World’s Strongest Woman Stripped of Title After Officials Uncover Secret Transgender Status

The world’s strongest woman… wasn’t a woman at all—at least not according to furious officials who say the newly crowned champion concealed a male birth and blindsided the entire sport.

American competitor Jammie Booker, who defeated Britain’s Andrea Thompson to take the 2025 Official Strongman Games World Championship title in Arlington, Texas, has now been stripped of her crown after organizers say they discovered she “failed to disclose” her transgender status.

What insiders describe as a “shockwave scandal” erupted within hours of Booker’s victory, prompting the Official Strongman Games to issue an urgent statement and disqualify the athlete, claiming she has been ignoring repeated attempts to contact her as questions about her past intensify. 

‘We wanted to provide an update on what is happening following the Official Strongman Games World Championships 2025 which were held in Arlington, Texas over the weekend,’ the organization posted to Instagram Tuesday. 

‘It appears that an athlete who is biologically male and who now identifies as female competed in the Women’s Open category. Official Strongman officials were unaware of this fact ahead of the competition and we have been urgently investigating since being informed.’

‘An attempt has been made to contact the competitor involved but a response has not been received,’ the statement continued.

The organization added that if they were aware of Booker’s alleged gender identity, ‘this athlete would not have been permitted to compete in the Woman’s Open category.’ 

‘We are clear – competitors can only compete in the category for the biological sex recorded at birth.’ 

Daily Mail report: Booker has since been disqualified from the event and all participating athletes will have their points and places ‘altered accordingly to ensure that the rightful places are allocated to each of the Women’s Open athletes,’ officials shared. 

The group said that although they are ‘inclusive’ and ‘any athlete is welcome’ at their events, ‘it is our responsibility to ensure fairness and ensure athletes are assigned to men or women’s categories based on whether they are recorded as male or female at birth.’

Rebecca Roberts, a three-time winner of World’s Strongest Woman, has sensationally claimed that no one – not even the organizers – knew about Booker’s background. 

Details on Booker are murky but in a YouTube video – uploaded to what appears to be her channel in September 2017 – Booker says: ‘Everyone is dying to tell their own story and I am obviously no exception to that.

‘I’m a 21-year-old trans woman with a history of abuse, struggling to stay true to herself while under the rule of her religious parents.’

On Monday night, Roberts posted a picture on Instagram which read ‘protect women’s sports.’ She wrote alongside the picture: ‘I hold no hate toward transgender people. Everyone deserves dignity, respect, and the freedom to live their truth.

‘But I cannot stay silent about something that threatens the fairness and future of women’s strength sports. Transgender women, people born male, should not be competing in the women’s category.

‘This isn’t about identity. It isn’t about politics. It’s about the undeniable physical differences that exist in strength-based sports… differences that don’t disappear, and that matter more here than almost anywhere else. Women’s categories were created for a reason, and if we lose that, we lose the foundation of our sport.

‘What happened this weekend wasn’t transparent. None of us knew. Not even the organisers knew. And when fairness is taken by surprise, trust in the sport begins to crack.

‘My message is simple. Trans people belong in sport, but women’s divisions must remain biologically born female-only.

‘I love this sport. I have given my life to it. And I won’t ignore something that could quietly change it forever. Congratulations to @andreathompson_strongwoman… the true World’s Strongest Woman 2025.’