The Baltimore Sun has reported on a 84 year old bodybuilder who lives in Baltimore and holds a Guinness World Record for oldest female competitive bodybuilder in the world, Beyoncé recently released a music video album on Disney+ where in one of the music videos has this 84 year old bodybuilder in the music video:
Ernestine Shepherd, 84, a Baltimore world champion bodybuilder, appears in Beyoncé's "Black is King" video album.
This Baltimorean is 84. She’s a champion bodybuilder. And Beyoncé cast her in a ‘Black Is King’ video.
Baltimore’s Ernestine Shepherd, 84, lives by the mantra: dedicated, determined, disciplined. These words, emblazoned on all her gym clothing, have fueled her for nearly three decades. A mothe…
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August 5, 2020
Baltimore's Ernestine Shepherd, 84, lives by the mantra: dedicated, determined, disciplined. These words, emblazoned on all her gym clothing, have fueled her for nearly three decades.
A mother, grandmother and a retired school secretary, Shepherd holds a Guinness world record for oldest female competitive bodybuilder in the world. She was named "6-pack granny" by Ripley's Believe It or Not. Now she can add another honor to the list: appearance in a Beyoncé production.
Millions have seen Shepherd's cameo appearance in Beyonce's hit visual musical album, "Black Is King," which debuted July 31 on Disney Plus. Shepherd got the role through her longtime trainer and manager, Yohnnie Shambourger.
"One of my contacts knew someone who was organizing "Black Is King," Shambourger said. "I wanted to promote Shepherd, and we got an email last year saying Beyonce's team wanted her to be part of it."
She says she and Shambourger's daughter, Yohnei, flew to Los Angeles in October 2019 for the production of "My Power," one of the videos in the "Black Is King" music video album.
The song weaves together the rhythms of afrobeats and reggae with lyrics celebrating power, beauty and Blackness. Shepherd's appearance is brief. She's seen flexing her arm muscles while wearing a bright orange athletic T and a beaded, multi-strand necklace.