New Year Resolution to Lose Weight Fast

Step Aerobics For weight Loss

New Year Resolution to Lose Weight Fast
Fitness Expert And Rebok Certified Aerobics Instructer Meera Gives You New Year's resolution to lose weight fast if you follow these six Simple tips to be slim and be in shape.

1. Walk More Every day: All you need to see a benefit for weight loss is 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity daily with some simple aerobics exercises.( Meera: Aerobics Teacher 91-011-22784403 New Delhi India)

"It does not take you to be an athlete but just brisk walking or dancing to your favorite music or use of an Step aerobic exercises with Aerobics Bike Aerobics Equipment  or treadmill is all you have to do -. I just try to do it every day, "Says Meera."You can go into 10 - or 15-minute sessions during the day to get the benefit of weight loss," She said.

2. Keep a food diary: "Take few minutes out to write down everything you eat and drink, you can see hidden calories you consume which you dont realize,"Says Meera" A Fitness And Power Yoga Expert.

"On Our Site there are Scientific online tools that can help you calculate the calorie content of common foods and track your progress of weight loss over time," She says.

Getting Slim With Yoga

3. You Need To Set Realistic Goals For Yourself: Its always wise to be steady & constant  in losing weight of about 1/2 kg to 1 kg a week as you won't like to lose weight only to gain it all back - and more frequently - A few months later. "Says Meera. Be more specific with regard to, such as eating five servings of vegetables per day, giving a 20 minutes walk at every morning and also drinking six to seven glasses of water a day. A Healthy Behaviour And Right Lifestyle is necessary to reduce weight quickly.

4. Do Not let a  Day's Slip Derail their efforts: "Do not throw your whole routine out the window after a bad day. Instead, try to identify specific obstacles that stood in your way and think about strategies to avoid such problems that spring up for you to loose weight , "Says Meera".

5. Regular Practice of  Scientific Yoga Exercises : Regular practice of scientific Yoga and weight maintenance and weight loss asanas are good for gradual weight loss which is permanent.

6. Burn more calories:  by simply climbing the stairs daily as hour of stairs climbing stairs burn around 500 calories, this can really help women and men aspiring to lose wieght.

7. Shed your laziness for faster weight loss: Its obseved that people who gain weight are people usually more physically lazy, so its important that if you want that your weight loss goals achived in time leave your laziness by being more active.

8. Avoid Eating In Extremes To be Slim: Middle path is best as told by Lord Krishna in Gita. Too much eating overloads your stomach and makes you lazy and overweight and not eating at all for losing weight also dosent' help in losing weight but can make you weak and lower your blood pressure and loss of required energy and protection against diseases. Also Avoid eating too much of sugar and salt.

Researchers Have found that Regular yoga practice leads to with preventing the spread of middle-aged people gaining weight and promote weight loss in overweight or obese people and obese women. If you follow these simple New Year Resolutions you can lose weight easily

Small Things that can Help Reduce Weight

If you want a slim body it`s not only achieved with hard exercise and strict diet. The little things that added to the routine of exercise and diet can help make a difference faster.

following a weight reduction strategies recommended by experts. Measures small indeed, but the effect is big enough for your body. For faster result you can buy ephedrine pills 25mg as supplement.

1. Photographing Foods That Will Eat.
Many studies show that food record can help you lose weight up to 5 percent. Robert A. Carels, PhD, professor of the department of psychology at Bowling Green State University suggested to take pictures of food with a camera phone before and after eating.

Why is this effective? Make a food diary in a visual form is more effective to find out what and how much food is consumed. That way, you can control your intake of food per day.

2. Fold tripled Vitamin C Intake Before Exercise
Consuming 500 milligrams of vitamin C regularly and add pure ephedrine 25mg, can help you burn 30 percent more calories during exercise. It is noted that the research results published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Eat 3 servings of foods rich in vitamin C such as oranges, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots and cherry tomatoes.

3. Sports Group
Invite your friends to exercise together. By Tim Lohman, a professor from the University of Arizona, as a group exercise can lose weight faster.

Expert sports and body composition is suggested to exercise together, at least once a week. Fellow during exercise to help you more motivated to be diligent to the gym. "Sporting activity would be more fun when with people we know," said Lohman.

4. Consumption of Various Fruit Colors
Meet your nutritional intake with various types of fruits and vegetables to prevent excessive calorie consumption. Try eating fruits and vegetables of various colors in a single day. Able to mix the strawberries with breakfast cereal, eating an apple as a snack or a salad with lots of carrots, tomatoes and peppers to 'friends' lunches.

Kristal Marshall - IFBB Bikini Pro

This isn’t my first write up on the lovely Kristal Marshall by a long shot.
Back when she was in the WWE, I did several write up on her connected with wrestling.
But Kristal left the WWE, had a baby, and is now officially an IFBB Bikini Pro.

Kristal was born on November 11, 1983 in Los Angeles, California and you may know of her boyfriend (and the father of her baby) former collegiate amateur wrestler, former pro wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter Bobby Lashley.
(Bobby and Kristal were married in 2008, but split in April of 2010, but according to Kristal, they are still friends)

Before going to work for the WWE, Kristal competed in the 2004 Miss California pageant, she was a model for Deal or No Deal (she was the opening week model for case number five in season one) , she appeared in music videos by 50 Cent and Ma$e and was a Barker Beauty on The Price Is Right.

Kristal got into the WWE through the 2005 Raw Diva Search (she finished fourth), and the WWE liked what they saw, and Kristal was signed to a developmental contact and sent to Deep South Wrestling for training.

In December 2005, she joined the SmackDown! Roster as a backstage correspondent, but eventually made her way into the ring, having feuds with Jillian Hall, Ashley Massaro and Layla El before being released by the WWE in 2007.

She and Bobby made a few brief appearances in TNA, but nothing really came of that.

But now, as I said, Kristal is an IFBB Bikini Pro, she is looking amazing and she has done quite well for herself so far in competition....

2009 NPC Arnold Amateur Championships - 2nd Place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 1st Place
2010 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding & Bikini Championships - 4th Place

New Photoshoots Coming Soon Rauchelle Schultz

A gaggle of new photoshoots revealed here today include a long overdue reprise with sexy Ahlisha Newton, one of our earliest additions to the site. The 30-year-old from Palm Springs, California is hanging out at Venice Beach for this shoot. Stay tuned to see how the 5-foot-6, 130-pound fitness model has kept in the game over the last few years.
With several more encore shoots along the way, perhaps none figures to be more eagerly anticipated than a second turn in front of the cameras for Erica Cordie. The cute and curvy fan favorite takes center stage in San Diego this time.
Not to be outdone, we’ve also got Jami DeBernard returning fresh from her pro card win at USAs. Plus, Colorado figure star Noora Kuusivouri, who made top ten in the tall class in Las Vegas, hits the poses and weights in a new shoot from Golds Gym. In case you missed it earlier, here’s my interview along with more pics of the athletic Finland native.

Always dazzling Rauchelle tours Vegas in her third shoot.

And there’s more material in store for fans of Michigan’s Rauchelle Schultz, who has been active on the contest trail this year since making a switch from figure to physique. This is already our third shoot with the

Fitness Model Ahlisha Newton

A gaggle of new pho
chiseled brunette—her trademark calves always a treat—a rising star and likely future pro in the new division.
Of course, fresh faces are in the queue as well like Cheryl Chechel, a new figure competitor who made her national debut at USAs after taking first in the NPC Texas State last fall. The native of Long Island, New York now lives down south in Houston, and amazingly started working out only a couple years ago. But one look at the name of her Bodyspace page—futurefigurepro—is enough to suggest that the strikingly confident Big Apple beauty has designs on moving up to the big stage.
Also coming soon, Joanna Wilson is another physique crossover and finished fifth in the medium class at the USAs. The 5-foot-6 former bodybuilder was middleweight champ at the Emerald Cup in 2010. Plus there’s Tammy Cazares, lightweight bodybuilder from Naples, Florida who began competing last year and already has a couple of wins. She has her sights set on competing again at Nationals in November. Check out more about Tammy on her website. Finally, we’ll welcome national level figure competitor Gemma Santos, who slipped out of the top ten in class B at this year’s USAs after taking a close second last year.

Amber Jacobs Shines at Vancouver Natural, Emerald Cup

Northwest Glow: Figure girl Amber Jacobs joyously grasps her trophy at the Vancouver Natural. Photo credit: Twixpix.

Coverage of new photoshoots from this year’s Emerald Cup continues with a look at Amber Jacobs, a figure girl from Seattle who was on a roll before a severe knee injury recently forced her out of action. The 25-year-old had planned to compete at the Washington State in July, but instead is on the mend after requiring surgery to repair a torn medial meniscus.
Amber placed third in class C at the Cup and also took fourth at this year’s Vancouver Natural. She was hoping to qualify for the USAs but will have to wait until her body heals and won’t be able to train legs again for at least three months. Before the injury, Amber shared some details about her athletic background and future plans in the sport.
Looking back, deciding to join a fast-pitch little league baseball team at age 14 led to Amber’s initial experience lifting weights. She also did karate for three years and played football, hockey and varsity baseball in junior high and high school as well as cross country. “I was always a rough and tumble girl,” she said, “I loved being physically fit, healthy and active.”

Amber poses for her shoot during Emerald Cup weekend.

Team sports continued during her college years at Western Washington University. “I was a coxswain [the leader in charge of steering and navigating] for the men’s rowing crew team and was on the club tournament waterski team,” she said. “I also personal trained and taught beginning boxing and speed-bagging.”
Asked how she got started in figure, “I have always loved weight training,” Amber explained. “In January 2010, some guy friends suggested I do a figure competition and showed me a picture in a magazine. I was like ‘I could do that.’ And away I went. Last year I did seventh in Emerald Cup my first show and first at the Empire Classic. I was the pretty happy with my physique last year but this year was pretty great too.”
Amber’s figure pursuit comes as no surprise to family and close friends. “But it has definitely changed my social life,” she admits coyly. Asked whether she ever surprised anyone with her strength, Amber recalls, “I will never forget when I asked some guys at the gym if they would help me get 50lbs dumbbells up for shoulder presses. They were pretty impressed. They’d never seen a girl (5’3″, 120lbs at the time) put up that kind of weight.”

In closing, Amber tips her hat to family and friends who have been behind her the whole way. “I’d love to give a shout out to my folks, Jim and Leah Jacobs! Some of my best friends Karen Ng, Gazalle Zontolyon, Jenny Leak, April LeBarbeque and Gretchen White. All my gym rat friends (there are so many of you), Construction Zone and Save Fitness teams.”
More of Amber coming soon on the studio. Meanwhile, here’s hoping her recovery is an extra speedy one. You can bet she has the tenacity and passion to be back in the spotlight soon but until then, the figure stage will be a little darker without her sunny and adorable smile lighting the way.

The 2011 IFBB Arnold Classic

The 2011 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International ran from March 3rd to the 6th and we had the first major winners in IFBB Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini this year.
Of course the event is named after Arnold Schwarzenegger, and it rivals the Mr. Olympia contest in popularity.
So the winners here are the big names (or will be the big names) this coming year.

Ms. International

 

The Ms. International is the female bodybuilding segment of the Arnold Classic and has been around since 1986.
This year's winner is Iris Kyle.
This is the sixth time Iris has won.
1. Iris Kyle
2. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
3. Alina Popa
4. Debi Laszewski
5. Betty Adkins
6. Cathy LeFrancois
7. Jeannie Paparone
8. Tina Chandler
9. Dayana Cadeau
10. Maria Rita Bello
11. Mari Carmen Gomez Segura
12. Antoinette Thompson
13. Sarah Hayes

Photo Credit Bodybuilding.com

The Figure International

 

The Figure International is the women's figure competition and has been around since 2003.
For the second year in a row, the winner was five foot seven, 144 pound Nicole Wilkins-Lee.
1. Nicole Wilkins-Lee
2. Erin Stern
3. Ava Cowan
4. Felicia Romero
5. Cheryl Brown
6. Courtney West
7. Teresa Anthony
8. Candice Keene
9. Latisha Wilder
10. Jennifer Gates
11. Larissa Reis
12. Rosa-Maria Romero
13. Chelsey Morgenstern
14. Alicia Harris
15. Monica Specking
16. Natália Revajova Lenartova

Photo Credit Bodybuilding.com

The Fitness International

 

The Fitness International is the women's fitness competition and has been around since 1997.
This year, the winner is Adela Garcia.
This is the sixth Arnold Classic appearance for Adela, and the fourth year she has won.
1. Adela Garcia
2. Tanji Johnson
3. Trish Warren
4. Camala Rodriguez
5. Myriam Capes
6. Bethany Wagner
7. Regiane Da Silva
8. Oksana Grishina
9. Tina Durkin
10. Nicole Duncan
11. Erin Riley
12. Daniela OMara
13. Allison Ethier

Photo Credit Bodybuilding.com

IFBB Bikini Pro

 

This is the second year for the IFBB Bikini Pro.
And this years winner is 20 year old Nicole Nagrani from Daytona Beach, Florida.
1. Nicole Nagrani
2. Sonia Gonzales
3. Nathalia Melo Moreira
4. Jessica Putnam
5. Jaime Baird
6. Amanda Latona
7. Alison Rosen
8. Dina Al-Sabah
9. Jelena Abbou
10. Jennifer Andrews
11. Jessica Clay
12. Justine Munro
13. Missy Coles
14. Noemi Olah
15. Shelsea Montes
16. Willeke Davis

Maegan Swain Switching From Figure to Physique

Maegan Swain

The recent Tournament of Champions show is primarily a setting for pro competitors making a final push for the Olympia; meanwhile, the NPC classes are a showcase for tomorrow’s stars. One such competitor who graced the California stage is 27-year-old figure newbie Maegan Swain out of Sacramento, who placed second in her figure class and then took time out to pose her striking contest shape frame for our cameras outside by the pool. Photos and videos are up now.
Maegan’s looks and physique are somewhat reminiscent of Danielle Rouleau and feature a similarly outstanding lower body with tremendous quad size and sweep. Maegan’s abs, arms and capped shoulders are quite impressive as well. No surprise hearing she’s poised to crossover into the physique ranks soon and is worth keeping an eye on.

Figure Competitor Kelly Grossman Coming Soon

Kelly Grossman

Back to back top ten finishes this year for striking Kelly Grossman on the national stage, first at Junior Nationals and later at North Americans. Here’s a sneak peak at the 26-year-old brunette figure girl from Arizona with more pictures to come likely in the next update or so.

2011 IFBB MuscleContest Pro Bikini Championship

In my last Lens I did a write up on the 2011 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International and Figure International.
That contest incorporated all the IFBB categories, Bodybuilding, Figure, Fitness and Bikini.
On March 26th, 2011 in Culver City, California, they held the IFBB MuscleContest 2011 Pro Bikini Championship.
That contest was held at the NPC Musclecontest Bodybuilding, Figure, Men's Physique and Bikini Championships contest and it's the second year this event has been held.
Last year, Sonia Gonzales took first place, followed by Monique (Minton) Ricardo, Amanda Latona, Stacey (Oster)Thompson, Natalie Pennington, Alea Suarez, Dianna Dahlgren, Michelle Gullett, Sherlyn Roy and Leigh Lingham in the first ten spots.
This year, the field was almost entirely different.
But the winner was someone you should all know.
(At least if your read my Lenses).

1. Amanda Latona

 

Yes, the five foot five, 120 pound fitness beauty from Las Vegas, Nevada won hands down.
This is Amanda's fifteenth 1st place win and her fourth since turning Pro.
Last year Amanda came in 3rd.

2. Dina Al-Sabah

Coming in at number two is a lady that could almost be considered a fitness legend.
Dina Ali Fahad Al-Salim Al-Sabah has been competing since 1999 and was the first female Arab athlete to get an IFBB Pro card.
At 37 years of age, she is still going strong and defeating women half her age on the stage.
Dina didn't place last year.

3. Abigail Burrows

This is the first Pro competition for the lovely Abbie Burrows from Denver, Colorado, and she came in third.
Looking at her, I expect we will see a lot more of Abigail, and maybe some 1st place finishes.

4. Zhanna Rotar

Number four is Zhanna Rotar from Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
When she was sixteen, Zhanna immigrated to the U.S. with her family.
She has been competing since 2005 and last year, Zhanna placed 12th.

5. Anca Marcus

Female Fitness Models and Female Fitness Competitors

Oksana Grishina

Oksana Grishina

Russian superstar Oksana Grishina was born in Kaliningrad, Russia.
This five foot three, 116 pound IFBB Pro Fitness competitor started her professional career while she was working in a fitness club as a personal trainer.

Oksana's Contest History:
2007 IFBB Europa Super Show
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
2009 IFBB Arnold Classic - 9th place
2010 IFBB Arnold Sports Festival
2010 IFBB Olympia - 5th place
2010 IFBB Arnold Classic, Ms. International, Fitness International & Figure International - 5th place
2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 4th place

Karen Konyha

Karen Konyha

IFBB Fitness Professional Karen Konyha was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
This five foot three, 118 pound beauty is of Hungarian, Italian, Romanian and German descent.
Karen has appeared in Muscle and Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, Muscular Development, MuscleMag, IronMan, Flex, Womens Physique World, and Planet Muscle among many other magazines.

Contest History:
1999 IFBB Arnold Classic And Intermationals - 14th place
1999 IFBB Womens World Pro - 7th place
1999 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro - 14th place
1999 IFBB Mid-West Pro Fitness - 5th place
2000 IFBB Rimini Pro Fitness - 7th place
2000 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro - 17th place
2000 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Fitness - 18th place

Stacey Thompson

Stacey Oster

This five foot four, 117 pound, blonde haired brown eyed beauty is IFBB Bikini Pro Stacey (Oster) Thompson from Houston, Texas.
Besides competing, Stacy runs her own fitness consulting and personal training business.
I think she may be her best advertisement.

Contest History:
2009 NPC Contra Costa Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Championships - 1st place
2009 NPC Contra Costa Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Championships- 1st place
2009 NPC Jr. USA Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships - 1st place and got her IFBB Bikini Pro Card
2010 IFBB Jacksonville Pro - 5th place
2010 IFBB MuscleContest Pro Bikini - 4th place 

Julie Ann Kulla

Julie Ann Kulla

IFBB Pro Julie Ann Kulla is from New Ulm Minnesota.
You know, to be a small town (13,594) New Ulm has produced an Olympic wrestler (Ali Bernard), a NBA player (Brad Lohaus) and a baseball All-Star game MVP (former Oakland A's catcher, Terry Steinbach).
But back to Julie....
She is a certified fitness trainer, bootcamp instructor, figure model and figure competitor.

She has competed in the :
2005 NPC Northern States Natural - Figure - 2nd place
2005 NPC North Star (Minnesota) - Figure - 3rd place
2006 NPC Minnesota State - Figure:  Short - 1st place
2007 NPC Junior Nationals - Figure:  Class A - 8th place
2008 NPC Gopher State - Figure:  Overall
2008 NPC Junior Nationals - Figure:  Overall Figure:  Class B- 1st place...she got her IFBB Pro Card there.
2008 IFBB Olympia - 12th place
2009 IFBB Kentucky Muscle Pro Figure - 2nd place
2009 IFBB Sacramento - 4th place
2010 IFBB Olympia - 16th place
2010 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions - 9th place

Angela Terlesky

IFBB Figure Pro Angela Terlesky

This is IFBB Figure Pro Angela Terlesky.
Angela was born and raised in Michigan, but now resides in Arizona.
And not only is she an IFBB Professional Figure Competitor and fitness model, but she's also a licensed massage therapist .

Angela has competed in numerous Figure contests, among them:
2005 Flagstaff Class C 3rd Place
2005 NPC Max Muscle Arizona Championships Class D 1st Place
2006 Contra Costa Championships Class C 1st Place
2006 NPC USA Bodybuilding Championships Class D 1st Place
2007 IFBB California Pro Figure Championships 18th Place
2007 IFBB Colorado Pro/Am Classic Bodybuilding And Figure Contest
2008 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championships 13th Place
2008 IFBB Sacramento Pro Figure Grand Prix 12th Place
2009 IFBB New York Pro Figure - 16th Place
2010 IFBB California Pro Figure - 9th Place
2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 6th Place

Michelle Jean-Pierre

Michelle Jean-Pierre

Michelle Jean-Pierre is a fitness competitor from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Not only is she a fitness model and figure competitor, but she's a stunt-performer as well.
She has worked on Scary Movie 4, Masters of Horror, Stargate-SG-1, Whistler, and Aliens in America.

Michelle's Contest History:
2008 WBFF World Championship Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Model - 3rd place
2010 WBFF BC Championships - 7th place

Katelynn Sue Cashin

Katelynn Sue Cashin

Katelynn Sue Cashin is a fitness model, glamor model and bikini model from Hayward California.
She recently competed in the 2009 NPC Excalibur Bodybuilding and Figure Championships where she came in 7th.

Caitlyn J Bellamy

Caitlyn J Bellamy

Caitlyn J Bellamy is a personal trainer, fitness model, wife and mother from Fort St. John, BC Canada.
She is married to 2009 INBF Canada Mr. Fitness Kaleb Bellamy, who is also from Fort St. John.
Caitlyn has one of the more unique "how I became a fitness model" stories.
She went to a regional bodybuilder show in Canada to watch her 48 year old mother compete in her first figure competition.
Caitlyn was living a bad lifestyle at the time, eating badly and smoking, but due to that inspiration, she hired a personal fitness instructor, started eating good and after a year of training, entered her first figure show in 2008.

Female Fitness Models and Female Fitness Competitors 3

Dana Hamm
Exotic fitness beauty Dana Hamm has appeared in fitness magazines like Muscle Mag, Planet Muscle and Muscular Development.
Dana was born in my home state of North Carolina (Sanford), on August 31st, 1979.
Her very first fitness gig was modeling for the cover of MuscleMag International.
She differs from a lot of the other fitness models out there because of her full figure, and her killer eyes.

Ava Cowan
Ava Cowan is a fitness model, bikini model and certified personal trainer based in South Florida.
Besides doing fitness modeling, Ava has been in a few figure competitions as well.
She won the Overall Figure title at the 2005 NPC Southern States Figure Championships. She won the advanced division at the 2007 FAME North American Championships.
At the 2007 Figure America, she won short class and Overall.
Then at the 2009 Figure Universe, she won Overall Champion.
And Ava is one of these models that can go from soft and curvy, to ripped and hard in a heartbeat.

Cori Nadine
The beautiful Cori Nadine has been a fitness model since the 90s.
I think I remember reading that she had actually done a few amateur female fitness competitions before becoming a fitness model, but that career never took off.
She was born on June 11th, 1969 in Pasadena, California and she owes her exotic looks to her Filipino, Irish, and Navajo Indian heritage.

Mary Castro
Another one of my favorites because she is a really nice person.
You see, I have a friend on MySpace, a little boy with cancer. I sent an appeal out to all my friends to add this brave little guy, and Mary was one of the first that responded. She may have actually been the first.
So to me that proves this lady is beautiful inside and out.
Mary was born on April 14th, 1981 in West Covina, California.
Besides fitness modeling, Mary has also done a lot of TV and movie work.

Pauline Nordin
Another fitness beauty I like so much that I did a Hub about her.
Pauline has that exotic look, plus an incredibly hard ripped body.
She was born on July 23rd, 1982 in Ystad, Sweden.
She started training in 1999, and started competing in 2002.
Here are a few of the contests she has been in....the 2006 IFBB San Francisco Pro, the 2006 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, the 2006 IFBB California Pro Figure, the
2006 IFBB Europa Super Show, the 2007 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure Championships, the 2007 IFBB California Pro Figure Championships and the 2007 IFBB Colorado Pro/Am Classic Bodybuilding And Figure Contest.

Amrit Dhaliwal
This beautiful lady is the first Indian fitness model I remember seeing.
Her name is Amrit Dhaliwal and she has a lot of nicknames...."The Canadian Corporate Chic", "Punjabi Femme Fatale", "India’s First Fitness Bikini Model", "Canada’s Best Import" and I think she lives up to them all.
And there is a rumor that the lovely Amrit may have her sites set on Bollywood.

Dina al Sabah
Again, another lady I did a Hub on, Dina has suffered through a lot of prejudice to get to where she is today.
Dina was born February 28th, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon and is related to royalty. Her grandfather was the son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah who was the ruler of Kuwaiti from 1917 to 1921.
She has first place wins at the 2001 NPC Monica Brant Fitness Classic, the 2001 NPC Jan Tana Figure, the 2002 NPC Debbie Kruck Figure Classic, the 2002 NPC NorthEast Figure Classic and the 2003 IFBB Jan Tana Pro Figure and you can add to that finishing in many, many more.
And Dina isn't just gorgeous, she holds degrees in electrical engineering, telecommunications and computers, and an MBA.
Plus she can speak English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.

Christina Lindley
Actress and Fitness model Christina Lindley was born on September 18, 1983, Atlanta, Georgia.
At one time, Christina was so popular in fitness magazines, she had a twenty five page layout in Muscular Development magazine!
Besides being a model, she has appeared in several movies and TV shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm", The Marine (with John Cena) and "Entourage".

Dana Hamm

Ava Cowan

Cori Nadine

Mary Castro

Pauline Nordin

Amrit Dhaliwal

Dina al Sabah

Christina Lindley

Figure competitor: Melanie Cheang

Figure competitor, Full-time Student and Personal Trainer, Melanie Cheang was born in Singapore.
Melanie currently lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
She stands 5’5 ½ and weighs in at 124 lbs for contests.
She came in second in Figure Medium-Tall catagory at the at the Canadian Championships in 2007.
And Melanie came in third at the 2008 Canadian Championships in the Figure Medium-Tall division.

South Korean Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji

South Korean female Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji.
Not a lot of info on this young lady, but I expect to see great things out of her.
In 2007 she took first place at the Asian Championships in Women's Bodybuilding 58kg class (That's about 127 lbs. for the metrically challenged like me).

Fitness Model: Mai Tran

Mai Tran is a Fitness model, Bikini model and Import Car model.
This 5'1, 96 pound (yes that's right...96 pounds!) Vietnamese (she was born in the US, but both her parents are Vietnamese) beauty is very popular on the internet.
And rightly so.
She has been in fitness magazines such as MuscleMag, Oxygen, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development and Flex.
And this is a "hat-trick" for Mai.

Female Fitness Competitor

Female Fitness Competitor Lyen Wong

Yeah I know I have done entries on Lyen Wong twice before, but who's counting besides me?
This lovely fitness competitor and personal trainer is worth more than one look.
And besides, it gives me a chance to do a better rundown of her contest history:

2005
1st place Miss Fitness, regional West German championships NAC, Rheinbach/Germany
2nd place Miss Fitness, German championships NAC, Schwerin/Germany
1st place Miss Fitness, Festival del Fitness, Rimini/Italy
1st place Miss Fitness, Fitness World Contest, Graz/Austria
1st place Miss Fitness, Intl. German championships NAC, Rheinbach/Germany
1st place Miss Fitness, Intl. German championships NAC, Salzgitter/Germany
1st place Miss Universe Shape N.A.B.B.A. Intl. Inc. Aachen/Germany

2006
1st place Miss Fitness, NAC German championships, Korntal/Germany
3rd place N.A.B.B.A. Intl. Inc. world championships, Benidorm/Spain, Fitness Shape category

2007
3rd place Miss Sexy Bikini at Mr. Olympia, Las Vegas/USA
2nd place Miss Fitness, Intl. German championships NAC, Ludwigsfelde/Germany
2nd place Miss Universe Fitness, NAC International, Hamburg/Germany

She took a break in 2008, only showing up at the FIBO 2008 trade show.
But her website promises that she will be back in competition in 2009

Women fitness Model

Muscle Fitness Women A

Muscle Fitness Women B

Muscle Fitness Women C

Asian Fitness Model Liz Yu.

The really sad thing about Liz is that all I have is a name and a picture.
And possibly that this is the same Elizabeth Yu that competed at the 2006 Emerald Cup Figure, Fitness and Bodybuilding Championships.
If that is the same lady, then she also competed at the 2006 Alberta Figure Championships.
But I had to post this entry.