IFBB Bodyfitness Athlete - Ksenia Maksimenko

This muscular young lady is IFBB Bodyfitness Athlete Ksenia Maksimenko.
Sadly, that's really all I know about her.

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Na-Li Yang Muscle

This beautiful young lady is Na-Li Yang.
Unfortunately, thats about all I know about her.
There are lots of pictures of her online, but very little information.
Google's search even only turns up Na-Li Yang and Na-Li Yang muscle.
Hopefully, like with a few other fitness girls, posts like this will cause more info on her to pop up.
So until then......

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IFBB Figure Pro - Debbie Leung

IFBB Pro figure competitor Beautiful Debbie Leung is five foot two and weighs 115 in season and 128 off season.
She is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada but currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
When she isn't competing, she is a physical therapist, business owner and certified acupuncturist.

Francine Slobodnik IFBB Pro

This is IFBB Bikini Pro Francine Slobodnik.
Francine was born on January 31st, 1991 in Lublin, Poland, but currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
She hasn’t been around long, but she has made quite an impact already...

2012 NPC Fox Cities - 1st
2012 IFBB Arnold Amateur - 1st
2012 NPC Junior National Championships - 6th
2012 NPC National Championships - 1st (Earned Pro Card)

There are tons of places you can keep up with Francine at...
Her website:
http://www.francineslobodnik.com/
Her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/FrancineFit
And her Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/FrancineIFBB

Photo Credits: Don Bersano Photography
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Bersano-Photography-Chicago-IL/303050426445489

Xin Li Cao - Chinese-American bodybuilder

Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao (or Cao Xin Li) was born in Urumqi, China in 1981.
Lili started practicing Judo at the age of twelve and at the age of thirteen, she won the Judo junior women's champion in the National Games.
She went on to win the Judo 52 kg class women's champion in the National Games at the age of fifteen and placed fifth at the Almaty International Judo Competitions.
Lili switched to weightlifting and then started bodybuilding in 1998.
From 2000 to 2008 she competed in the first General Assembly Session of the National Sports Competition, the Chinese National Bodybuilding championship, the Asian Bodybuilding Championship, the seventh World Games in Germany, the third Chinese Games bodybuilding championship, the NJ Golds Classic Bodybuilding Competition, the New York World Championship and the Eighth World Games in Taiwan.

I know that cute isn't a word usually associated with bodybuilders, but something about Lili just seems...cute.

Here is a video of Lili on DIYMuscle.com

Andrea Giacomi - Female Bodybuilder

And now we go from one end of the female fitness spectrum (in the last post) to another with female bodybuilder Andrea Giacomi.
Andrea was born on March 9, 1975.
She is 5'7 1/2" and weighs between 165-168 training and 185-188 off season.
Not only is Andrea a bodybuilder, but her mother was as well.
Talk about getting good support!

Bodybuilding Competition history.....

2004 NPC S.F. Bodybuilding and Figure, 3rd place figure tall class
2004 NPC Sacramento Bodybuilding and Figure, 2nd place figure tall class
2004 NPC Excalibur Bodybuilding and Figure, 4th place place tall class
2005 NPC Contra Costa Bodybuilding and Figure, 4th place figure tall class
2005 NPC Cal State Bodybuilding and Figure, 3rd place figure tall class
2005 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding and Figure, 16th place figure tall class
2006 NPC Europa Bod2006 NPC Europa Bodybuilding and Figure, 5th place figure tall class
2006 Womens Tri-Fitness 1st place grace and physique, 30-34 tall
2007 Womens Tri-Fitness
2008 NPC NJ Golds Classic Bodybuilding and Figure, 1st place & overall HW bodybuilding
2008 NPC Eastern USA Bodybuilding and Figure, 2nd place HW bodybuilding
2009 NPC Atlantic States Bodybuilding and Fitness, 1st place Heavyweight Bodybuilding
2009 NPC Jr Nationals, 2nd place Heavyweight Bodybuilding

If you want to find out more about Andrea, you can check out her website here:
http://www.andreagiacomi.com/



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IFBB Figure Pro - Heather Mae French

Heather Mae French is an IFBB Figure Pro from Little Rock, Arkansas.
You wouldn't know it to look at her, but she stands 5'3 and weighs 103 pounds.
In 2008, Heather was named one of the top eight figure pros to watch by FigureRX Magazine.
And looking at her it's no wonder why.
She is ripped, tight and compact with beautiful blue eyes.
And looking at her contest history, she seems to just keep getting better.

And talk about humble beginnings, she started out watching Denise Austin on the Lifetime channel and buying "Buns of Steel" videotapes.
See?
When you want to succed, it doesnt matter where you start.

Contest History:
2006 TOC Pro Figure Figure: Figure (14th)
2007 IFBB Colorado Pro/Am Classic Bodybuilding And Figure Contest (12th)
2007 IFBB Tournament Of Champions Pro Figure (6th)
2007 IFBB Sacramento Pro Figure Grand Prix (7th)
2008 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure (4th)
2008 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships (2nd)
2008 IFBB Houston Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Contest (3rd)
2008 IFBB Olympia (10th)
2009 IFBB Arnold Classic (7th)
2009 IFBB Europa Show of Champions (2nd)
2009 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships (1st)

You can find out more about Heather at her website here:
http://www.heathermaefrench.com/

Nora Girones - Female Bodybuilder

Spanish Bodybuilder Nora Girones

Nora Girones went from singing to bodybuilding.
I don't think that's a transition we've had on here before.
Usually it's gymnast or swimmer or something like that.
She appeared on "Popstars", pretty much the Spanish equivalent of "American Idol".

Cory Everson Revisited

This is Corey (Cory) Everson's third appearance on this blog and I think rightly so.

Retiring from competition after winning six consecutive Ms. Olympia titles, Cory tried her hand at acting.
Her first film appearance was in the 1986 movie "The Morning After" as Miss Olympia.
Double Impact in 1991 was her second movie. In that movie, she played Kara, a ruthless, muscular henchwoman to the main badguy.
In 1994, she was in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers as the TV Mallory.
She appeared in the 1995 film Ballistic. (Not the 2002 film with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu.)
In 1996, she was in the movie Felony as Sondra with B-movie legends (and two of my favorite actors) Jeffrey Combs and Lance Henriksen.

On TV, Cory appeared twice as Katrina Schwenke in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (starring another of my favorite actors, Bruce Campbell).
She also appeared in Renegade, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (three times as Atalanta), Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, Home Improvement and Charmed as the Hulk Paige.

Of course Cory was the original host of the ESPN2 fitness show, BodyShaping that also included Deprise Brescia, Kiana Tom, Jennifer Dempster, Rick Valente, Kendell Hogan, Mary Jean Traetta and Laurie Donnelly.

And for awhile she had her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat.
Cory tossing a guy around (literally) in Ballistic




You can check out her site http://www.coryeverson.com/ that sells fitness equipment and products.

Joanie Laurer, Chyna

Before she became the "The Ninth Wonder of the World" Joanie Laurer aka Chyna tried her hand at fitness competitions.
According to everything I've read, she didn't do well, but I think that's because with her size and build, she should have focused on Bodybuilding instead.
But the fitness worlds loss was pro wrestling's gain and she soon appeared on the then WWF as Triple H's bodyguard valet.

Joanie started out lifting weights and working out as a way to get away from the domestic turmoil at home.
But it wasn't really until she met Gerry Blais, a bodybuilder at World Gym in Londonderry, New Hampshire that things took off for her.
She dove into training and entered fitness competitions.
The only ones I could really find were the 1994 ESPN Fitness America Competition and the 1996 New York City regional of the Fitness America Pageant.

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Jen Cook - Female Fitness Competitor

Name: Jen Cook
Birthplace: Fairview Park, Ohio
Birthdate: Dec. 20, 1978
Current Residence: Austin, TX
Hometown: Arlington, TX
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 108-110 lbs
IFBB
2002 Jan Tana, 10th.

NPC
2001 NPC USA Fitness Championships, 2nd Short Class (IFBB Pro Qualifier);
2000 NPC Junior National Championships, 1st Short Class;
2000 NPC Nationals, 8th Short; 1999 NPC Muscle Beach Southwest Championships, 1st & Overall;
1999 NPC Southwest Championships, 2nd (National Qualifier)

Jen is a An IFBB Pro Fitness competitor and Fitness Model.
She's a contributing writer on sports nutrition and weight management and a fitness motivational speaker
Jen is also a NSCF Certified Personal Trainer

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Diana Dennis - Female Bodybuilder

Former female bodybuilder Diana Dennis was born on July 12, 1951.
She began competing in local contests in 1981. Her earliest success was in mixed pairs competition, with partner Kevin Lawrence. They won several titles, including the 1985 IFBB World Amateur competition. Diana earned her pro card by winning the overall title at the 1985 NPC Nationals. She then established herself as one of the top professional competitors by finishing third in the Ms. Olympia later that year. She competed in a total of nine Ms. Olympia contests, finishing outside the top ten only once. As a pro, Diana won the 1986 Los Angeles Pro Championship and the 1989 Pro World Championship.
She was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Canadian Bodybuilder Carmen Unger

Canadian Bodybuilder, Carmen Unger
Carmen is not only a a bodybuilder, but also a certified Fitness and Resistance trainer.
She manages a gym in Manitoba, Canada.
Carmen has had first place finishes at the Manitoba Provincials twice and the Canadian Nationals twice.


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Cynthia Bridges - Female Fitness Competitor and Bodybuilder

Cynthia Bridges, http://www.larryagron.com/

Cynthia Bridges is a former fitness competitor and female bodybuilder and now she's a fitness trainer.

Female Fitness Competitions:
1997 INBA Natural Universe Bodybuilding Championships - 3rd Place
2000 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Fitness - 10th Place
2000 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro - 10th Place
2000 IFBB Atlantic City Pro Fitness - 13th Place
2000 IFBB Arnold Classic And Internationals - 14th Place
2001 IFBB Hungarian Pro Fitness - 5th Place
2002 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro - 13th Place
2002 IFBB New York Pro Fitness - 15th Place
2004 IFBB New York Pro Fitness - 13th Place

You can see some training videos by Cynthia at My Fit Tribe here:
http://www.myfittribe.com/video/231

Carla Dunlap - Female Bodybuilder

Carla Dunlap is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Carla was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 22, 1954. She started competing in sports with gymnastics at age 10. She later competed in swimming, both speed and synchronized. Carla attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts on a full scholarship, earning a degree in Advertising Design. She won the gold medal in synchronized swimming in the 1977 Junior National Team Championships, and a bronze medal at the inaugural National Sports Festival in 1978.

In 1979, Carla decided to enter the "Best in the World" bodybuilding contest at the suggestion of Steve Wennerstrom. She had never trained for bodybuilding, but still placed fifth among 45 entrants. She started training seriously for bodybuilding the following March, and was soon competing successfully in top level amateur contests. She won the NPC Nationals in 1981 and 1982. Her most successful year of competition was 1983 when she won three pro shows, including the Ms. Olympia contest (she had lost the Ms. Olympia to Rachel McLish by two points in 1982). In addition to her individual accomplishments, Carla won the World Professional Mixed Pairs title in 1984 and 1988 with Tony Pearson. Carla is the only female bodybuilder to have competed in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In January, 1999, Carla was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.

Away from the contest stage, Carla appeared in the bodybuilding documentaries Women Of Iron (1984, with fellow competitor Deborah Diana) and Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985). She was selected by ABC to represent women's bodybuilding in the women's Superstars competition in 1984, where she finished seventh in a field of eleven competitors. Carla was a regular on ESPN's BodyShaping series from 1990 to 1995. She has also appeared as a color commentator on bodybuilding and fitness telecasts for NBC, USA, and ESPN. Carla is married (Kaan), and currently runs a private personal training business called Flexfit.

1979 IFBB Best In The World - 5th
1980 AAU Ms. America #1 - 1st
1980 Eastern Cup - 1st
1980 Ms. Atlantic Shore - 2nd
1980 Bodybuilding Expo I - 1st
1980 NPC USA Championship - 9th
1980 NPC Nationals - 3rd
1981 World Games I - 4th (HW)
1981 NPC USA Championship - 2nd (HW)
1981 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW and Overall)
1981 Pro World Championship - 4th
1982 Superbowl of Bodybuilding I - 1st
1982 Night of Champions - 1st
1982 AFWB American Championships - 1st (HW and Overall)
1982 Swedish Grand Prix - 1st
1982 NPC USA Championship - 2nd (HW)
1982 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW and Overall)
1982 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
1983 Pro World Championship - 1st
1983 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1983 IFBB Caesars World Cup (Grand Prix Las Vegas) - 1st
1984 Pro World Championship - 2nd
1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
1986 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 9th
1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 12th
1988 Pro World Championship - 10th
1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 10th
1993 Ms. International - 13th

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Female Fitness - Fawnia Mondey, Part 2

Fawnia Mondey has been the most popular lady on the blog this month.

With body building, fitness, thai boxing, freestyle wrestling and dance, shes a pretty well rounded lady.


So I thought since everyone seems to like her, I'd add a couple more photos.

Iris Kyle - Female Bodybuilder

Iris Kyle is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.

Iris Kyle was born on August 22nd, 1974 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the fifth of six children. Her early athletic endeavors included running cross country, basketball (point guard), and softball (shortstop). She was an All-American in basketball, and received a number of athletic scholarship offers. Iris attended Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi on a basketball scholarship, majoring in business administration. She currently lives in Huntington Beach, California, and works as a health club manager.

Iris won her first contest, the 1994 Long Beach Muscle Classic. She earned her pro card by winning the heavyweight class and overall title at the 1998 NPC USA Championship in Las Vegas. Iris has had a series of high placing as a professional, including sixth consecutive top five showings at the Ms. Olympia. She won the heavyweight class at the Ms. Olympia in 2001, then captured the overall titles at both the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia in 2004. In 2006, Iris won both her second Ms. International title and her second Ms. Olympia title. At a height of 5'7", Iris typically competes at a bodyweight of approximately 158-160 pounds.

Contest history
1994 Ironmaiden Championships - 2nd (MW)
1996 Orange County Muscle Classic - 1st (HW and Overall)
1996 NPC California - 1st (HW and Overall)
1996 NPC USA Championships - 2nd (HW)
1997 NPC USA Championships - 3rd (HW)
1997 NPC Nationals - 4th (HW)
1998 NPC USA Championships - 1st (HW and Overall)
1999 IFBB Ms. International - 15th
1999 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
1999 IFBB Pro World Championship - 2nd
2000 IFBB Ms. International - disqualified
2000 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th (HW)
2001 IFBB Ms. International - 2nd (HW)
2001 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW)
2002 IFBB Ms. International - 2nd (HW)
2002 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd (HW)
2002 IFBB GNC Show of Strength - 2nd (HW)
2003 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd (HW)
2004 IFBB Ms. International - 1st (HW and Overall)
2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW and Overall)
2005 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
2006 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
2006 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
2007 IFBB Ms. International - 1st

Lenda Murray - Female Bodybuilder

 Female bodybuilder Lenda Murray was born on February 22nd, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan.
Lenda is the world’s most successful female bodybuilder so far being an eight time winner of the Ms. Olympia title, the highest achievement in professional female bodybuilding.
But if Iris Kyle wins it in 2011, she wil tie Lenda.

Lenda was both a record holding sprinter and varsity cheerleader at Henry Ford High School in Detroit.
She went on to attend Western Michigan University and earned a degree in political science. While she was at Western Michigan, she continued to cheerlead, and became the first African American to be chosen as the university’s homecoming queen in 1982.

After briefly cheerleading for the Michigan Panthers in the (now defunct) United States Football League, Lenda took to the bodybuilding stage in 1985. She rose quickly through the ranks, soon winning contests at the state and regional levels. In 1989, she earned her professional status at the IFBB North American Championships. Lenda soon became a regular presence in bodybuilding magazines and a favorite subject of photographer Bill Dobbins who focused extensively on her in his books The Women and Modern Amazons.

On November 24, 1990, Lenda succeeded six-time champion Cory Everson to become Ms. Olympia, a title she would hold for most of the following decade. Lenda appeared in such mass-market publications as Sports Illustrated, Ebony, Mademoiselle, and Vanity Fair, as well as in Annie Leibovitz’s photo essay Women. Murray’s physique became the standard against which professional female bodybuilders are now judged – an hourglass figure, with broad shoulders tapering into a V-shaped torso mirrored by a proportionally-developed lower body.

Lenda lost the Ms. Olympia title to Kim Chizevsky in 1997, and went into retirement after finishing second to Kim again in 1998. However, after four years of retirement she returned to the Ms. Olympia stage, and won two more Ms. Olympia titles in 2002 and 2003. She finished second in the heavyweight class to Iris Kyle in 2004, and again retired from competition. Lenda is married to Urel McGill and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lenda's Contest history:
1985 NPC Michigan State - 4th
1985 NPC Eastern Michigan - 1st
1986 NPC Michigan - 3rd
1986 NPC Ironwoman Michigan - 3rd
1987 NPC Michigan - 3rd
1987 NPC North Coast - 2nd
1988 NPC Michigan - 1st
1989 NPC Junior Nationals - 1st
1989 IFBB North American Championships - 1st
1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1991 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1992 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1993 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1994 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1995 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
2002 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
2003 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd

Christina Lindley - Fitness Model

Wow.
That's the only thing I can say without again quoting Ron Simmons.

Christina Lindley (born September 18, 1983, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actress and fitness model.

Her first big break early on when a photographer discovered her at a mall in Georgia. He entered her in the Seventeen Magazine/JCPenney Cover Model Contest at age 14.

Lindley gained initial fame through a 25 page layout in Muscular Development magazine and would become a staple in popular fitness magazines over the next few years.

Gaining additional fame through appearances in Maxim and Playboy magazines, Lindley also started working as an actress in recent years. She has appeared in several films including Big Momma's House 2, and she had a role in the 2006 film The Marine, which was a WWE movie starring John Cena.

She is 5'9" tall and has green eyes

Christina was a contestant on the NBC show Fear Factor
She moved from Nashville, Tennessee where she attended high school to Los Angeles, California.
Christina owns three dogs, a great Pyrenees, Siberian husky, and English Bulldog

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