Stay at home Mom, IFBB Bodybuilder, former IFBB Figure Pro and fitness model Karen Zaremba. Karen was born on January 27, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan.
Contest History: 2003- Michigan Novice Bodybuilding championships- overall 2004- Central States Figure championships- overall 2005- Junior USA's - third place Class A 2005- Junior Nationals- third place class A 2005- NPC National Figure Championships- second place class A, earned IFBB pro card 2007 Europa Super Show - 8th place lightweights
Melissa Dettwiller was born on November 12, 1977 in Houma, Louisiana. She is a female bodybuilder and fitness model. Melissa actually began her bodybuilding training at the age of 15. She combines the sleek form of a fitness model, and the size of a bodybuilder which makes her very popular online.
Contest History: 2004 NPC John Shermann Classic (Houston, TX) – 1st Place 2005 NPC Southern Classic (Jackson, MS) – 2nd Place 2005 NPC Jr. Nationals - 2nd Place 2005 NPC Louisiana State Championship - 1st Place 2005 NPC USA Championship - 10th Place 2006 NPC Jr. Nationals - 3rd Place 2006 NPC USA Championship - 7th Place 2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding - New York - 1st place
Dora Trikoupis is a National Figure Competitor, a Fitness Model and she does online training and nutrition. She has competed in:
2006-Eastern USA Championships-Figure: Class A (4th place) 2007-Bev Francis Atlantic States Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships-Figure: Class A (10th place) 2008-NPC Mike Francois Classic Bodybuilding and Figure Championships (8th place) 2008-NPC Lehigh Valley Bodybuilding and Figure Contest (3rd place) 2008-NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships (13th place) 2008-NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships (10th place)
Canadian IFBB Professional bodybuilder Cindy Phillips. She was born on October 31, 1983 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cindy is currently studying criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Contest History: 2003 Nova Scotia Championship - 2nd (LW) 2004 Canadian Nationals - Junior (under 21) champion 2005 Nova Scotia Championship - 1st (MW & Overall) 2006 Canadian Nationals - 2nd (MW) 2007 Canadian Nationals - 2nd (MW)
INBF - NANBF Figure Pro Elizabeth Beardslee (occasionally you'll see her name spelled Elizabeth Beardsley)
This lovely young lady has competed in: 2006 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest - 1st place 2006 Natural Hercules International - INBF, Figure Short, 2nd place 2006 INBF Best Body / Naturalmania Bodybuilding & Fitness Extravaganza- 3rd place 2007 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest-3rd place 2007 Northeast America - INBF, Figure-3rd place 2008 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest, Tall Class-6th place
One of the things that I like about doing this blog is that I get to feature all types of women here. And thank you to the people out there that have commented on the diversity of the women I've presented.
Today's entry is Katka Kyptova. Katka is a fitness competitor, bench press competitor, personal trainer, coach and Pilates instructor. She was born on September 19th, 1983 in Mladá Boleslav, in the Czech Republic. She stands 5'5, and weighs from 138.9lbs contest weight to 169.7lbs off season.
Here's another look at the beautiful Lisa Cheng, aka "The Hong Kong Spider Woman".
I can't find a lot of info on Lisa except for her contest history:
Asian Championships (2007) - Women Body Fitness 160cm, 7th place Asian Championships (2007) - Women Fitness 160cm 4th place Asian Championships (2008) - Women Body Fitness, 3rd place Asian Championships (2008) - Women Fitness 160cm, 4th place
I really wish I knew if she was thinking about continuing with her MMA training.
Michiko Nishiwaki (Nishiwaki Michiko) , was born on November 21, 1957 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. She is a former female bodybuilder, powerlifter, actress, fitness trainer, stunt woman, martial artist and fight choreographer. Michiko started out, as a lot of fitness stars did, in gymnastics. She looked into bodybuilding when she noticed how large her legs were when compared to her upper body, hoping that weightlifting would give her better symmetry. Michiko became a powerlifter, Japan's first female powerlifting champion and eventually Japan's first female bodybuilding champion. This was very unusual for a woman in Japanese society at that time. She also opened three fitness clubs with her brother. Michiko began her acting career in 1985 when she caught the eye of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. (How many careers has Jackie Chan launched?) She appeared in his film "My Lucky Stars" a Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film as a Japanese fighter. Michiko landed several roles in Hong Kong movies after that, usually playing a villain or a femme fatale. After that, she returned to Japan, but then went to Thailand and made a few more films. Eventually she landed in the US and began a career as a stunt woman appearing in a lot of movies you may have seen, but had no idea that she was in. As a stunt woman she appeared in Blade, Man on the Moon, Charlie's Angels, Rush Hour 2, The Scorpion King, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Memoirs of a Geisha and Resident Evil: Extinction. She also worked on 2009's Afro Ninja as Yuko. Michiko has stunt doubled for Lucy Liu in four films and Kelly Hu in one.
Here she is in a clip from her first movie, "My Lucky Stars"...
You can find out even more about Michiko at her website here: http://www.geocities.com/michikonishiwaki/index.html
This beautiful young lady is Linda Minard. She is an actress and fitness model born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Monterey Bay, California. Now I hope you are sitting down reading this. Linda is married and the mother of four children! And she is almost forty! That should inspire anyone out there! And talk about active, she has tried her hand at Judo, Karate, tennis, shot-put, discus, triple jump, hurdles, sprint relays, cheerleading, mountain biking, snowboarding, trapeze catches, rock climbing, adventure running, and natural bodybuilding. Is that enough?
As far as her acting goes, she is in a movie with Steven Seagal called "Driven to Kill" and is working on another film called "The Red Rooster".
She earned her Pro card at the 2008 FAME Canadian Nationals and I'm hoping we see a lot more of this lady up on the stage and the screen.
Here's another look at former aerobics instructor Korean female bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu. She says that her weight had gotten up to 176 after the birth of her daughter and she wanted to lose weight so she took up bodybuilding. All of this muscle is packed onto a 5' 2½", 112-pound frame by the way. And she's an all natural bodybuilder.
Gorgeous female fitness model and female figure competitor Monique Minton. This beautiful young lady is half filipinia and half polish. She has been selected as the cover model for the 2009 March-April Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine.
Monique has competed in: The 2008 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 1st place The 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 3rd place The 2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 4th place 2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 5th place
Here's another look at Christine Wan, IFBB Pro,personal trainer and photographer. In the last entry I only touched on her contest history, but here is an updated list of the Pro events she has taken part in:
2003 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro, 7th place 2004 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 16th place 2004 IFBB California Pro Figure, 17th place 2004 IFBB New York Pro Figure, 17th place 2005 IFBB San Francisco Pro, 9th place 2005 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 12th place 2005 IFBB Atlanta Pro Figure, 8th place 2005 IFBB Europa Super Show, 7th place 2006 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 8th place 2006 IFBB Motor City Pro Figure, 6th place 2006 IFBB Europa Super Show, 8th place 2007 IFBB Arnold Classic, 9th place 2007 IFBB Jan Tana Women's Bodybuilding And Figure Contest, 8th place 2007 IFBB Palm Beach Pro/Am, 10th place 2008 IFBB Jacksonville Pro-Figure / Dexter Jackson Classic, 17th place 2008 IFBB Atlantic City Pro, 1st place 2008 IFBB Kentucky Pro Figure, 10th place
The beautiful Lisa Cheng is a bodybuilder and rock climber (her nickname is “Hong Kong Spider Woman”). Here are a couple of links so you can see how pretty this lady really is.
Picture of Lisa with the trophy after winning the Ms. Bodyfitness competition at the 2008 Hong Kong Bodybuilding And Fitness Championships on April 20, 2008. http://www.jamd.com/image/g/80792271
See? She's beautiful. And besides her win at the Ms. Bodyfitness competition in 2008, she has competed in the 2007 Asian Championships, Ms. Fitness 4th place and Ms. Body Fitness, 7th place.
And Lisa is also considering a shot at female MMA as you can see in this video here:
The first lady I profiled on this blog was Japanese female bodybuilder Aki Nishimoto. This young lady has amazing muscle definition. And here is a shot of her very nicely developed arm.
The stunning Pauline Nordin. Pro Figure athlete, fitness model, actress, Certified Fitness Trainer and journalist, Pauline Nordin was born on July 23, 1982 in Ystad, Sweden. Pauline has been on the cover, and featured in several magazines, among them Oxygen, BODY, Ironman and Muscle and Fitness. She is a writer for Bodybuilding.com, and has been sponsored by Better Bodies and Optimum Nutrition Inc. She and her husband Pavel Ythjall own the fitness and wellness company Conforce.
Amateur bodybuilder Rebekah Kresila is from Cleveland, Ohio. She's a certified personal trainer and has training as a classical pianist. That's about all I could find out about this lady other than there are tons of pictures and videos of her out there on the net.
South Korean female Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji. Not a lot of info on this young lady, but I expect to see great things out of her. In 2007 she took first place at the Asian Championships in Women's Bodybuilding 58kg class (That's about 127 lbs. for the metrically challenged like me).
Tomoko Kanda is a Japanese female bodybuilder. She was born and raised in Osaka Japan. Besides being a bodybuilder Tomoko has a Master's degree in management from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama. She has competed in several bodybuilding competitions. In 2002, she took first place at All Japan Bodybuilding in the Masters category. Also in 2002, she took first place in the All Japan Open Bench Press competition in the 56kg weight class. In 2004, she took first place at the Osaka/Kansai bodybuilding competition and was runner up at the All Japan Bodybuilding competition.
Asian-American female bodybuilder Michelle Jin. Michelle was born in China, but moved to the US when she 18. She is competing in amateur contests right now, mainly natural bodybuilding. Other than that, I don't have a lot of info on her. Then again, her mass and definition speaks for itself.
Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao (or Cao Xin Li) was born in Mongolia in 1981. She started practicing Judo at the age of 12, switched to weightlifting at 15, then started bodybuilding training in 1998.
Lili has competed in the 2000 General Assembly Session of the National Sports Competition, the Chinese national Bodybuilding championship, the Asian Bodybuilding Championship, the Chinese national, and Asian bodybuilding championships among others, and has won many of them. Right now she is training for the Eighth World Games to be held in Taiwan in 2009.
Despite her obvious power, when you watch videos of this lady, she seems..I really hate to say this..but cute. I know cute isn't a word usually associated with massive bodybuilders, but she seems to have a very open and sweet disposition.
