Fitness entrepreneur Tammy Hembrow, now 32, built a $50 million fitness empire over ten years, primarily through her social media presence. Starting with documenting her post-pregnancy fitness journey, she gained more than 16.2 million followers on Instagram and was named in the AFR Young Rich List last year. Despite facing criticism and skepticism early in her career for prioritizing motherhood, Hembrow has remained resilient and focused, turning down haters and media scrutiny to maintain a positive outlook on her life and business success.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-10,
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On the day we speak, fitness entrepreneur Tammy Hembrow is sitting inside her car on Main Beach on the Gold Coast watching her three children, all under 12, use the nearby playground equipment.
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For someone who was told falling pregnant as a 20-year-old would be the end of life as she knew it, Hembrow, 32, is having the last laugh.
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“I had a lot of people telling me when I first fell pregnant that it would ruin my life, ruin my body, and affect me in so many ways,” she reflects.
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“Everyone really got in my head about it, but I was determined to prove them wrong.”
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Indeed, her life took a stratospheric turn after she had her first child – just not in the way many imagined.
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During those early post-pregnancy months, she turned to social media to document her personal fitness journey and physical recovery.
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That candid sharing resonated with millions and set her on an extraordinary path towards success.
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“In the beginning I was documenting my life and working out; health and fitness was very much a huge part of that,” she recalls.
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“It attracted a lot of people who saw themselves in me – and there were a lot of negative connotations about young mums: this view that it ruins everything.
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I was all about showing people that it really doesn’t – and you can reclaim yourself and still be you.”
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Today, Hembrow boasts more than 16.2 million followers on Instagram alone.
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Last year, having built a $50 million fitness empire over the course of a decade – including her first business, Tammy Fit, launched in 2017 – she was named in the prestigious AFR Young Rich List.
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That discipline and inner drive to succeed might be deeply embedded in her DNA.
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“I’ve always been very stubborn, ever since I was very young,” she says.
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I always wanted to do things my way.”
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But with fame came relentless headlines and intense public scrutiny.
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A deep dive into the world of Hembrow shows an almost constant obsession around her, spanning from the time she was taken out on an ambulance stretcher from Kylie Jenner’s 21st birthday in West Hollywood back in 2018 to her evolving relationship status.
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While the surrounding media circus can feel endless, Hembrow says she’s learned to take little notice of the haters and headlines nowadays.
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“I’ve had trolls since day one – that is nothing new to me and I continue to have them,” she says.
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“I’ve had a couple of very public relationships and they’ve been picked apart, but I am in a good relationship now.
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I learned a lot from each of them, and am now at a point where I know what I want.
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I’m really happy with the people in my life and what I have going on and my partner is a wonderful addition to that.”
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He’s nine years her junior, but she chirpily adds she’s “never been happier”.
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Before meeting Te Moana, Hembrow had been twice engaged and once married and divorced.
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She was first engaged to fellow influencer and fitness trainer Reece Hawkins from 2014 to 2018, and they share two children, Wolf, 11, and Saskia, 9.
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She also has a daughter, Posy, 4, with ex-fiancé and athlete Matt Poole.
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Then came her short-lived marriage to Love Island contestant Matt Zukowski, which ended abruptly in 2025 after seven months.
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“When I went through my divorce, I was so overwhelmed,” she says.
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“I don’t always make the best choices, but I do learn from my past.
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I am at a point now where I have let go of the heavy stuff and am going in a new direction.
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I used to draw energy from the wrong things and now I am more present.
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With so much life experience behind her, Hembrow is ready to try something new, as she steps into her first TV hosting gig, assuming the role of “house boss” on the next season of Aussie Shore.
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Based in a lively Gold Coast share house, partying and nudity are rampant.
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But the contestants on the show adore Hembrow, which is hardly surprising as she is, after all, the poster girl for Gold Coast fitness and healthy living.
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Born on the Gold Coast in 1994, Hembrow is the third child to actor father Mark Hembrow and mother Nathalie Stanley.
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Her parents split when she was very young, and she was raised by her father in Queensland’s idyllic Currumbin Valley.
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Her mum, who is originally from Trinidad and Tobago, later married a businessman from Singapore.
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Along with her two older sisters, Emilee and Amy, this is where Tammy lived between the ages of 12 and 16.
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“My parents had a difficult relationship and Mum was also quite a bit younger than my dad,” Hembrow explains.
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“A huge turning point in my life was going to live with her.
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