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Dayana Cadeau posing against Iris Kyle at the 2007 Olympia Press Conference on 27 September 2007. Dayana Cadeau. Nadia Capotosto. Candice Carr-Archer. Tina Chandler. Valentina Chepiga. Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls. Melissa Coates. Tazzie Colomb.
The 1980s is when female bodybuilding first took off. The early 1980s signified a transition from the fashionably thin "twiggy" body to one carrying slightly more muscle mass. [2] The National Physique Committee (NPC) held the first women's Nationals in 1980. Since its inception, this has been the top amateur level competition for women in the US.
Active. 1980. Cammie Lusko (born April 5, 1958) is an American athlete best known for her contributions to female bodybuilding in the 1980s. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Robinson Classic (Roark, 2005) in her hometown. The following year, she placed 9th in the ...
McLish merits special historical significance in the sport of women’s bodybuilding. In 1980, she won the inaugural United States Championships, as well as beating Auby Paulick to win that year’s first-ever IFBB Ms. Olympia contest. After her 1980 Olympia win, no woman appeared on more magazine covers for the next five years.
This eventually led her into bodybuilding. [2] Lyon entered and won the first International Federation of BodyBuilders Women's World Pro Bodybuilding Championship in Los Angeles on June 16, 1979. This was the only bodybuilding competition of her career. She appeared in many magazines and on television talk shows, promoting bodybuilding for women.
IFBB Ms. Olympia 2nd place. 1983. Predecessor. Carla Dunlap. Successor. Rachel McLish. Active. 1984. Candace Marie Csencsits (née Pitts; December 29, 1955 – January 13, 1989) was an American professional female bodybuilder and actress in the early 1980s.
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.
Baxter competed in women's bodybuilding from 1979 to 1986, competing in four IFBB Ms. Olympia competitions between 1982 and 1985. She was inspirational for many up-and-coming female bodybuilders, especially those who desired a physique that would be large and muscular even by bodybuilding standards. She was a groundbreaker in making wrestling ...