Karen Zaremba

Stay at home Mom, IFBB Bodybuilder, former IFBB Figure Pro and fitness model Karen Zaremba.
Karen was born on January 27, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan.

Contest History:
2003- Michigan Novice Bodybuilding championships- overall
2004- Central States Figure championships- overall
2005- Junior USA's - third place Class A
2005- Junior Nationals- third place class A
2005- NPC National Figure Championships- second place class A, earned IFBB pro card
2007 Europa Super Show - 8th place lightweights

Melissa Dettwiller

Melissa Dettwiller was born on November 12, 1977 in Houma, Louisiana.
She is a female bodybuilder and fitness model.
Melissa actually began her bodybuilding training at the age of 15.
She combines the sleek form of a fitness model, and the size of a bodybuilder which makes her very popular online.

Contest History:
2004 NPC John Shermann Classic (Houston, TX) – 1st Place
2005 NPC Southern Classic (Jackson, MS) – 2nd Place
2005 NPC Jr. Nationals - 2nd Place
2005 NPC Louisiana State Championship - 1st Place
2005 NPC USA Championship - 10th Place
2006 NPC Jr. Nationals - 3rd Place
2006 NPC USA Championship - 7th Place
2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding - New York - 1st place

Dora Trikoupis, National Figure Competitor

Dora Trikoupis is a National Figure Competitor, a Fitness Model and she does online training and nutrition.
She has competed in:

2006-Eastern USA Championships-Figure: Class A (4th place)
2007-Bev Francis Atlantic States Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships-Figure: Class A (10th place)
2008-NPC Mike Francois Classic Bodybuilding and Figure Championships (8th place)
2008-NPC Lehigh Valley Bodybuilding and Figure Contest (3rd place)
2008-NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships (13th place)
2008-NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships (10th place)

Cindy Phillips

Canadian IFBB Professional bodybuilder Cindy Phillips.
She was born on October 31, 1983 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Cindy is currently studying criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Contest History:
2003 Nova Scotia Championship - 2nd (LW)
2004 Canadian Nationals - Junior (under 21) champion
2005 Nova Scotia Championship - 1st (MW & Overall)
2006 Canadian Nationals - 2nd (MW)
2007 Canadian Nationals - 2nd (MW)

Linda Minard

This beautiful young lady is Linda Minard.
She is an actress and fitness model born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Monterey Bay, California.
Now I hope you are sitting down reading this.
Linda is married and the mother of four children!
And she is almost forty!
That should inspire anyone out there!
And talk about active, she has tried her hand at Judo, Karate, tennis, shot-put, discus, triple jump, hurdles, sprint relays, cheerleading, mountain biking, snowboarding, trapeze catches, rock climbing, adventure running, and natural bodybuilding.
Is that enough?

As far as her acting goes, she is in a movie with Steven Seagal called "Driven to Kill" and is working on another film called "The Red Rooster".

She earned her Pro card at the 2008 FAME Canadian Nationals and I'm hoping we see a lot more of this lady up on the stage and the screen.

You can find out a lot more about Linda by visiting her website here:
http://www.lindaminard.com/

Christine Wan, Another Look

Photo: Mark Mason, http://www.ifbbpro.com/

Here's another look at Christine Wan, IFBB Pro,personal trainer and photographer.
In the last entry I only touched on her contest history, but here is an updated list of the Pro events she has taken part in:

2003 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro, 7th place
2004 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 16th place
2004 IFBB California Pro Figure, 17th place
2004 IFBB New York Pro Figure, 17th place
2005 IFBB San Francisco Pro, 9th place
2005 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 12th place
2005 IFBB Atlanta Pro Figure, 8th place
2005 IFBB Europa Super Show, 7th place
2006 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 8th place
2006 IFBB Motor City Pro Figure, 6th place
2006 IFBB Europa Super Show, 8th place
2007 IFBB Arnold Classic, 9th place
2007 IFBB Jan Tana Women's Bodybuilding And Figure Contest, 8th place
2007 IFBB Palm Beach Pro/Am, 10th place
2008 IFBB Jacksonville Pro-Figure / Dexter Jackson Classic, 17th place
2008 IFBB Atlantic City Pro, 1st place
2008 IFBB Kentucky Pro Figure, 10th place

Pauline Nordin

The stunning Pauline Nordin.
Pro Figure athlete, fitness model, actress, Certified Fitness Trainer and journalist, Pauline Nordin was born on July 23, 1982 in Ystad, Sweden.
Pauline has been on the cover, and featured in several magazines, among them Oxygen, BODY, Ironman and Muscle and Fitness.
She is a writer for Bodybuilding.com, and has been sponsored by Better Bodies and Optimum Nutrition Inc.
She and her husband Pavel Ythjall own the fitness and wellness company Conforce.

You can visit her website here:
http://fighterdiet.com/blog/

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).

Japanese Female Bodybuilder, Tomoko Kanda

Tomoko Kanda is a Japanese female bodybuilder.
She was born and raised in Osaka Japan.
Besides being a bodybuilder Tomoko has a Master's degree in management from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama.
She has competed in several bodybuilding competitions.
In 2002, she took first place at All Japan Bodybuilding in the Masters category.
Also in 2002, she took first place in the All Japan Open Bench Press competition in the 56kg weight class.
In 2004, she took first place at the Osaka/Kansai bodybuilding competition and was runner up at the All Japan Bodybuilding competition.

Female Bodybuilder Michelle Jin

Asian-American female bodybuilder Michelle Jin.
Michelle was born in China, but moved to the US when she 18.
She is competing in amateur contests right now, mainly natural bodybuilding.
Other than that, I don't have a lot of info on her.
Then again, her mass and definition speaks for itself.

Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao

Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao (or Cao Xin Li) was born in Mongolia in 1981.
She started practicing Judo at the age of 12, switched to weightlifting at 15, then started bodybuilding training in 1998.

Lili has competed in the 2000 General Assembly Session of the National Sports Competition, the Chinese national Bodybuilding championship, the Asian Bodybuilding Championship, the Chinese national, and Asian bodybuilding championships among others, and has won many of them.
Right now she is training for the Eighth World Games to be held in Taiwan in 2009.

Despite her obvious power, when you watch videos of this lady, she seems..I really hate to say this..but cute.
I know cute isn't a word usually associated with massive bodybuilders, but she seems to have a very open and sweet disposition.

You can check out her website here:
http://www.xinlicao.com/