in body building for more than a decade but only began doing it “very seriously” two years ago.“I love the challenge of working out, seeing other body builders and looking great and I said ‘wow ... I want to do that!’,” she smiled. “I want to be like that and do it, and if that’s what I want to do, then that’s what I’m going to do.“I love the sport and like the challenge, and the opportunity that it can bring me. It can actually give me great opportunities later on in my life. I love lifting weights, and can do leg extensions as well.”The former switchboard operator will be among the attractions at Bermuda Body Building and Fitness Federation’s 26th Annual Night of Champions to take place at Ruth Seaton James Auditorium at CedarBridge Academy tomorrow.This year marks her second appearance at the popular annual event, which traditionally attracts a large gathering.“I have been preparing roughly for five months and I’m kind of happy with the results because in my mind I feel I could’ve done better,” Ms Moore grinned. “But my trainer (Percy Paynter) is happy with it.“We didn’t train for the lower part of my body, we just did the upper body this time. I love going to the gym (Sea View Ultimate Fitness Club) and if I can go five days a week, I’ll live it. I get out twice a week and work out at home as well.”Ms Moore, who brightens the gym with her inner glow and warm demeanour, suffers from multiple physical disabilities.“I have three disabilities; scoliosis, that’s to do with the curvature of the spine which was 90 degrees and has been corrected to 60 degrees.“I also have a touch of polio in my legs and just since going to the gym they are now developing muscles. The third one is cerebral palsy, that is when you have spasms every now and then, But since I’ve been going to the gym I no longer have them anymore.”Ms Moore says a supportive family and strong belief in God has given her a positive outlook on life in spite of her physical disability.“God really pushes me to the limit where he wants me be and I never let my disability get me down,” she declared. “No matter what challenges I have my mother and father and siblings have always thought positive and spoke positive, so that’s what made me know that if they’re speaking positive and saying ‘I can, I can, I can’ then I’m going to show them that ‘I will, I will I will’.”Whenever the opportunity presents itself, Ms Moore, who attended Friendship Vale School for the Disabled before furthering her education doing night courses at Bermuda College, inspires youngsters as a motivational speaker.“I go to the different schools when they call me to the children,” she said.This year’s Night of Champions event has yet to be held but already Ms Moore is looking forward to whipping herself into even better shape for next year’s show.“Next year I want to be greater and better,” she vowed. “I’m going to be better and greater so they (audience) have something to look forward to next year.”Ms Moore has something big in store for those in attendance at tomorrow’s body building and fitness extravaganza at Ruth Seaton James Auditorium that will see prejudging begin at 10am and the main event commence at 7pm.But she’s keeping it a closely guarded secret until her moment arrives to bask in the limelight on stage.