Dolvett Quince is a fitness model, actor, and personal trainer from the United States. He rose to prominence as the principal trainer on the American version of The Biggest Loser from season 12 to season 17.
Dolvett Quince’s Early Life and Family
Dolvett Quince was born on August 20, 1973, in Stamford, Connecticut. He had a traumatic childhood that deeply impacted him.
When Quince was young, his father left his mother, brother, sister, and him. His mother struggled deeply with this and became obsessed with trying to get Quince’s father back instead of taking care of her children.
Due to the neglect at home, social workers got involved and Quince, along with his siblings, were removed from their biological mother’s care. The three children were placed together in a foster home that transitioned into adoption.
“My adoption was bittersweet, because I had parents who were loving enough to [adopt] four strangers,” he said. “That’s a beautiful story, however, they’re very old school with a ‘you spare the rod, you spoil the child’ sort of mentality. So they only knew what they knew– and that was to beat it out of me.”
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Quince has conflicted feelings about his adoption. He is grateful his adoptive parents cared enough to take in four strangers. However, they had an authoritarian parenting approach that involved harsh physical punishment which Quince feels damaged him psychologically.
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The social worker who facilitated Quince’s adoption created a life book for him that he still has today. It contains photos of him at age 4, his adoptive family, his siblings, the social worker and other mementos from his early childhood. It also includes notes from the social worker about important events in Quince’s early development.
Relationship with Tamara Jaber and his Son from Previous Marriage
Dolvett Quince was previously in a relationship with Tamara Jaber, a singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia. Their romance began in 2012 when Tamara was introduced to Quince by her talent manager, Lee Kernis. Tamara is best known as one-half of the pop music duo Scarlette Belle. It is unclear how long Quince and Jaber were together, but it appears the relationship has ended.
Quince has a 25-year-old son named Isiah Quince from a previous marriage. Quince frequently posts photos of Isiah on Instagram, wishing him a happy birthday. Isiah has posted on social media about his mother, who seems to have been previously married to Quince. On Mother’s Day 2012, Isiah posted praising his mother for “raising nine boys to be men.” in Twitter.
Rumored Marriage to Amanda
Dolvett Quince’s current relationship status is unclear, though there is speculation he may have married a woman named Amanda. Amanda is a fitness trainer who shares Quince’s passion for health and wellness.
In April 2021, rumors circulated that Quince and Amanda had gotten married. However, Quince has not officially confirmed being married. The social media post Quince shared with Amanda now removed was on February 15, 2021, Valentine’s Day. This indicates they were romantically involved at that time.
There has been no definitive statement from Quince declaring he has remarried. But his social media suggests he was in a partnership with Amanda as of early 2021.
Dolvett Quince’s Fitness Career
Dolvett Quince began his fitness career working at an Atlanta YMCA location. He credits the supportive mentors at the YMCA for motivating him to pursue personal training full-time. This experience led him to open his own gym, Body Sculptor Inc., in Atlanta in 2004.
Through operating Body Sculptor Inc., Quince quickly gained recognition for training celebrity clients including Angela Bassett, Janet Jackson, Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Justin Bieber, Michael Jai White and many more stars.
In 2011, Dolvett’s fame more gain when he was brought on as the principal trainer for the hit TV show The Biggest Loser, alongside new trainer Anna Kournikova. He trained contestants on the show for 17 seasons. During his Biggest Loser tenure, Quince released multiple fitness DVDs, wrote a NYT bestselling diet book called “The 3-1-2-1 Diet,” appeared in magazines like GQ and Men’s Fitness, acted in films, starred in commercials and made the rounds on national talk shows.
Even after leaving The Biggest Loser in 2017, Quince has maintained his A-list celebrity trainer status through projects like his “Quintessential” fitness app, endorsements, speaking events, and continually training high-paying clients at his Body Sculptor gym. Now nearly 20 years he remains an internationally recognizable figure in the world of health and wellness.
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Dolvett is active on most major platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. On Twitter, Quince has over 171.5K Followers. His Instagram following is even bigger, with 174K followers. He shares motivational workout content, diet advice, and behind-the-scenes peeks at his training sessions.
In addition to Twitter and Instagram, Quince also has over 278K followers on his public Facebook page. Quince also runs a YouTube channel with over 1.75K subscribers.
