{"id":6985,"date":"2026-04-29T00:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/?p=6985"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:46:34","slug":"2026-photo-story-third-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/2026\/04\/29\/2026-photo-story-third-place\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Photo Story Third Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A maximum of 12 images compiled in a picture story or essay that reflects the human experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place: Sophia Buonpane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Built Not Born<\/strong> \u2013 For Ally Hogan, her rookie bodybuilding season began long before she stepped under the stage lights. The 26-year-old Williamsville resident spent her days balancing early morning cardio, weight training, posing practice and strict meal preparation, all in pursuit of the National Physique Committee Western New York Championships. \u201cBuilt Not Born\u201d follows Hogan through the physical demands and quiet routines of her competition prep, showing how months of discipline, sacrifice and support from those around her culminated in a winning performance and the Overall Fit Model Title at Buffalo RiverWorks on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ally practices her posing under the posing room lights at Pro Muscle Lifting Club on Sunday July 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ally drives to gym, sometimes as early as five in the morning, to do cardio and lift before going to her full time job at Prodigy Surgical on Friday July 18, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ally preps one of her multiple meals before she heads out of the house for the rest of the day at her home on Sunday July 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ally practices her posing in front of International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) Professional Jessica Koston who held a posing seminar at Pro Muscle Lifting Club on Sunday July 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Webb, Ally\u2019s training and nutrition coach helps her push through the last couple of reps of the pendulum squats at his private gym on Thursday July 10, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ally ends her workout with 35 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster at Pro Muscle Lifting Club on Sunday July 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ally and her boyfriend, Jordan Burke hold each others hand as they finish making their custom tee shirts for backstage at her home on Sunday July 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ari Marinelli, Ally\u2019s make up artist draws on a under eye liner in preparation for the Western New York Championships at her home on Saturday July 19, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pure Luxe Spray Tanning owner, Shanna Sengillo gives Ally her final coat of tan on the morning of the Western New York Championships on Saturday July 19, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ally steps on stage for the first time during the Western New York Championships at Buffalo RiverWorks on Saturday July 19, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jordan Burke gazes over at Ally and offers her a bit of his cookie after competing in the Western New York Championships at Buffalo RiverWorks on Saturday July 19, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ally gives her dad, Chuck Hogan a hug when she returns to her family after stepping off stage during the Western New York Championships at Buffalo RiverWorks on Saturday July 19, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A maximum of 12 images compiled in a picture story or essay that reflects the human experience. Third Place: Sophia Buonpane Built Not Born \u2013 For Ally Hogan, her rookie bodybuilding season began long before she stepped under… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6986,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}