{"id":37123,"date":"2010-12-13T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=37123"},"modified":"2011-05-25T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T13:47:13","slug":"olivia-ward-biggest-loser-11-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/olivia-ward-biggest-loser-11-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Ward: Biggest Loser 11 Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: <a title=\"Biggest Loser Winner Olivia Ward\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/olivia-ward-wins-biggest-loser-season-11\/\">Olivia Ward Wins The Biggest Loser Season 11<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow Olivia Ward\u2019s journey during <a title=\"biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a> season eleven. DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more following weekly episodes.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"swfclipV4548962\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4548962&amp;m=1606822\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\".\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4548962&amp;m=1606822\" \/><embed id=\"swfclipV4548962\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4548962&amp;m=1606822\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" base=\".\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" data=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4548962&amp;m=1606822\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Olivia now!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Olivia Ward\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/olivia-ward-biggest-loser-11-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37592\" title=\"olivia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/olivia.jpg\" alt=\"Biggest Loser 11 Contestant\" width=\"215\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/olivia.jpg 215w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/olivia-161x300.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>Occupation:<\/strong> Opera singer and manager at plastic surgery office<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 35<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> New York City, New York<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate:<\/strong> <a title=\"Hannah Curlee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/hannah-curlee-biggest-loser-11-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Hannah Curlee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Height:<\/strong> 5&#8242; 9&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight:<\/strong> 261<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 20 Weight:<\/strong> 149<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss:<\/strong> -112<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Married to Ben Ward, who has lost more than 100 pounds during Olivia&#8217;s journey<\/li>\n<li>Three siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although opera singers are often stereotyped as voluptuous, Olivia Ward feels that she hasn&#8217;t been chosen for roles because of her weight. She studied vocal performance at the <a title=\"University of Alabama \" href=\"http:\/\/www.eduinreview.com\/school-search\/colleges\/university-of-alabama\/\" target=\"_self\">University of Alabama<\/a>, and received her master&#8217;s degree in opera performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. After being diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS),  Olivia says she \u201ccompletely gave up\u201d and let her weight get out of control. Today, things are looking up and she&#8217;s ready to shed pounds and become a healthy person. Olivia was a casting pick of season 5&#8217;s <a title=\"biggest loser brittany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/biggest-loser-brittany-on-her-2008-goal-bernies-snoring-and-saying-goodbye-to-jillian\/\">Brittany Aberle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/olivia-wards-biggest-loser-11-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/olivia-wards-biggest-loser-11-journey\/olivia-ward-biggest-loser-player.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Olivia Ward's Biggest Loser 11 Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Common Misspellings:<br \/>\nOlivia Warde, Olivia Word, Olive Ward<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-1825067-10419578?sid=BL10Bio\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-1825067-10419578\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Shop the Official Biggest Loser Store\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DietsInReview.com is your Biggest Loser 10 resource. <strong>Sign-up now for the <a title=\"biggest loser newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser Newsletter<\/a><\/strong>, sponsored by the Biggest Loser Resort, and each Wednesday you\u2019ll get the most current information on contestants and trainers, plus Biggest Loser recipes, interviews, giveaways, video recaps and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Olivia Ward Wins The Biggest Loser Season 11 Follow Olivia Ward\u2019s journey during Biggest Loser season eleven. DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more following weekly episodes. Learn more about Olivia now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,58],"tags":[8,3530,3688,6862],"class_list":["post-37123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-womens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-11","tag-expired","tag-olivia-ward"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37123"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37128,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37123\/revisions\/37128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}