Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
Rhys Payne Cairns Photo Shoot
By Stewart McLean
09 May, 2017
Rhys Payne has proved there are no barriers and no excuses to getting ripped and getting up on stage to flaunt it.
The 18-year-old Cairns resident made his bodybuilding debut in Townsville last week, as the first Australian entrant with Down syndrome to ever enter the national competition — taking out the teenage disabled division of the ICN Townsville Tropics Classic.
The extroverted Edge Hill resident stole the show as a “natural poser” performing a 45-second routine in front of 400 people to Queen’s hit We Will Rock You that included biceps kisses and landing the splits — his performance going viral on social media with 30,000 views.
“My mum was crying and I was crying when I won, because I wanted to win a competition my whole life. I did it, I was a star and I showed off my big muscles,” he said.
Rhys now carries his winning medal around with him everywhere — he even sleeps with it.
The teen started training six months ago at 80kg and lost an incredible 12kg after seeing posters for the North Queensland event at his local gym. 


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