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This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card. A. Heather Armbrust; Lisa Aukland; B. Fannie Barrios; Nicole Bass ...
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
Iris Kyle. Iris Kyle doing an abdominals and thighs pose during the finals individual mandatory posing during the 2008 Ms. Olympia. Iris Floyd Kyle (born Mildred Carter; [11] August 22, 1974) is an African - Indian American professional female bodybuilder. [12][13] She is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.
Francis is the co-author of the book Bev Francis' Power Bodybuilding. She has also produced a training video titled Hardcore Training with World Champion Bev Francis. She has contributed articles to the monthly Female Bodybuilding magazine and has written for the men's magazines Flex, Iron Man, and Muscle & Fitness.
From 1982 to 1985, Baxter was the benchmark for hugely muscled female bodybuilders. The 1985 Worlds, however, was the last competition at which fans would marvel at the awesomeness of her physique while judges would buried her in the results. The latter still happened, not so much the former. The bar was moving in women's bodybuilding as bigger ...
Joanna Clare Dawson Thomas (briefly Joanna Schwartz) (12 December 1976 – 26 April 2020) was a British professional female bodybuilder. She was the younger sister of British professional female bodybuilder Nicola Shaw. She was the youngest British female bodybuilder to win IFBB pro card, at the age of 21. [2][5][6]
As quoted by several magazines covering the event [citation needed], some competitors expressed surprise at McLish's high placement because she didn't carry the muscle mass carried by many of the top women. Though Dunlap, who finished fifth, was the defending Ms. Olympia, the cover of the March 1985 Strength Training for Beauty's March 1985 ...
This is a list of male professional bodybuilders. A Troy Alves at the 2008 IFBB ... Kim Kold, "Winner at Danish Bodybuilding Championship in 2006" Greg Kovacs; L