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Iris Floyd Kyle (born Mildred Carter; [25] August 22, 1974) is an American professional female bodybuilder. [26] [27] She is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.
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.
When the camera landed on one beefy guy, he leapt out of his seat to flex his muscles. He seemed to be enjoying the attention, flexing his muscles in a tight T-shirt and striking a body building pose.
Open-bodybuilders have an extensive routine for posing while the Physique category is primarily judged by the front and back poses. [34] Many of the men's physique competitors are not above 200 lbs and have a bit of a more attainable and aesthetic physique in comparison to open-bodybuilders. [35]
Becca Swanson started out in 1996 with the desire to be a bodybuilder, but ended up powerlifting. According to her, the larger and more muscular women had fallen out of favor in bodybuilding after a few shows.
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2019 Romania Muscle Fest Pro Female bodybuilding Nataliya Kuznetsova , also spelled Natalia ( née Trukhina ; born July 1, 1991), is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter .
She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5, 2005. At the 2007 Arnold Classic she became the first woman to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2008 was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame . [ 7 ]