RSVP Heartracers welcome reality TV star to their singles team 2007 Biggest Loser contestant, Kelly Donaghy-Lewis joins RSVP’s City-2-Surf team

After an incredibly inspiring journey on the 2007 series of The Biggest Loser, Kelly Donaghy-Lewis has lost more than 25 kilos and will be joining the RSVP’s Heartracers team in the Sun Herald City-2-Surf.

Kelly was an inspiration to people all over Australia and won many hearts earlier this year, sharing her story and rising to the challenge of life-changing weight loss on one of Australia’s most successful reality TV shows.

Kelly, a single mum who works as a detective with the NSW Police, signed on to Australia’s largest dating website, RSVP, in the hope of meeting some new people and possibly, even to find love online. Within a month of registering, Kelly met a great guy and is now enjoying the exciting stages of a new relationship with a man she met online at RSVP.

“I was thrilled to be asked to be the ambassador for the RSVP Heartracers in this year’s City-2-Surf,” said Donaghy-Lewis. “When I joined The Biggest Loser, I was just getting over a marriage break-up and as a single mother of two, my own health, fitness and lifestyle took a back-seat.

“Now, six months on, I have newfound confidence, am extremely passionate about health and fitness. I am also very happily dating a great guy, so life is good!”

RSVP spokesperson Lija Jarvis added, “We are delighted that Kelly has agreed to lead the Heartracers. Kelly is a fantastic ambassador for our team and also just an inspiration to many, she has a great attitude to life and her journey is an inspiration to any single person who can relate to a painful break-up or the challenge of converting an unhealthy lifestyle and mindset into something very positive.”

As an official supporter of the 2007 Sun Herald City-2-Surf, RSVP is sponsoring Heartbreak Hill.

RSVP is encouraging singles and couples who have found love on RSVP to sign up to team. Two ranges of RSVP race T-shirts are in production for the team, “I’m so hot right now” and “there is an easier way to meet 50,000 people”, which are already proving to be a real hit.

RSVP has a goal to raise $10,000 from the race to buy a CoughAssist machine for The Institute for Neuromuscular Research at The Westmead Children’s Hospital.

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Attention News Editors and Producers

Kelly Donaghy-Lewis is available for interview from Friday July 27.

Lija Jarvis, dating and relationships expert, RSVP is available for interview.

About RSVP www.rsvp.com.au

Launched on St. Valentine’s Day 1997, RSVP provides a fun, modern, safe and personal way for singles to meet. RSVP has grown from strength to strength and is now the largest singles site in Australia, serving the needs of almost one million members. RSVP is committed to helping individuals meet others for friendship and as potential compatible partners, and is proud of the part it has played in many stories of romance. To date, the site has been instrumental in over 2,000 weddings and 350 babies.

RSVP is Australia’s number one dating site (as measured by Hitwise and Market Intelligence, 2006)

RSVP is celebrating 10 years of online dating in 2007!