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Tanji Johnson is an American IFBB professional fitness competitor. She is the winner of Fitness International title at the Arnold Sports Festival in 2013.
After her childhood and youth as a military brat, Johnson attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1997 and was commissioned as a United States Air Force officer. She appeared in her first competition in the year 1998, taking a year off when she was assigned for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
A resident of Renton, Washington, Johnson works as a personal trainer, a coach for physique competitors, as well as a promoter for the National Physique Committee, co-promoting the Vancouver Natural Bodybuilding and Tanji Johnson Fitness/Figure Classic competitions covering Pacific Northwest. She also participated in 2008 TV series American Gladiators.
Johnson is a "muscular Christian" and she has a younger sister named Safiya who is an IFBB pro bikini competitor.