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This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here ... Michelle Jin posing at the 2022 IFBB New York Pro Women's Bodybuilding finals ...
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
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Asian American female bodybuilders (3 C) Pages in category "American female bodybuilders" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total.
Chizevsky-Nicholls was the first female bodybuilder to win both the Ms. International and Olympia in the same year in 1996. She ranks as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List until October 22, 2000. [8] [9] In January 2008, Chizevsky was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame. [1] [10]
She is the second most successful female bodybuilder ever, second only to Iris Kyle. [2] From February 28, 2003 to May 31, 2003, she ranked 1st on the IFBB Women's Bodybuilding Professional Ranking List. [17] [18] Murray has previously done commentary for bodybuilding events on ESPN from 1993 to 1996.
Ernestine Shepherd (born June 16, 1936) is an American bodybuilder who is best known for being, at one point, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder in the world, as declared by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 and 2011; [1] as of 2023, she is 88 years old and still an active, albeit no longer competitive, bodybuilder.
Iris went on to win the 2012 Ms. Olympia and regained her Ms. International title in 2013. In 2013, she won her ninth overall Ms. Olympia, making her the most successful female professional bodybuilder of all time. In 2014, she won her tenth overall Ms. Olympia title, breaking her own previous record of nine overall Ms. Olympia titles. [23]