Fitness Model - Tiffany Upshaw

This young lady is Tiffany Upshaw.
Tiffany is an up and coming fitness model as well as an Optimum Nutrition/ABB athlete.
Before becoming a fitness model, she competed in many beauty pageants, then stopped that to do competitive cheerleading.
Tiffany was born and raised in Fort Meyers, Florida, and stands five foot five and weighs in at 116 pounds.
This olive skinned beauty is of African American and Caucasian descent and her measurements are 34-26-36.
Tiffany recently came in first place in the Bikini (short class) at the 2009 NPC Royal Palm Classic Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Show in Cape Coral, Florida.



You can find out more about this fitness beauty at her BodySpace page
http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/tiffanyupshaw/
Her Model Mayhem page:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/773813
Or her One Model Place page:
http://www.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?ID=378272

Fitness Model - Tiffany Upshaw, posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/ on Dec 16th, 2009

Fitness Model - Alexis Ray Thompson

Alexis Ray Thompson is the (believe it or not) mother of three boys and she's also (believe it or not) 45 years old!
Alexis overcame a severe car wreck and brought herself up to the level that she is today.
This 5' 5", 120 pound redhead from Cincinnati, Ohio should set an example that you can do anything if you commit your mind and body.
Had kids...check
Over 40...check
Severe accident...check
And look at her now!
The above picture is good, but go to her Model Mayhem page and take a look at the photos if you really want to see just how cut and ripped this lady is.
Hint: The pool table picture is almost as close to perfection as you are gonna see.

Contest History:
Miss Cincinnati 1999


posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/, Sept 14th, 2009

Sandi Stuart - IFBB Fitness Competitor

This beautiful young lady is IFBB pro Sandi Stuart.
Or I should say DOCTOR Sandi Stuart.
Yes she is an Emergency room physician in Florida.
She got her IFBB pro card at her win at the 2009 NPC Jr. USA Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships.
But Sandi hasn't had an easy road, she suffered a hip injury back in 2007 that almost ended her fitness career.
Sandi is 5'4 and weights 138 pounds normally, but drops down to 128 for contests.

Contest History:
2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships - 4th Place
2008 NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships - 2nd Place
2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure National Championships - 3rd Place
2009 NPC Jr. USA Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships - 1st Place

You can keep up with Sandi Stuart at her Twitter page here:
http://twitter.com/Sandi_Stuart


posted to http://femalefitnessfigurebodybuilders.blogspot.com/, Sept 9, 2009

Tanya Merryman-Female Fitness Competitor

Photo: Rick Dobbins, http://www.myspace.com/pdpfit

Female fitness competitor and figure competitor Tanya Merryman was one of the first women I profiled here on this blog.
That was back in June of 2007.
Actually I did my first entry on her on my Beautiful Women blog back in February of 2007.
But where a lot of fitness models fade away, Tanya has come back stronger than ever.

Tanya won the Fitness America Pageant title back in 1998.
And even though she has taken time off in the past, she is coming back like gangbusters now.
Even though for the moment she is sidelined with a ACL injury according to her blog.

Recent Contest History:

2007 NPC National Championships, 1st place

2008 IFBB Arnold Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest, 12th place

2008 IFBB 15th Annual Sports/Fitness Weekend & Europa IFBB Super Show, 11th place

2008 IFBB Tournament of Champions Pro Figure, 10th place

2009 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships, 15th place

You can find out more about Tanya and keep up with her current activities at her website:
http://www.tanyam.com/

And you can see more of Rick Dobbins' amazing photography here:
http://www.myspace.com/pdpfit

Kortney Olson-KO

This young lady is Kortney Olson also known simply as "KO".
She's a Scorpio (as you may have noticed from her tattoo) and she has 15 inch biceps, 27 inch quads and 18 inch calves.
KO is 5'7 and 147 pounds.
This young lady had put a lot of time and effort into her body and it really shows.
Besides lifting weights, she does kempo, jujitsu and golf.
Imagine her going into MMA.....

There are lots of places you can keep up with KO on the net including her MySpace page, her website and her ModelMayhem page.
Do a search on her on YouTube and you'll find several videos of her.
She says she wants to be famous and I think she is well on her way.



Here is one of those videos posted by KrivStudiosBlog on YouTube.
You can see KO doing a little flexing, carrying bikini competitor Abby Marie, and a short bit of KO arm wrestling.
If you like the video, check out KrivStudiosBlog and click the little subscribe button there.

Fitness Model: Karen Pang

This is kind of a cross over post, as I have done a couple of write ups on fitness competitor, fitness model and swimsuit model Karen Pang over at my Asian Fitness blog.
She even came in third in the most popular women on that blog for June.
Karen stands 5'2 and weighs 107 pounds, and she can look very ripped and lean for fitness shots, and look softer for swimsuit photos.

Contest History:
2007 WNSO National Pro Champion Swimsuit Model
2007 Bikini America Top 10 Finalist
2008 Bikini Universe (Short Class) 1st Runner Up
2009 WBFF BC (Bikini) 2nd place

Karen will be competing in the 2009 Canadian Nationals.

You can see more of this stunning young lady here:
http://www.misskarenpang.com/

And of course at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/karenpang

And REALLY follow Karen Pang at Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/karenpang

Jenn Jackson

Jenn Jackson is a NPC national figure competitor and fitness model.
She was born on October 17, 1975 in East Tawas, Michigan.
Jenn is 5'2 and a half and weighs 125 contest and 135 off season.
She has a very lean, ripped physique and striking eyes.

Contest History:
2007 Northern Kentucky Figure B Class (1st Place and Overall)
2007 Natural Northern Ohio (3rd Place)
2007 NPC Jr. Nationals (9th Place)
2007 Indianapolis (2nd Place)
2007 Europa Supershow (6th Place)
2008 NPC Jr. USA (9th Place)
2008 NPC Jr. Nationals (9th Place)

You can find out more about Jenn at her website here:
http://jennjackson.com/

IFBB Figure Pro: Heather Mae French

Heather Mae French is an IFBB Figure Pro from Little Rock, Arkansas.
You wouldn't know it to look at her, but she stands 5'3 and weighs 103 pounds.
In 2008, Heather was named one of the top eight figure pros to watch by FigureRX Magazine.
And looking at her it's no wonder why.
She is ripped, tight and compact with beautiful blue eyes.
And looking at her contest history, she seems to just keep getting better.

And talk about humble beginnings, she started out watching Denise Austin on the Lifetime channel and buying "Buns of Steel" videotapes.
See?
When you want to succed, it doesnt matter where you start.

Contest History:
2006 TOC Pro Figure Figure: Figure (14th)
2007 IFBB Colorado Pro/Am Classic Bodybuilding And Figure Contest (12th)
2007 IFBB Tournament Of Champions Pro Figure (6th)
2007 IFBB Sacramento Pro Figure Grand Prix (7th)
2008 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure (4th)
2008 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships (2nd)
2008 IFBB Houston Pro Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Contest (3rd)
2008 IFBB Olympia (10th)
2009 IFBB Arnold Classic (7th)
2009 IFBB Europa Show of Champions (2nd)
2009 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships (1st)


You can find out more about Heather at her website here:
http://www.heathermaefrench.com/

Hilda Castillo

This beautiful young lady is certified personal trainer, model, actress and hostess of The Fit Show, Hilda Castillo.
Hilda was born on Sepember 14th, 1979 in Merced, California.
She is of Spanish, Italian and Chinese desent.
Hilda is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 106 pounds.

Her parents are smart, when they saw her potential at age 12, they not only enrolled her in the Barbizon school of modeling but Tae-Kwon-Do as well.

You can find out more about Hilda at her website here:
http://www.hildacastillo.com/

And her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/hildacastillo

Sherry Goggin Revisited

I did an entry on Sherry Goggin (Sherry Goggin Giardina) back in 2007 but this lady is definitely worth another look.
She was popular in the muscle magazines back in the 90's and she is still going strong without missing a step.
Sherry is a Ms. Fitness America Champion from Chattanooga, Tennessee and she has an incredible lean, shapely and muscular physique.
She is an actress, spokesmodel, real estate agent, and the VP of the Trainers Association.
Sherry has appeared in Physical, Ironman, Oxygen and BUILT magazines among many more.
This 5'6", 108 pound beauty is not one to just sit around. Visit her website and look at all the things she is doing right now.
http://www.sherrygoggin.com/

And did you know that she was a contestant on the original "American Gladiators" back in 1991?

Angela Mraz

This beautiful young lady is figure champion, personal trainer, and model Angela Mraz.
Angela has had a stunning career with the WNBF in the past, but now that organization has banned her.
Hard to believe isn't it?
Look at part of her contest history.....
2001 - Northern NJ NPC Classic (1st Place)
2001 - Southern NJ NPC Classic (1st Place)
2001 - Golds Classic (1st Place)
2002 - NPC Jr. USA Nationals (1st Overall)
2002 - NPC Team Universe (8th Place)
2005 - 1st Place, INBF Figure Division
2005 - 1st Place, WNBF Figure Champion
2005 - 1st Place, Best Body Award
2005 - 1st Place, WNBF and Ms. Exercise Worlds
2006 - 1st Place, WNBF North East Championships
2006 - 1st Place, WNBF Ms. Exercise Worlds

See all those 1st place wins?
Well the WNBF banned her for appearing in a magazine they didn't publish.
I would have looked at it as good PR, but they didn't.

If you don't think their treatment of Angela is fair, you can contact the WNBF here:
http://www.wnbf.net/contact.html
But remember, if you do, the best path to take is to be respectful and state why you disagree with this decision.

And if you'd like to learn more about Angela, go to her website here:
http://www.angela-mraz.net/

Carmen Dura

Carmen Dura is a ACE certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor, AFC certified personal trainer, boxing coach, figure competitor, fitness model and entrepreneur.
Is that enough?
I probably missed some to be honest.
Like the fact that she does she personalized online fitness training.
Or that she runs a fitness camp for children in the Miami area?
This 5'2", 114 pound beauty has a lot on her plate, but she seems to get everything done.

She was the 1998 Alliance Fitness Corporation Fitness Instructor of the Year.
She was also a FAME 2006 Fitness Model competitor and a FAME 2007 Fitness Model competitor.

You can see a lot more of Carmen at her website here:
http://www.carmendura.net/

Or you can visit her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/fitmiss1

Alicia Marie

Alicia Marie is a fitness model, figure competitor, and fitness coach.
And Alicia is one of several women that have been linked to Yankee Alex Rodriguez.

This lady has an extensive contest history:

2003 Ms. Bikini South Beach, 1st & Overall
2003 INBF Northeast Classic Figure, 1st & Overall
2003 NPC East Coast Physique 1st & Overall
2003 Ms. Bikini Atlantic 2nd Place
2003 Ms. Bikini New England 2nd Place
2004 WNBF Texas Shredder Pro Figure 1st & Overall
2004 Ms. Bikini Pittsburgh 1st & Overall
2004 Pennsylvania Fitness Championships 2nd Place
2004 WNSO Canadian National Fitness Championships 5th Place
2004 FAME 2nd Place
2004 Ms. Bikini Universe 1st & Overall
2004 WNBF Ms. Exercise World 2nd Place
2005 Davana Medina Figure Classic 1st Place
2005 Ms. Muscle Beach 1st Place
2006 *NAMED THE FIRST-EVER Ms. Muscle & Fitness Magazine!
2006 NPC BSN BodyRock Figure 1st & Overall
2006 NPC North American Figure 1st Place
2007 NPC Arnold Classic 2nd Place

You can visit her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/clubalicia

And you can visit her website here:
http://www.aliciamarie.com/

Nora Girones

Spanish fitness competitor Nora Girones.

Nora Girones went from singing to bodybuilding.
I don't think that's a transition we've had on here before.
Usually it's gymnast or swimmer or something like that.
She appeared on "Popstars", pretty much the Spanish equivalent of "American Idol".

Cory Everson Revisited

This is Cory Everson's third appearance on this blog and I think rightly so.

Retiring from competition after winning six consecutive Ms. Olympia titles, Cory tried her hand at acting.
Her first film appearance was in the 1986 movie "The Morning After" as Miss Olympia.
Double Impact in 1991 was her second movie. In that movie, she played Kara, a ruthless, muscular henchwoman to the main badguy.
In 1994, she was in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers as the TV Mallory.
She appeared in the 1995 film Ballistic. (Not the 2002 film with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu.)
In 1996, she was in the movie Felony as Sondra with B-movie legends (and two of my favorite actors) Jeffrey Combs and Lance Henriksen.

On TV, Cory appeared twice as Katrina Schwenke in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (starring another of my favorite actors, Bruce Campbell).
She also appeared in Renegade, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (three times as Atalanta), Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, Home Improvement and Charmed as the Hulk Paige.

Of course Cory was the original host of the ESPN2 fitness show, BodyShaping that also included Deprise Brescia, Kiana Tom, Jennifer Dempster, Rick Valente, Kendell Hogan, Mary Jean Traetta and Laurie Donnelly.

And for awhile she had her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat.

Cory tossing a guy around (literally) in Ballistic




You can check out her site http://www.coryeverson.com/ that sells fitness equipment and products.

Joanie Laurer, Chyna

Before she became the "The Ninth Wonder of the World" Joanie Laurer aka Chyna tried her hand at fitness competitions.
According to everything I've read, she didn't do well, but I think that's because with her size and build, she should have focused on Bodybuilding instead.
But the fitness worlds loss was pro wrestling's gain and she soon appeared on the then WWF as Triple H's bodyguard valet.

Joanie started out lifting weights and working out as a way to get away from the domestic turmoil at home.
But it wasn't really until she met Gerry Blais, a bodybuilder at World Gym in Londonderry, New Hampshire that things took off for her.
She dove into training and entered fitness competitions.
The only ones I could really find were the 1994 ESPN Fitness America Competition and the 1996 New York City regional of the Fitness America Pageant.

Ocean Bloom, Another Look

And here we have actress, certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, female fitness model and fitness champion, Ocean Bloom.
Ocean is one of those women that have been able to combine size with a sleek, powerful physique.
The last time I featured her I didn't say much about the movie work this beautiful lady has done, so let me correct that.
She appeared in "Stargate SG-1" four times, three of those were as a female Jaffa.
If you watched Stargate you know what a Jaffa is.
If you didn't watch it, think "Female Warrior".
Ocean has also appeared in "Psych" twice and she appeared in the 2002 movie I Spy.

In print, Ocean has appeared in in Musclemag, Ironman, Oxygen, Natural Bodybuilding, Woman’s Physique World, Healthy Living Guide and Shared Vision.

Ocean has a long contest history in women's fitness competitions starting with a 1st place win in the 1997 BodyMax Bodybuilding competition.
That was followed by 1st place wins at the 1997 BC Junior Bodybuilding Championship, the 1998 BC Fitness competition, the 2000 World Natural Sports Fitness competition, the 2003 Fitness America West, the 2005 FAME World's Pro Fitness, the 2007 FAME Naturals Pro Figure and the 2007 FAME National Muscle.

Ocean is very involved in personal training now as you can see at her website:
http://www.oceanbloom.com/

Trina Goosby Updates

I haven't done an entry on this lovely lady in almost two years, so here's some more info.....

Trina Goosby was born on March 18, 1977 in Dearborn Heights Michigan and grew up in Antigo, a small town in Northern Wisconsin.
She is 5 feet tall and weighs around 105-110 pounds.
Trina is a (here we go again) a NPC Figure and Fitness Competitor, Fitness Model, Certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology.
Like I have said before, these ladies are not content to excel in just one thing!

Contest History:
2000 NPC Kim Hartt Fitness, 1st Place and Overall
2001 SportAerobic Fitness Challenge Winner
2001 NPC Debbie Kruck Fitness, 4th Place
2002 NPC Jr. USA's Fitness, 3rd Place
2003 NPC Fitness Nationals, 9th Place
2004 Ms. Bikini America Competitor, 11th Place
2005 NPC Treasure Coast Figure, 1st Place
2005 NPC Southern States Figure, 2nd Place
2005 NPC Debbie Kruck Figure Classic, 1st Place
2006 NPC Zena Collins Figure, OVERALL Winner & 1st Place Class A

You can visit her website here:
http://www.trinagoosby.com/

Megan Thomas

This lovely lady is a personal trainer,fitness model and NPC figure competitor, MMA fighter and mother!
How does she fit all that in?
I have no idea.
But you know what?
Her child can go up to the other kids on the playground and say "My Mom can beat up your Mom! And your Dad, and your Brother...."
I mentioned Megan on my Female MMA blog, but I thought she needed an entry here as well.
Contests:
2001 Ms. Fitness Missouri
2006 Ms. Figure Missouri

Watch for this young lady.
You can visit her MySpace page at
http://www.myspace.com/modelmeegan

See more fitness beauties here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Female-Fitness-Models-and-Female-Fitness-Competitors-3

Oksana Grishina, IFBB Pro Russian Fitness Competitor

Oksana Grishina is IFBB Pro Russian Fitness Competitor.
She was born in Kaliningrad, Russia.
This 5'3", 116 lbs lady started her professional career while working in a Fitness Club as a personal trainer.

Contest History:
2007 Europa Super Show 16th Place
2007 IFBB All Star Pro Fitness Championships 3rd Place
2007 IFBB Olympia 7th Place
2008 IFBB Arnold Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest 10th Place
2008 IFBB New York Pro Fitness 7th Place

She will be at the Arnold Classic Mar. 6 - Mar. 7, 2009 competing in the Fitness category