Heather Dees - IFBB Figure Competitor

I have been doing a lot of fitness models lately, so here's a lady with some real size to her, IFBB Figure Competitor Heather Dees.
I did a write up on Heather a while back on my other female fitness blog, but hey, she's good enough for two entries right?
While Heather does have some size as I said before, this five foot five, 133 pound fitness beauty also has the sleekness that harkens back to ladies like Cory Everson.



It's hard to get just the right blend, but Heather does it.
Besides being a figure competitor and fitness model, Heather is also a Hair Stylist and Master Esthetician.
And Heather is also married to bodybuilder Justin Dees.

Heather's Female Fitness Competions:
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships - 10th
2010 NPC National Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships - 1st
2010 NPC USA Championships - 5th
2010 NPC Junior National Championships - 6th
2010 NPC California State Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships - 1st
2010 NPC Top Form Classic - 1st
2011 IFBB Olympia - 13th
2011 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 5th
2011 IFBB Europa Super Show, Dallas - 4th
2011 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships - 2nd
2011 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure & Bikini - 2nd

You can check out Heather on Facebook...
http://www.facebook.com/people/Heather-Dees-Ifbb-Pro/100001531149828
ModelMayhem...
http://www.modelmayhem.com/1423905


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Brittany Beede - Jamie Keyes - Fitness Model

If you keep up with WWE wrestling at all, you may have seen the stunning fitness model Brittany Beede on the third season of NXT as Jamie Keyes.
When I first saw her I thought, "You know Aksana is a former bodybuilder, fitness model and personal trainer, but Jamie looks way more cut-up than she does."
I just knew she was gonna be at least in the finals with that physique, but she was the very first Diva to be eliminated from the competition.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but they rigged this too?
How do I know it was rigged?
Well just look at her!



Tell me she would have not made a great WWE Diva given the training.
Unbeknownst to me at the time, she already did have a little training.

Brittany started out as a kid with gymnastics, dance, tennis, volleyball, boxing, track and field, karate, weightlifting and cheer leading.
Yes boxing and karate, she already had a martial arts background.

Then she became a model as she worked her way through nursing school.
Wrestlicious saw her first and wanted her as their ring announcer (again...let her wrestle!)
But then oddly enough she showed up not in Wrestlicious, but TNA managing Kevin Nash at the 2009 Final Resolution pay-per-view.
Then WWE saw her pics at Wrestlicious and signed her.
I'm guessing John Laurinaitis saw her.

This led to her begin trained as a wrestler by Steve Keirn and her showing up on FCW and NXT.
But like I said, she was the first Diva eliminated.

But forget wrestling, this lady could be a real threat in IFBB Figure or IFBB Bikini either one.
Maybe she could pull an Aksana, win a bunch of competitions and have the WWE come crawling back to her.

Stephanie Mahoe - Bikini Competitor

Stephanie Mahoe - Bikini Competitor
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This beautiful young lady is Stephanie Mahoe.
Stephanie Mahoe is a Vitrix Model Team Member, a Demo Representative, a NPC Bikini Competitor and a fitness model
Before getting into fitness modeling and bikini competitions, Stephanie had a life long love of physical activity with soccer, surfing (she was born and raised in Hawaii), softball, track, water polo and she worked as a personal trainer.
She's five foot five, 121 pounds and her measurements are 34-26-35.
Stephanie has appeared in FitnessX Magazine and Natural Muscle Magazine and before you think she is all "show" and no "go", here is her competition history....

2010 NPC Oregon State Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships - 1st place
2010 NPC Excalibur - 5th place
2011 NPC Oregon State Championships - 1st place
2011 NPC Emerald Cup Championships - 7th place
2011 IFBB Arnold Amateur - 4th place
2011 IFBB North American Championships - 5th place



You can keep up with Stephanie at her Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stephanie-Mahoe/212722365420240
Or her Model Mayhem page here:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/1732945

Nadja Scantamburlo - WBFF Bikini Competitor and Fitness Model

Nadja Scantamburlo - WBFF Bikini Competitor and Fitness Model
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This is WBFF bikini competitor and fitness model Nadja Scantamburlo.
Nadja is half Italian and half Native Indian and is not only a bikini competitor and fitness model, but a stunt woman and actress as well.
She appeared in Power Corps. (2004) and did stunt work in Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime Conspiracy (2009).
And she does a really good Lara Croft.



In her very first 2008 FAME show, she came in second in the bikini division and finished fourth in fitness model.
That was with hardly any training.
She went back and trained for a little over a year and won the FAME World Championships and got her FAME pro card.

Cathy Cole - IFPA Figure Pro

Cathy Cole - IFPA Figure Pro
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This is IFPA Figure Pro Cathy Cole.
In case you are not familiar with IFPA, it's the International Fitness and Physique Association that sponsors professional level natural competition.

Well at least I have read that she was a IFPA Figure Pro.
I went to the IFPA and couldn't find a thing on her.
Maybe she is just no longer competing.



Either way, finding any info on her is like looking for Bigfoot.
I got some pictures...but no real proof.

Savannah Rose - Fitness Model

Savannah Rose - Fitness Model
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This is one of those things I hate about doing this blog.
I ran across a picture of Savannah Rose on Tumbler and I can't find a thing about her other than pictures.
I say "Fitness Model" in the title because she is fit and she looks like a model.
But that's about all I have to go on.
All I could find were a few pics from around the web, but I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of her soon.

Swann Cardot - NPC Figure Competitor

Swann Cardot - NPC Figure Competitor
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This is NPC Figure Competitor, dancer and model Swann Cardot.
You know when you see a model sometimes you think, "I don't know what it is...but she's got it!"
Well looking at Swann gives me the same feeling.
Kinda like the first time I saw a picture of Jennifer Nicole Lee.
Swann was born on November 19th, 1986 and has lived all over the world (France, Belgium, South Africa, Canada and finally New York City).

Contest History:
2011 Europa Battle of Champions, Hardfort Connecticut - 1st Place Figure and Over All
2011 Bev Francis Atlantic States - 1st Place Figure


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Here she is winning the 2011 Europa Battle of Champions in Hardfort Connecticut...



You can follow Swann on her Twitter account here:
http://twitter.com/SwannCardot

Or check out her website here:
http://www.swanncardot.com/

Or follow her on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/swanncardot

The Women of the 2011 Olympia Weekend

The Women of the 2011 Olympia Weekend
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Earlier this year I did a write up on one of the biggest competitions held by the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness), The 2011 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International.
Well now the other major competition for the year is over.
Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend ran this year from September 15th to the 18th.
Of course most of the big names were there, but I missed seeing a few listed that I figured would show up there.
Anyway, like I said, the weekend is history now, and here are the big winners....



Ms. Olympia
The Ms. Olympia title has been around since 1980.
The winner this year is the same lady that won at The Arnold, Iris Kyle.
Besides winning the Arnold title six times, this is the sixth time she has won Ms. Olympia.
This ties her with the legendary Cory Everson.

1. Iris Kyle
2. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
3. Brigita Brezovac
4. Debi Laszewski
5. Alina Popa
6. Sheila Bleck
7. Kim Perez
8. Nicole Ball
9. Monique Jones
10. Tina Chandler




Figure Olympia
The Figure Olympia title has not been around as long as the Ms. Olympia title.
It was just started in 2003.
This years winner is the same woman that won the Figure International at the Arnold, Nicole Wilkins-Lee.
This is the second time Nicole has won the title, but not in a row.
Last year Erin Stern broke her run.

1. Nicole Wilkins
2. Erin Stern
3. Ava Cowan
4. Candice Keene
5. Teresa Anthony
6. Alicia Harris



Fitness Olympia
The Fitness Olympia title was started in 1995.
Like the Ms. Olympia, we seem to have one woman dominate here.
Adela Garcia.
Adela has won the title six times since 2004, having her streak broken twice by Jen Hendershott in 2005 and 2008.

1. Adela Garcia
2. Tanji Johnson
3. Myriam Capes
4. Tina Durkin
5. Oksana Grishina
6. Michelle Blank
7. Bethany Wagner
8. Jodi Boam
9. Camala Rodriguez
10. Nicole Duncan



Olympia Bikini
Of course this is only the what...second year that the Olympia has had a Bikini division?
The lady that won this year is the same lady that won IFBB Bikini Pro at the Arnold, Nicole Nagrani.

1. Nicole Nagrani
2. Nathalia Melo
3. Dianna Dahlgren
4. Jaime Baird
5. Sonia Gonzales
6. India Paulino
7. Alison Rosen
8. Juliana Daniell
9. Abbie Burrows
10. Justine Munro






All of these Olympia Weekend photos are from Bodybuilding.com, the largest selection of Bodybuilding Articles, Exercises, Workouts, Supplements and Community online.
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Michaela Augustsson - Body Fitness

Michaela Augustsson - Body Fitness
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This lovely young lady is Michaela Augustsson.
Michaela was born on January 10th, 1987 in Karlstad, Sweden.
She has trained at the Iron Sporthalle, Njoy in Vasteras and Kit Karlstad.
Michaela is five feet, four inches tall and weighs around 130 pounds.

At the Lucia Cup in December 2010 she came in 6th in Body Fitness (which I think is like our Figure division in the US) and she came in 16th at the Battle of Scandinavia in April of 2011.

When she isn't competing, Michaela studies physiotherapy (physical therapy) at the Mälardalen University in Sweden.



You can check out Michaela's Facebook page here:
http://sv-se.facebook.com/people/Michaela-Augustsson/568894066

Jamie Rankin - Top Female Fitness Models

This lovely young lady may well be on her way to becoming one of the top female fitness models.
She is fitness model Jamie Rankin from Maryville, Missouri.
Though I don't see where she has competed in any contests, I really think she should look into it.
I think she might have a future as a figure or a fitness competitor.



There are several ways you can keep up with Jamie.
Her Official Site:
http://www.jamie-michele.com/
Her Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/jamiemichelerankin
And her Twitter account:
http://twitter.com/jamie_m_rankin

Michelle Hanson

This is NPC National Bikini Competitor and Fitness Model Michelle Hanson.
Michelle is five foot seven, weighs 127 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes and measures 36-24-36.
Perfect?
Michelle says that her inspiration to get into fitness came from the legendary Cory Everson.



Michelle's Contest History:
2006 Orange County Muscle Classic XXIX - Figure and Fitness - 1st Place Class D
2009 NPC Texas - Figure - 4th Place
2009 NPC Texas State - Bikini 2nd Place, Figure - 3rd Place
2009 National Bodybuilding Championships - Bikini - 13th Place Class E
2010 NPC USA Championships Bikini - 6th Place Class E
2010 NPC Junior USA Bodybuilding Championships - Fitness and Bikini - Bikini - 3rd Place E Class
2010 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships - Bikini 7th Place Class E
2010 NPC Red Stick Classic - Bikini - 1st Place
2010 NPC California State - Bikini - 2nd Place
2010 NPC Texas Shredder - Figure - 1st Place, Bikini - 2nd Place
2010 New Motion Machines Classic - Over All Winner



You can check out her website here:
http://www.michellereneahanson.com/

And her Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/MichelleReneaHanson

Seon-hwa Hwang - Korean Fitness Beauty

Here is a stunning Korean fitness beauty I can find almost nothing about.
I ran across Seonhwa Hwang over at Girls With Muscle, and you can go there and see a lot more pictures of her.



But pictures is all I can find.
It's a shame too, because look at her!

Sara Solomon - Fitness Model

This beautiful young lady is WBFF fitness model Sara Solomon.
I'm sorry, make that Dr. Sara Solomon.
Yes, she's a dentist AND a WBFF fitness model.
Sara was born on January 25th, 1978 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.



She was discovered and trained by Pro fitness model, Lyzabeth Lopez.
Besides being a dentist and a fitness model, Sara is an ACE-certified personal trainer, certified SPINNING instructor and university and continuing education lecturer.
Sara came in 2nd place at the 2011 WBFF Quebec Championship in Diva Fitness Model Tall Class and 4th in Diva Bikini Model Tall Class.




Here is Sara preparing for the 2010 WBFF World Championship last year.

Silje Mariela - Norwegian Fitness Beauty

This stunning young lady is Silje Mariela from Norway.
Silje is a personal trainer and a makeup artist.



I don't know much more about her, but they say a picture is worth a thousand words.



You can check out her blog here:
http://bodywork.blogg.no/



Silje Mariela - Norwegian Fitness Beauty, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on March 17th, 2011

Oksana Grishina - Russian Fitness Beauty

It's been quite awhile since I have done anything on Russian fitness beauty Oksana Grishina, back in 2009 actually.
But I think this may be Oksana's year in fitness, so here's a quick update.
This five foot four, 116 pound fitness competitor was born on March 25th, 1978 in Kaliningrad Russia.
Oksana started gymnastics at the age of seven which from what I understand, is kinda late in Russia.



Oksana recently joined Team Gaspari and her teammates include fitness beauties Krissy Chin, Ava Cowan, Stacey Oster Thompson, Marzia Prince and Trish Warren.
She has also appeared in Flex, IronMan and other fitness magazines.
Oksana is married, and her husband's (who is also her coach) name is Boris.



Oksana's Fitness Contest History:
2007 IFBB Europa Super Show - NP
2007 IFBB All Star Pro Fitness Championships - 3rd Place
2007 IFBB Olympia - 7th Place
2008 IFBB New York Pro Fitness - 7th Place
2008 IFBB Arnold Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest - 10th Place
2009 IFBB Arnold Classic - 9th Place
2010 IFBB Olympia - 5th Place
2010 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International & Figure International - 5th Place
2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 4th Place

Here is Oksana's Fitness Routine at the 2010 Arnold Classic...



Of course there are a ton of places online you can keep up with Oksana at...

Her MySpace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomoksana

A Facebook page about her:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oksana-Grishina/155213884513220

Her YouTube Account:
http://www.youtube.com/user/oksana974

And her very own website:
http://www.oksanagrishina.com/




Oksana Grishina - Russian Fitness Beauty, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on March 5th, 2011

Andressa Vieira - Brazilian Fitness Beauty

This is stunning Brazilian figure competitor and fitness model Eva Andressa Vieira.
I think she is absolutely gorgeous and she reminds me of a cross between Danica Patrick and TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock or Dark Angel for all you lucha libre fans out there).
I've read that she competes in figure, but it looks like with just a bit more mass, she could do bodybuilding easy.
But why mess with a good thing right?
This five foot nine fitness beauty started lifting weights because she felt she was too thin and wanted to improve her figure.
I think it worked!



Andressa Vieira's Female Fitness Competitions
2005 - Champion Paranaense Figure - NABBA
2006 - Brazilian Champion Figure - NABBA
2006 - Champion Paranaense Figure - NABBA
2008 - Champion Brazilian Body Fitness - IFBB
2009 - Overall Champion Brazilian Body Fitness - IFBB
2009 - South American Body Fitness - 3rd Place - IFBB



Here is a video with Eva on a talk show that is pretty popular on YouTube.
Wait till about seven minutes in...



By the way, Eva has her own YouTube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvaAndressa

Now there are a lot of other ways you can keep up with Eva online.
As a matter of fact, she has her own blog on Blogger:
http://evaandressa.blogspot.com/

Or you can try her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/419457352

Or you can follow her on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/eandressavieira



Andressa Vieira - Brazilian Fitness Beauty, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on February 2nd, 2011

Jill Papapanu - Fitness Model and Fitness Competitor

http://gwburnsfitness.com/

This beautiful young lady is Jill Papapanu, a veteran of the US Navy (she was a U.S. Navy rescue swimmer) and aspiring fitness model and fitness competitor.
She's five foot eight, 150 pounds and is originally from Sarver, Pennsylvania, but resides in Tampa, Florida right now.
Jill has appeared in Oxygen Magazine (Future of Fitness January 2010), the Power Plank Infomercial (www.buypowerplank.com), Good Day Tampa Bay Fitness, and as a MTV Spin Masters TV pilot promo model.
She also played football for The Tampa Breeze, Tampa’s Lingerie Football Team.
When Jill isn't perfecting her body, she is a government contractor.

There are lots of places you can keep up with Jill on the net...

Her Blog:
http://www.jillpapapanu.net/
Her Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jill-Papapanu/778598624
Her MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/jpapapanu

And that's just a few, she's all over the internet!

http://www.luisx.com/

Jill Papapanu - Fitness Model and Fitness Competitor, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on January 4th, 2011

Brooke Mora - Fitness Model and IFBB Bikini Pro

Brooke Mora by http://www.tauseefphotography.com/

This is five foot eight, 126 pound fitness model and IFBB Bikini Pro, Brooke Mora.
You'll notice I didn't say " This beautiful young lady is..." because I think the pictures speak for themselves.
Brooke was born on July 2nd, 1979 and is based out of Los Angeles, California.

Contest History:
2009 NPC Excalibur Bodybuilding and Figure Championships - 5th Place
2010 NPC MuscleContest Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships - 1st Place
2010 NPC USA Championships - 1st Place
2010 IFBB Tournament of Champions - 2nd Place
2010 IFBB Olympia - 16th Place

Hardbody Interview with IFBB Bikini Pro Brooke Mora



You can check out Brooke's Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/brookemora

And her Facebook fanpage here:
http://www.facebook.com/BrookeMoraIFBBPro

And her Twitter account here:
http://twitter.com/brookemora





Brooke Mora - Fitness Model and IFBB Bikini Pro, posted top http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on December 18th, 2010

Gal Ferreira (Glauce Ferreira) - Brazilian Fitness Model

Gal Ferreira by Pedro Nossol - http://www.pedronossol.com.br/

This beautiful and built young lady is Brazilian IFBB Pro Gal Ferreira.
Gal started out at the age of six in ballet, then moved into gymnastics.

She graduated in 1998 from the Federal University of Minas Gerais with a degree in Physical Education, and works as a personal trainer.
Her hobbies include ballet, soccer, African dance, gymnastics and aerobics.

Gal is also married to legendary bodybuilder Dorian Yates.

I know she has been in competitions in other countries (she won the IFBB South American Bodyfitness and IFBB World Bodyfitness Championships), but the only US competition I can find is the 2008 IFBB Arnold Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest where she came in 9th place.


Gal Ferreira by Pedro Nossol - http://www.pedronossol.com.br/

You can check out her website here:
http://www.galferreira.net/

And you can see more pics of Glauce here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/clinifit/GalFerreira#



Gal Ferreira (Glauce Ferreira) - Brazilian Fitness Model, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on December 10th, 2010

More Jelena Abbou

It's been quite a while since I have done anything on the lovely Jelena Abbou.
Okay, try over three years.
She was the first fitness beauty I did a write up on here.
And I know people get tired of me saying that "this is possibly one of the most beautiful women I have profiled here" but I mean c'mon...look at her!

Jelena (also known as Jelena Djordjevic) was born on April 2nd, 1977 in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.
This gorgeous figure competitor, fitness model and certified personal trainer, now lives in the US, having left Serbia when she was 20 years old.



Since the last entry I did on her, Jelena has added some more female fitness competitions to her list....
2008 IFBB Olympia - 15th place
2008 IFBB New York Pro Figure - 3rd place
2008 IFBB 15th Annual Sports/Fitness Weekend and Europa IFBB Super Show - 3rd place
2008 IFBB Houston Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Contest - 4th place
2010 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions - 4th place
2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure - 11th place
2010 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding and Bikini Championships - 6th place


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There is also an incredible commercial Jelena did for T-nation's Fahrenheit...



And you can still find out more about Jelena at her website here:
http://jelenafit.net/



More Jelena Abbou, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on November 19th, 2010