Maizie Williams & Chris Cormier

Maizie Ursula Williams (born 25 March 1951, in Montserrat, West Indies) was a member of the music group Boney M. Maizie Williams was with Boney M. from the very beginning and to this day is still an active performer.

Brought up in Birmingham, Maizie began working as a model, eventually gaining the title Miss Black Beautiful in a contest in 1973. After this initial success she went on to front her own band, ‘Black Beautiful People’. She later moved to Germany with her friend Sheyla Bonnick. One day in 1975, while at a restaurant, the two were approached by an agent who asked if they were interested in joining a new pop group Boney M. “She asked if we could sing. Well, you don’t say no, do you,” Maizie later recalled in an interview.

Maizie remained with the group until the ultimate break-up in 1990. In 1994, she did what her former colleagues Liz Mitchell and Bobby Farrell had also done, she formed her own Boney M. group, billed as Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams.

Besides still touring the world, Maizie released her first solo record in December 2006, Call Upon Jesus, an inspirational album, including the download single “Praise Be Unto Him”, determined to show that she too can make it on her own. In February 2007, she released her own dance version of the Boney M. hit “Sunny”. In June, she starred as the featured vocalist on Latvian group Melo-M’s version of “Daddy Cool” which hit the #1 spot in the LMK charts in the last week of August. Maizie is currently working on a new studio album for release in 2008.

Chris Cormier (born Broderick Cormier August 19, 1967 in Palm Springs, California) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.

Cormier’s first Mr. Olympia came in 1994, where he placed 6th. The same year he also participated in his first Arnold Classic and the Ironman Pro Invitational, where he placed 4th and 2nd respectively. In 1995 he competed in his first Night of Champions tournament (now called The New York Pro), where he placed 6th. Chris has been featured in many fitness and magazine articles, including being featured on the cover of Muscular Development magazine.

In mid-2006 Cormier was hospitalised with an infected spine, resulting from a bodybulding-related injury during a hardcore back training session with veteran English bodybuilder and ex Mr-Olympia, Dorian Yates. As of August, he has started his recovery, which includes extensive physiotherapy. He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cormier was mentioned frequently in the Denzel Washington film John Q, as the favorite athlete of the main character’s son.