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Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton, née Eville (August 11, 1917 – June 26, 2006), was an American professional strongwoman and forerunner of present-day female bodybuilders, who became famous through her involvement with Muscle Beach in the 1940s.
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] In 2012, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame. [8]
2011 Muscle Beach Classic 1st Place Masters, 1st Place Heavyweight and Overall Women's Open 2012 Muscle Beach Classic Memorial Day 1st Place Masters, 1st Place Heavyweight and Overall Women's Open 2012 Muscle Beach Classic Labor Day 1st Place Masters, 1st Place Heavyweight and Overall Women's Open
In 1997, along with her then-husband and trainer Robert Masino, she founded Muscle Elegance, a magazine that features erotic pictorials of female bodybuilders and where Denise is featured as the main model. The magazine also produces a line of videos and the website Muscle Pinups.
One day, a local promoter named Butch Dennis was in her gym and, after sizing her up, suggested she enter a competition he was hosting in 8 weeks, the Long Beach Muscle Classic. Her model for her physique was a combination of Lenda Murray and Bev Francis. She won the contest, the 1994 Long Beach Muscle Classic.
Muscle Beach is the birthplace of the United States physical fitness boom, which started in 1934 with predominantly gymnastics activities on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier. [1] Muscle Beach Venice is the contemporary title of the outdoor weightlifting platform constructed in Venice, California , a distinct neighborhood in the city of ...
Hometown: Long Beach, CA Current Residence: Buena Park, CA ... I played on a women’s semi-professional VALORANT team in 2021 and we placed Top 16 in the North American Women’s League.
The Hustler of Muscle Beach is a 1980 American comedy television film starring Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz and Jeanette Nolan. It was directed by Jonathan Kaplan and originally aired on ABC as the ABC Friday Night Movie on May 16, 1980.