Bodybuilder Alix Small dies at 26

Scottish professional bodybuilder and fitness influencer Alix Small has died at 26, according to an announcement relayed by her mother and best friend to Beyond The Stage TV. The cause and circumstances of her death have not been publicly disclosed, and the reporting does not establish a connection between her death and her health history or career in bodybuilding.

Beyond The Stage TV shared the news in an Instagram tribute. The announcement was repeated in reports published around November 8, 2026, but all trace it to the same social-media post rather than independent confirmation. No medical or official account of the death was provided.

Small won the 2021 Europa Pro Championships and the 2022 Mr. Big Evolution Pro, earning two IFBB Pro League Fitness titles. She placed 12th at the 2021 Fitness Olympia. Accounts of her 2022 Olympia participation differ: some say she qualified and withdrew because of health issues, while another says she appeared before withdrawing. The reports do not establish the sequence more precisely.

Small earned her IFBB Pro card at 19 and began competing professionally as a teenager. She was also known for discussing her history of anorexia, which she...