Ilonka "Killer Queen" Elmont was born September 11th 1974, in Paramaribo, Suriname and moved to the Netherlands when she was a teenager. She is a former professional Flyweight Thai boxer and seven-time World Champion in the Fly-Weight division (-50.80kg - 52.16kg).

Elmont is an technical all-round and skilled fighter with powerful kicks and knee strikes and clinching. With her unorthodox fighting style she surprised many fighters and had a tendency to go head-to-head with her opponents. Her fighting record has 42 fights, with 38 wins (16 by (T)KO), 3losses and 1 draw. Her nickname is "The Killer Queen".

In 1999 at age 23, her sporting career in thaiboxing started, when she first entered the Fighting Factory Carbin (FFC) gym. Lucien Carbin, former World Champion and currently one of the World's most respected and successful coaches, noticed her talent and challenged it to the max. The blend of passion, talent and ambition he saw and combined with his training program resulted in seven World Titles.

In 2006 she started acting and was seen several in TV-series such as "Van Speijk" season I and II, Color me Bad, Rallarsving (Swedish) and several documentaries. Elmont was last seen in a interview/travelling program "Waar is de Mol" in Uganda (2008).

Since retiring from the circuit (2006), Elmont runs Be Innovative Foundation which contributes to the sports development for children by creating awareness, new chances and building sports facilities for underprivileged communities in Suriname.

In 2008 she became an UNICEF role model and Sports Ambassador for Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.