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Joan Rhodes (13 April 1921 [1] – 30 May 2010) was a British performer, wrestler, stuntwoman and strongwoman. [2] Born into poverty in London, she and her siblings were deserted by their parents. Following unhappy spells in the workhouse and with an aunt, she left home at 14. [ 3 ]
Charmion (1875–1949), vaudeville strongwoman and trapeze artist. A strongwoman is a woman who performs feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions.
World's Strongest Woman (later known as Strongwoman World Championships, World's Strongest Lady and United Strongmen Women's World Championships) is an annual strongwoman contest, and considered the pinnacle for female competitors and recognized as the world championships, and was held during the same time and same location as WSM from 2001 to 2003.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...
Donna Moore (born 1980) is a British strongwoman and winner of the 2016, 2017, and 2019 World's Strongest Woman competitions, [1] [2] [3] the 2016 and 2017 Arnold World Strongwoman champion, [3] [4] and 2018 Arnold Pro Strongwoman champion.
Todd’s interest in the study of sport and physical culture was galvanized by her participation and success in the sport of powerlifting.During her powerlifting career, many publications, including Sports Illustrated magazine, [4] considered her to be the strongest woman in the world. [5]
In 2015 she won Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships. In 2016, she came fourth at World's Strongest Woman behind Donna Moore , Lidiia Hunko and Olga Liashchuk . Ensuing years she emerged back to back runner-up to Donna Moore in 2017 and Andrea Thompson in 2018.
Jill Mills (born March 2, 1972) is an American world champion powerlifter and world champion strongwoman. [1] She's the first woman to win World's Strongest Woman competition twice. Powerlifting contest results