Figure Girl Ann Titone — Coming Soon!

Since graduating from the regional scene by winning her class in both the Missouri State Ozark Bodybuilding Championship and Caveman Classic last year, Ann Titone, a 32-year-old figure girl out of St. Louis, has been busy introducing herself to the National stage.
In fact, the 5-foot-4, 122-pound chestnut-haired personal trainer and nutrition coach has twirled in [...]

Bringing Their ‘A’ Game

More notes from Nationals weekend… Two foxy figure shorties, Crystal Piercy and Gretchen Imes, made great strides in Atlanta and should carry momentum into 2009.
After missing the top ten earlier this year at Junior Nationals, Crystal looked great and rocketed up the standings to finish sixth in class A. It was an impressive statement from [...]

Jennifer DeJoya Wins Class, Pro Card at Nationals

Your intrepid blogger can’t help feeling like a token purveyor of good fortune today.
Cheerfully touting Jennifer DeJoya‘s vast experience in my last post, I chirped she’d be cool as a cucumber heading into this weekend’s Nationals in Atlanta. Little did I know just how cool.
Jennifer breezily responded by winning her class in Saturday night’s show, [...]

Figure Girl Jennifer DeJoya Looks to Shake Things Up at Nationals

The weather is a little chilly down in the Southeast today, but things are about to heat up considerably as hundreds of competitors and fans gather to kick off the NPC Nationals this weekend in Atlanta. Conversely, at least one figures to stay cool as a cucumber.
Jennifer DeJoya, who turned 40 in October, is a [...]

Sarah Hayes’ New Website

This morning, my bespectacled eagle eyes — paradoxically speaking — came across the great new website of Gopher State bodybuilding dream girl Sarah Hayes. Naturally, the news commands a celebratory pic, so this recent shot of the irresistible brown-eyed beauty from the Olympia expo will suffice…for now!
-Dean

Familiar Faces, New Places

Today we warmly and excitedly welcome back two sublime IFBB pros, Angela Terlesky and Mindi O’Brien, returning to the Studio in all new shoots coming soon.
Angela made it official she’d be back for a sophomore shoot after this delightful snippet from the Olympia expo. She could break hearts with her adorable smile — and maybe [...]

Shannon Trimble’s New Website

New Kriv girl Shannon Trimble now has a home on the web. The former figure competitor turned bodybuilder is currently in off season mode but working hard in the gym for her return to the stage next summer.

Shannon has momentum on her side after finishing the year with an overall win at the Southeastern USA [...]

Bodybuilder Tomoko Kanda — Coming Soon!

The Steel Butterfly is coming in for a landing on the Studio.
Japanese star Tomoko Kanda began weightlifting when a powerlifting friend convincing her to become a workout partner. “That dragged me into serious training on bench press,” she writes on her website.
Today, her achievements after more than 14 years as a bodybuilder have been anything [...]

Jennifer Rish Dances onto Fitness Stage

The stunningly beautiful Jennifer Rish made my heart sing with this news. The Los Angeles area cutie put aside figure heels for athletic shoes, gracing the stage for the first time as a fitness competitor at the Border States Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships last month.
Even though there were only four girls in the entire [...]

Rugby Star Lauren Quinn — Coming Soon!

After sampling a bit of women’s rugby on the omnipresent YouTube, it’s clear that the only thing more important than winning and losing is making sure a medic is on hand for the first fracture or concussion. Also high on the list is staging enough bandages, peroxide and ice packs for the inevitable flood of [...]