Three years ago, Melissa Alcantara transformed her body after pregnancy and posted a before and after shot on Instagram. As one of the billion active Instagram users, the odds of getting noticed by Kim Kardashian West, who boasts 190 million followers, are pretty much impossible. However, while exploring the platform at 4 a.m., Kardashian West stumbled on the photo and just like that, Alcantara’s life was forever changed. “My intention never was to be a personal trainer,” Alcantara explains. “My intention, even to this day, is just to be a better version of myself. And I think that if more people did that, they would actually reach their goals more often.”
After catching Kardashian West’s attention, Alcantara moved her family to California and began her life as a trainer to…
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Inked (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021