Are you ready to celebrate self-love and self-acceptance?
Speaker Slam®'s Body Beautiful competition brought together an incredible lineup of speakers from all around the world, ready to inspire and uplift. On March 29th, 2023, ten speakers competed online for a chance to move on to the Inspirational Speaking Finals in Toronto that November and become the next Inspirational Speaker of the Year.
This event was all about embracing and loving your body, and these speakers were ready to show how.
The Speakers
- Åsa Rydhard, Executive Trainer and Speaker | Stockholm, Sweden
- Mell Balment, The Empaths Empowerer, Deep Belief Hacker, Speaker and Workshop Facilitator | Queensland, Australia
- Anu Tähemaa, Leader, Experiential Speaker, and Trainer | Tallinn, Estonia
- Aliscia Brorman, Mother, Foster Care Advocate, International Best-Selling Author, Trauma Informed Speaker, Realtor, Entrepreneur | Austin, Texas, US
- Brett Nelson, Poet, Musician, Artist and Writer, Spiritual Being | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Jackie Eldridge, Speaker, Author, Teacher Educator | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Daniel Burns, ICF Certified Performance Coach and Canfit Pro Personal Trainer | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Brian Fuller, Profound Fulfillment Sherpa | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lauren Pires, PR & Media Lead, Invisible Disability Advocate and Give Good Date Founder | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lasaunia Thompson, Wellness Peer Coach | Washington, D.C., US
How the Online Competition Worked
These ten speakers advanced from a top 20 leaderboard to the finals. Each was exposed to their competitors' speeches, received feedback, and was given an additional minute and seven days to improve their speech before performing live in front of the judges.
Body Beautiful was the last online competition in Speaker Slam® history. To celebrate, the community was invited to attend the finals for free.
The Judges
Brooke Castillo, Nicholas Kusmich, Shawn Quintero, and Samara Bay. Read more in Meet Your Judges for Body Beautiful 2023.
The Results
See who took the podium in the Body Beautiful 2023 recap.