Local gym owner and CNN Heroes top 10 nominee Linda Fondren will be seen Thanksgiving night in the fourth annual televised “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.”

Fondren and nine other nominees from around the world were honored in Los Angeles Saturday at a tribute gala that featured a documentary about each. The gala was taped and will be shown Thursday at 7 p.m. on CNN.

The 10 nominees were chosen from a pool of more than 10,000 from 100 countries.

The eight-week online voting campaign for the nominees kicked off in September and ended Thursday.

The 2010 CNN Hero of the Year award went to Anuradha Koirala, a Nepalese woman who runs Maiti Nepal, an organization that helps Nepal’s sex trafficking victims.

CNN Heroes is a tribute to those who improved their communities.

Fondren was nominated in July for launching last fall Shape Up Vicksburg, a citywide, 17-week, weight-loss challenge that has evolved into a monthly walking club and claims more than 400 members.