IFBB Figure Pro Erin Stern

IFBB Figure Pro Erin Stern is from Wellington, Florida.
She's a fairly new face, but I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot more of her.
Before entering competition, she competed in track and field at the University of Florida. Her specialty was the high jump and hurdles.
When she's not competing, she works in the real estate industry.
Contest history :
2003 NPC, Gainesville
2008 NPC National Figure, won F class (over 5'7") and got her IFBB Pro Card.

This 5'8", 136 pound beauty can bench press 193 lbs, deadlift 230 lbs, and squat 230 lbs.

Fitness model and competitor Yenny Polanco

Fitness model and fitness competitor Yenny Polanco is an IFBB Athlete, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Like a lot of female athletes, Yenny doesn't just wear one hat.
She's an AFPA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Licensed Board Certified Cosmetologist, owned a hair salon from 2001 to 2006, Former Public Access T.V. producer (she produced a make-over show "Re-Inventing Yourself" where she did complete make-overs on volunteers) and she's a two time Light Flight weight Golden Gloves Boxing Champion!
Believe it or not, when Jenny got to the US from the Dominican Republic at the age of twelve, she couldn't even speak English.
And look at what she has accomplished!

Contest History:
2007 INBF Northeast Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 1st place
2007 INBF Northeast Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 1st place
2007 NPC New England Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure Championship - 1st place
2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships - 3rd place
2008 IFPA Yorton Cup Pro International - 2nd place
2008 MuscleMania Fitness America Weekend - 1st place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 16th place
2009 NPC Team Universe - 1st place
2009 IFBB Ft. Lauderdale Pro Fitness & Figure - 3rd place

Torrie Wilson - Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model

Here is a blast from the past in a way.
Many of you may know Torrie Wilson as a female wrestler, but before Torrie ever set foot in a wrestling ring, she was a both a female fitness competitor and female fitness model.
Torrie was born on July 24, 1975 in Boise, Idaho.
Before becoming a fitness model, as she was growing up Torrie was into cheerleading, dance, and track and field.
But starting at the age of fourteen, Torrie began to suffer with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
She started a fitness program, working out and eating six meals a day as a way to overcome this and plunged head-long into fitness.
Torrie entered her first fitness competition and placed third, then went on to win the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998.

Lisa Marie Varon, 2nd from left, Torrie Wilson far right
http://www.womenstri-fitness.com/art_wwf_wtf.htm

At that competition she met Lisa Marie Varon, another fitness competitor.
Lisa went on to become Victoria in the WWF/WWE and Tara in TNA.
The meeting in 1998 was the start of a life-long friendship.
Also in 1998, Torrie took part in the Women's Tri-Fitness Championships, and placed first in the Grace and Physique round, also doing very well in the Fitness Routine and Obstacle Course.
Lisa Marie was also a top ten finalist in that competition.

As a fitness model, Torrie appeared in several of the muscle and fitness magazines swimsuit issues, as did another one of the fitness beauties who later turned female wrestler, Trish Stratus.

Michelle Cagle - Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model

This is professional fitness competitor and fitness model Michelle Cagle.
Like a lot of other fitness women these days, Michelle became involved in fitness after the birth of her child.
She gained weight, didn't like it and decided to do something about it.
Michelle lost the weight she had gained, then went into fitness work outs and general nutrition to bring herself up to a higher level.
She works in being a mom with her workouts, taking stroller walks/jogs, swimming with her child, making sure they both eat right, doing yoga together etc.

Female Fitness Competition:
20009 - Europa, Hot Mom bikini contest - 3rd Place
2009 - NPC Tampa Classic - 2nd Place
2009 - NPC National Bodybuilding, Bikini & Figure Championships - 4th Place
2010 - IFBB Arnold Amateur International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships - 2nd Place

Pamela Soper - Figure Competitor and Fitness Model

This beautiful young lady is personal trainer, figure competitor and fitness model, Pamela Soper.
Pamela is 5'4 and weighs 125-135 and is from Flint, Michigan.

Contest History:
2005 Mellissa Frabielle Classic, 3rd place, short
2005 Michigan Figure, 3rd place, short
2005 GNC National Championships Collegiate division 4th place, class B
2006 Michigan Figure, 3rd place short
2006 Julie Palmer Ultimate Bodybuilding and figure, 3rd place Medium
2006 IFBB north American, 14th place class C
2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships, 5th place
2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest
2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 4th place
2008 IFBB North American Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, 5th place
2008 NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 3rd place
2008 NPC Junior USA Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships, 5th place
2008 IFBB Arnold Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest, 1st place
2009 IFBB North American Championships, 1st place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 10th place
2009 NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 5th place
2009 NPC Julie Palmers Ultimate Bodybuilding Championships, 1st place

Larissa Reis - IFBB Pro Fitness Competitor

This beautiful young lady is Brazilian personal trainer, nutrition consultant, fitness model and IFBB pro figure competitor Larissa Reis.
Larissa was born on May 21st, 1979 in Brasilia, Brazil.
She is five feet, five inches tall and weighs between 132 (contest) and 139 (off-season).
Her hobbies are surfing, skating, long boarding, triathlons, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Here's another one I wonder if we'll see try her hand at MMA....

I couldn't find all of her contest history, but here is what I could find....

Female Fitness Competitions:
IFBB South American championship 20?? - 1st Place
IFBB Brazilian National Champion - 2006
New York Pro - 2009 - 2nd Place
Atlantic City Pro - 2009 - 1st Place
Arnold Classic - 2010 - 6th Place Overall

Here is a video posted by DIYMUSCLE on YouTube of Larissa working out:

More Jung Dayeon

Everybody seems to like Asian fitness model and fitness trainer Jung Da-yeon, so here is another picture of her.
Did I mention in the last entry about her that she was born on November 27th 1966?
And also that before these pics, she had given birth to two children?

If you want to find out more about her, visit her website here:
http://www.jungdayeon.com/
Be warned though, it's in Japanese and Korean.

posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/, August 11th, 2009

Top Ten Asian Fitness Women

1. Satoko Shinashi
Female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter


2. Monique Minton
Female fitness model and female figure competitor


3. Krissy Chin
Physical Therapist, Fitness Model and IFBB Figure Pro

4. Hisae Watanabe
Female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and a former kickboxer

5. Aki Nishimoto
Japanese female bodybuilder

6. Liza Kampstra
IFBB Professional Fitness Athlete, Mom, MMA ring girl and model

7. Jung Dayeon
Korean fitness instructor

8. Gail Kim
WWE Diva and former TNA Knockout

9. Cori Nadine
Fitness model from the 90s, still going strong.

10. Angela Fong
Canadian model, actress, professional wrestling valet and female wrestler

Shonda Lee

Beautiful figure competitor Shonda Lee is from Shreveport, Louisiana.
She's 5' 5" and weighs 121 ripped and lean pounds.

Contest History:
2008 NPC Southern Classic (MS) - 5th Place, Class C
2008 NPC Louisiana BB & Figure (LA) - 3rd Place, Medium Class
2008 NPC Nationals (GA) - 8th Place, Class C
2008 Bikini USA International (Mexico) - 7th place

Shonda also does modeling and you can visit her Model Mayhem page here:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/729604

Michelle Waterson, The Karate Hottie

On this blog we have had fitness models, bodybuilders, fitness competitors, swimmers and now here is a lady we can add to the list of MMA fighters we have had here.
This beautiful young lady is Michelle Waterson.
She is a native of Aurora, Colorado and is half American and half Thai.
Michelle took her first karate class at the age of ten and she hasn't looked back since.
She has been a bikini model, she was in Oxygen's "Fight Girls" (she was defeated by Ardra Fernandez in the fourth episode), she's been a Hooters girl and a spokes model.
Michelle has a black belt in karate, and trains in MMA, Wushu and Muay Thai.

And should you think this is all hype, take a look at this MMA fight between Michelle and Tyra Parker......


You can visit Michelle's MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/thekaratehottie

K.L. Frahn

This beautiful young lady is fitness model K.L. Frahn (Kristen Leigh Frahn).
She's 5'4" and weighs 124 lbs and is not only a fitness model, but is trained in Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (brown belt).
K.L. started out with fitness training to enhance her martial arts training, and I would say it worked.
You can visit her at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/klfrahn

Natalie Minh, Another Look

Here's another look at the lovely WNSO FAME Euro Fitness Model Champion, Natalie Minh.
This Vietnamese-American fitness competitor seemed pretty popular last time, so I thought another picture wouldn't hurt any.

Despite coming in 1st Place in the Ms. Bikini division at the 2008 Muscle Mania/Fitness Universe Italian Championships, winning 1st Place Fitness Model, and 2nd place Bikini Model at the 2008 FAME European Championships and 3rd Place Swimsuit in the swimsuit division at the 2008 FAME World Championships, this lady is way more than just a pretty face.
She is a a Structured Finance Analyst for a Fortune 100 financial services company, she has a a BBA with dual major in Management Information Systems and Management, a MS in Finance, and a MBA, all from the University of Michigan.
AND she was a UNIX Systems Administrator specializing in CAD/CAE environments for six years.
To paraphrase Monty Python, "She could think you under the table!".

You can see more of Natalie at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/motownnat

Meriza DeGuzman

This lovely Filipina is IFBB figure competitor, fitness model and certified personal trainer Meriza DeGuzman.
At just under 5 feet tall and about 100 pounds, this little lady sure packs a lot of muscle.
And this young woman has a lot of competitions under her belt......

2004
LA Championships 4th place
Pacific USA Naturals 2nd place
Armed Forces National Championships 3rd place
Border States 4th place
San Francisco 2nd place
Excalibur 1st place

2005
Ironman 6th place
Emerald Cup 5th place
California Championships 5th place
Border States 3rd place

2006
World Gym Championships 1st place
LA Championships 1st place
USA 's 2nd place
IFBB North Americans 2nd place

2007
Junior National Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Championships 3rd place
Figure National Championships 2nd place (Meriza earned her Pro Card at this event)
Tournament of Champions Pro Figure 3rd place
IFBB Mr.Olympia 18th place
Palm Beach Pro Figure 12th place

2008
California Pro Figure 11th place
Europa Super Show 13th place
Tournament of Champions - Pro Figure Championships 5th place

You can visit her website here:
http://www.merizafigure.com/

NPC Figure Athlete Huong Vo

Huong Vo is a NPC figure athlete.
I couldn't find a lot of info on her other than the competitions that's shes been in......
2005 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure 13th place, 2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest
16th place, 2007 NPC Junior California Bodybuilding and Figure Contest 2nd place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 1st place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 2nd place, 2007 NPC USA Bodybuilding And Figure Championships didn't place and the 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships 16th place.

Ms.Fitness USA of 2008: Tiffany Yee

This beautiful lady is of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese descent.
She is a former Denver Broncos Cheerleader and Featured Dancer on the Soul Train Television show.
Tiffany has competed in several fitness competions (I'm saving the best for last), she was 1st Runner Up at the 2002 Ms. Physique California, 2002 Fitness Northern California Champion, 2002 and 2003 Ms. Fitness Rocky Mountain Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Short Class Figure Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Fitness Champion, 4th Runner Up at the 2003 Ms. Fitness USA, 9th place at the 2004 Ms. Fitness World and 1st Runner Up at the 2004 Ms. Fitness USA.
And now, six years after her first big win, Tiffany Yee is Ms.Fitness USA of 2008!
You can see and read more about Tiffany here:
http://www.tiffanyyeefitness.com/

Fitness Model: Cori Nadine

If you haven't been on the interweb since the 90s, you might not know who Cori Nadine is.
Cori is a Filipino, Irish, and Navajo Indian beauty that was a staple in Muscle mags back in the 90s.
I think every swimsuit issue they put out had her in it.
Cori actually competed in a few amateur fitness and figure contests but nothing ever really came of it.
She also did some work as a personal trainer, but I don't know if she still does that or not.
The way Cori is built, she can look very soft and feminine, or very muscular and ripped when she wants to.
Cori was born on June 11, 1969 in Pasadena California.

Fitness Model: Mai Tran

Mai Tran is a Fitness model, Bikini model and Import Car model.
This 5'1, 96 pound (yes that's right...96 pounds!) Vietnamese (she was born in the US, but both her parents are Vietnamese) beauty is very popular on the internet.
And rightly so.
She has been in fitness magazines such as MuscleMag, Oxygen, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development and Flex.
And this is a "hat-trick" for Mai.
I have featured her before on my fitness blog and my beautiful women blog!