Katarzyna Kozakiewicz

This is Polish fitness competitor and figure athlete Katarzyna Kozakiewicz.
Katarzyna started out as a horseback rider (I'm assuming competitively) and after fourteen years of doing that, moved into fitness.
She started out in bodybuilding competitions first in 2000 and moved into fitness in 2003.
In fitness competitions, she has had several first place wins including...

1st place, Polish Cup, Ostrow Mazowiecka, 2003
1st place Championship Polish, Bialystok, 2004
1st place Krakow Polish Cup, 2004
1st place Championship Polish, Minsk Mazowiecki, 2005
1st place Championship Polish Open, Zabrze, 2006
1st place Championship Polish, Minsk Mazowiecki, 2006
1st place Championship Polish, Bialystok, 2007
1st place Open Contest in Rypinie, 2007

Aline Oliveira - Fitness Model and Personal Trainer

This beautiful young lady is Brazilian athlete, fitness model and personal trainer, Aline Oliveira, from Rio de Janeiro.

I know I have mentioned "abs of steel" before, but check this out...

Contest History:

IFBB Estreantes Rio 2008 - 2nd Place
Champion South American Bodyfitness IFBB 2009
Brazilian Champion 2009 IFBB
Carioca overall champion IFBB 2009
World Cup (Italy) - 10th place

Here is a video of Aline Oliveira and Mara Blindada working out.


You can find out more about Aline at her Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Aline-Oliveira/100000513734384

Michelle Cagle - Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model

This is professional fitness competitor and fitness model Michelle Cagle.
Like a lot of other fitness women these days, Michelle became involved in fitness after the birth of her child.
She gained weight, didn't like it and decided to do something about it.
Michelle lost the weight she had gained, then went into fitness work outs and general nutrition to bring herself up to a higher level.
She works in being a mom with her workouts, taking stroller walks/jogs, swimming with her child, making sure they both eat right, doing yoga together etc.

Female Fitness Competition:
20009 - Europa, Hot Mom bikini contest - 3rd Place
2009 - NPC Tampa Classic - 2nd Place
2009 - NPC National Bodybuilding, Bikini & Figure Championships - 4th Place
2010 - IFBB Arnold Amateur International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships - 2nd Place

IFBB Figure Pro Jodie Minear

The last time I did an entry on the gorgeous Jodie Minear, she was a fitness model and NPC figure competitor.
Now she is a fitness model and IFBB Figure Pro.
I think Jodie is one of the most beautiful women competing today.
She's the perfect blend of size, symmetry, sultriness, sexiness and I think I just ran out of adjectives that start with a S.

And since the last entry on her, Jodie has been pretty busy in competition....

2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 4th Place
2008 NPC XII Annual Ronnie Coleman Classic Bodybuilding Fitness & Figure - 1st Place
2009 NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships - 1st Place
2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 5th Place
2010 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure & Bikini - 16th Place

Lisa Giesbrecht

This lovely young lady is Lisa Giesbrecht.
Lisa resides in Armstrong, British Columbia and stands 5'8".
Besides competing, she is studying to become a personal trainer.

Contest History:
2009 CBBF Canadian National Bodybuilding Championships - 7th Place
2009 CBBF Canadian National Bodybuilding Championships - 2nd Place

IFBB Bikini Pro - Jaime Baird

Here's an IFBB Bikini Pro that's not your usual fitness competitor.
Jaime Baird is not only gorgeous, but she's also a marketing expert in brand strategy and research.
She has worked for Universal Orlando, Nike, House of Blues, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Kroger.

As far as competition goes....
2008 NPC Southern States Championships - 1st Place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 1st Place

Noemi Olah - Figure Competitor and Fitness Model

This lovely young lady is figure competitor and fitness model Noemi Olah.
She was born on December 26, 1986 in Hungary.
You will most likely be hearing a lot more about Noemi, not just because she is drop dead gorgeous, but because she just took first place at the 2010 IFBB Arnold Amateur International Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships, Medium Bikini.



Of course Noemi is no stranger to the spotlight.
In 2005 she won Miss Hungary 2005 and in 2006 she was first runner up at Miss World Hungary.

Here's a video of Noemi working out posted on YouTube...

Noemi Olah - Figure Competitor and Fitness Model

Top Ten Fitness Beauties

I haven't done a top ten list here on this blog, but I thought I would do one featuring the most viewed female fitness competitors, figure competitors and bodybuilders on this site.
I have to admit that I was kind of happily surprised that most of the ladies that hit the top ten aren't widely known...yet.
I know how hard these ladies work to get in shape and to stay in shape.
They deserve recognition.
So without further ado, here are the top ten women from last month.
Starting with...

Fitness and Figure Competitor and personal trainer from Hungary, Gabriella Bankuti, was by far the most viewed of the fitness beauties on this site.

Coming in second is the sleek and muscled Melissa Merritt from Austin, Texas.

Third up is fitness babe Shonda Lee from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Our fourth lady is the breath-taking NPC figure competitor, Jodie Minear.

Fitness model and personal trainer Mary Jarmolowich came in fifth.

Professional Fitness Model and NPC National Figure Competitor Kavvy Sonhos came in at number six.

Number seven is the incredibly ripped Catherine Holland (Catherine Boshuizen). She's a IFBB Pro Figure Competitor, a fitness model and personal trainer.

Coming in at number eight is beautiful Finnish fitness competitor, flight attendant and aerobics instructor, Minna Pajulahti.

National Figure Competitor and Fitness Model Dora Trikoupis comes in at number nine.

And finally rounding out the top ten is the beautiful British Colombian fitness beauty, Lisa Giesbrecht.

Larissa Reis - IFBB Pro Fitness Competitor

This beautiful young lady is Brazilian personal trainer, nutrition consultant, fitness model and IFBB pro figure competitor Larissa Reis.
Larissa was born on May 21st, 1979 in Brasilia, Brazil.
She is five feet, five inches tall and weighs between 132 (contest) and 139 (off-season).
Her hobbies are surfing, skating, long boarding, triathlons, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Here's another one I wonder if we'll see try her hand at MMA....

I couldn't find all of her contest history, but here is what I could find....

Female Fitness Competitions:
IFBB South American championship 20?? - 1st Place
IFBB Brazilian National Champion - 2006
New York Pro - 2009 - 2nd Place
Atlantic City Pro - 2009 - 1st Place
Arnold Classic - 2010 - 6th Place Overall

Here is a video posted by DIYMUSCLE on YouTube of Larissa working out:

Mi-Hee Yu - Korean female bodybuilder

Korean female bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu is very popular on this blog, so here's some more about her.
As I have mentioned before, this 5' 2½", 112-pound all natural bodybuilder got up to 176 pounds after the birth of her daughter and she wanted to lose weight so she took up bodybuilding.



Here are some videos I found of her across the web.

The first one is of her working out...


Watch Mi-Hee Yu training in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

And the next two are a couple of posing routines....


Watch Mi-Hee Yu posing in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Amrit Dhaliwal - Indian Fitness Model

Okay, I know this one is a little different, but India is technically part of Asia and I don't have a blog called "Indian Fitness Women" so here is the first Indian fitness model I remember seeing, Amrit Dhaliwal.
Amrit has a lot of nicknames..."The Canadian Corporate Chic", "Punjabi Femme Fatale", "India’s First Fitness Bikini Model" and "Canada’s Best Import".
Again...what are they putting in the water in Canada?
Besides basically doing it all, there's a rumor that the lovely Amrit maybe looking at a Bollywood career.
(Actually I keep seeing her listed as a Bollywood actress, but I can't find any films she has appeared in. Anyone out there have any information on that?)

Here is a video about her posted by NDTV on YouTube:



You can follow Amrit on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/Amrit_Dhaliwal

Or Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Amrit-Dhaliwal/647990050



Amrit Dhaliwal - Indian Fitness Model, posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/ on October 30th, 2009

Yvonne Bates - Personal Trainer and Fitness Model

It's been awhile (January actually) since I did anything on the beautiful Yvonne Bates.
So here's another couple of pictures of this lovely Cambodian personal trainer, female fitness competitor and fitness model.
In these, you get some idea of her amazing abs.



Contest History:

2003 - Short Division, Gold Classic in Kansas City. 1st place, Short Division, NPC in Kansas City. 3rd place, Pro Division, WNBF World Championship in New York - 1st place
2004 - Natural American Classic in Austin, TX. 1st place,
2004 - WNBF Northeast Classic in Worcester, MA. 1st place,
2004 - Natural Caribbean Grand Prix in the Grand Cayman Islands, 2nd place,
2004 - WNBF World Championship in New York City.
2005 - WNBF Pro Natural International and 7th place at the WNBF Pro Natural Northeast Figure Championships, 2nd place
2006 - WNBF Pro Natural Caribbean Figure Championships, 2nd place
2007- WNBF Bluffs Classic Figure Championships and 4th place
2007 - Ms/Mr. International Kansas City Golds Classic


Like I said in an earlier post, you can find out more about Yvonne at her website:
http://www.yvonnebates.com/


Yvonne Bates, posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/, on Sept 22nd, 2009

Asian Women Wrestlers

If you check out my profile you will see that I do a lot of fitness blogs and wrestling blogs.
Now I know that pro wrestling is scripted, but you take a lot of abuse in and outside of the squared circle. And to do that day in and day out, you have to be in shape.
So I thought today I would combine by love or wrestling and my love of fitness and profile some of today's asian women wrestlers that have made an impact on the industry.
Starting out with....



Gail Kim
Gail has wrestled for the WWE, TNA and some Indy promotions before that.
Gail was always athletic and before wrestling she was into basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, and badminton.
She also studied kinesiology at the University of Toronto, and nutrition at Ryerson University.



Lena Yada
Another young lady that worked for the WWE is the lovely Lena Yada.
Before the WWE, Lena was the first runner-up in the 2002 Ms. Venus Swimwear International pageant, Miss Hawaiian Tropic Japan and she competed in the quarter finals of the 2007 World Title of Tandem Surfing.



Angela Fong
Angela Fong currently works for the WWE using the ring name "Savannah".
Although Angela is currently working as an interviewer, she has made great progress with her wrestling skills.



Ayako Hamada
Now know as simply "Hamada" in TNA, Ayako is the daughter of the legendary Gran Hamada.
Hamada may look a bit out of shape now, but this young lady has been wrestling since her debut in 1998.
And most of that time was in Japan and Mexico, and if you know anything about Lucha Libre or Joshi, you know wrestling is a LOT tougher there.



Su Yung
Independent female wrestler Su Yung is making quite a name for herself in Memphis Ladies Wrestling where she is the MLW Champion and 2008 Rookie of the Year.



Sumie Sakai
Sumie is another Indy wrestler that has been around quite awhile and really paid her dues.
She debuted in 1997, and is not only a pro wrestler, but an MMA fighter as well.
Before wrestling, Sumie was into Judo.



Jade Chung
Another Indy wrestler, Jade started out as a valet, but made her way into the ring.
She has worked for Border City Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, the National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.


posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/, Sept 10th,2009

More Jung Dayeon

Everybody seems to like Asian fitness model and fitness trainer Jung Da-yeon, so here is another picture of her.
Did I mention in the last entry about her that she was born on November 27th 1966?
And also that before these pics, she had given birth to two children?

If you want to find out more about her, visit her website here:
http://www.jungdayeon.com/
Be warned though, it's in Japanese and Korean.

posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/, August 11th, 2009

Monique Minton in Flex Magazine

So I was in Barnes and Noble yesterday and I was looking at the magazines and my eyes landed on this month's Flex Magazine.
And look who is on the cover!
Yes, right there on the right hand side of the cover is our very own Monique Minton.
Okay, she's not "our" very own, but I have done write ups on her here and on my other fitness blogs.
This is the second time the beautiful Monique has appeared on the cover of Flex that I know of.

Flex has also put up some of their videos from the making of their swimsuit issue here.
http://www.flexonline.com/news/742

Monique Minton

This beautiful young lady is female fitness model and female figure competitor Monique Minton.
I did a write up on this lovely half filipinia, half polish model over at one of my other fitness blogs, but I wanted to include her here as well.
She's the cover girl for the 2009 March-April Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine, and she racked up an impressive list of contests finishes in 2008.
1st place at the The 2008 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 3rd place at the The 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 4th place at the 2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 5th place at the 2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships and 1st place at the 2007 NPC Gateway Classic.
"Stunning" seems to be the term a lot of people apply to this competitor, and with good reason.
"Momo" has a website in the works, but at the time of this entry, it's not up yet.
But here's the link in case you'd like to bookmark it and check back....
http://www.momofitness.com/

Monique Minton

Gorgeous female fitness model and female figure competitor Monique Minton.
This beautiful young lady is half filipinia and half polish.
She has been selected as the cover model for the 2009 March-April Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine.

Monique has competed in:
The 2008 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 1st place
The 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 3rd place
The 2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 4th place
2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 5th place

I think we'll be seeing a lot more of Monique.

NPC Figure Athlete Huong Vo

Huong Vo is a NPC figure athlete.
I couldn't find a lot of info on her other than the competitions that's shes been in......
2005 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure 13th place, 2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest
16th place, 2007 NPC Junior California Bodybuilding and Figure Contest 2nd place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 1st place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 2nd place, 2007 NPC USA Bodybuilding And Figure Championships didn't place and the 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships 16th place.

Elaine Kwon, Superwoman

You know I joke sometimes about how a lot of these models have long resumes.
Well this one is long and it isn't a joke.
This lady may be an evolutionary jump in the human race.
Elaine Kwon is a......
Five-time US National Tae Kwon Do Champion. (She now studies Shaolin Kung Fu at the USA Shaolin Temple in New York. I guess Tae Kwon Do got too easy for her?)
Fitness model for Nike Asia and Bodybow
Fashion Model, (Vogue, Elle, InStyle, Ahead magazines)
Concert Pianist, she debuted with the Washington-Idaho Symphony at the age of 15!
MIT Professor, she has her Doctorate of Musical Arts with highest honors from Boston University.
TV host of ImaginAsian TV.
I full expected to see part time crime fighter listed there.
If you don't believe me, you can check out her website for full details.
http://www.elainekwon.com/
It's okay, go ahead and look. Trust me, if I were just reading this I wouldn't believe it either!
I wonder if Doc Savage ever had a kid......?

Ms.Fitness USA of 2008: Tiffany Yee

This beautiful lady is of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese descent.
She is a former Denver Broncos Cheerleader and Featured Dancer on the Soul Train Television show.
Tiffany has competed in several fitness competions (I'm saving the best for last), she was 1st Runner Up at the 2002 Ms. Physique California, 2002 Fitness Northern California Champion, 2002 and 2003 Ms. Fitness Rocky Mountain Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Short Class Figure Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Fitness Champion, 4th Runner Up at the 2003 Ms. Fitness USA, 9th place at the 2004 Ms. Fitness World and 1st Runner Up at the 2004 Ms. Fitness USA.
And now, six years after her first big win, Tiffany Yee is Ms.Fitness USA of 2008!
You can see and read more about Tiffany here:
http://www.tiffanyyeefitness.com/