Fitness Models Figure and Fitness Competitors
As one of the top Hot and Fit 100 in Canada (per Inside Fitness Magazine in 2009), Andrea Smith probably deserves one of our profile posts here. She competes in the WBFF in the bikini and fitness division. She is a student at the University of Manitoba.
Andrea was a swimmer growing up, but got hooked on fitness when she met Michele Jean-Pierre. Hey… wait a sec, it’s another lady we need to profile! more Andrea
It’s pretty ridiculous that we haven’t posted anything on totally-fab Marzia Prince since 2007.
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She is pretty much a phenom. She’s everywhere. I think her tidal wave is taking over the fitness chick industry. She recently placed 2nd in a bikini contest at the club Rehab in Vegas. I’m sort of eager to see who placed 1st. The angels must have sung when the winner twirled on stage.
Carissa Monroe is a 25 year old from Colorado Springs Colorado. She is a figure competitor, certified personal trainer, and fitness model. She’s a small gal at 5’2″ tall and only 98 lbs. She’s very trim and fit. Hey, dynamite comes in small packages, right? I would be interested in finding out more about her athletic background, and hopefully we’ll update when we hear how she does in her first competition.
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Have you heard the saying “there are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots”? This is unfortunately applicable to many boxers and mixed martial artists. You can find a few good looking (male and female) fighters, but the industry is kind of rough on the body and the face, so eventually that takes a toll on beauty. Twenty-five year old Brittany Staples to a certain extent is trying to defy the odds when it comes to this adage. From Boston Massachusetts, Brittany is a NPC Figure Competitor who also happens to be a popular fitness model and a golden gloves boxer.
Brittany is 5’3″ tall and about 115 lbs. What she lacks in size she makes up for in speed, power, and beauty. She placed 16th in the 2010 Team Universe, 9th in the 2010 Jr National Championships, and 4th in the 2009 Eastern USA Championships. more Brittany Staples
Dayna Maleton lives in New Jersey and competes in NPC Bikini events. She entered her first contest after dieting for only 3 weeks. She got away with this because she lives a very healthy lifestyle, with a strict diet and plenty of exercise and activity. Dayna ended up winning her 2nd contest and earning her pro card. She used to be a high school track star, which helps explain some of her muscularity. Dayna has worked as a makeup artist before, and hopes to land a few fitness magazine covers as an up-and-coming fitness model.
Dayna has a wonderful, polished look. She is close to being able to compete in figure with the quantity and quality of muscle she has. I think she’ll go far in any division!
Tracy started out in real estate, but it didn’t take her long to set out on her own as a fitness model. She could be a professional gamer – she claims she can whup just about anybody’s hiney in various video games. She definitely capitalizes on her looks, earning extra cashola balancing beer and swinging wings in everybody’s favorite family restaurant (Hooters). When asked why somebody with legs as hot and perfect as hers has to wear those hideous hose to be a server there, Tracy just laughs it off and says some guys dig it.
Tracy is very down to earth and silly. One minute she’s bouncing around like a gazelle, the next minute she’s puckering her face up into a weird look and telling a joke. She says she watches what she eats, but isn’t terribly strict and lacks the discipline she sees in many fitness models when it comes to regular workouts. Obviously, her body doesn’t give any hint of this, but we can blame some phenomenal genetics. A dedicated Tracy would probably take the competitive fitness industry by storm.
Zivile Raudoniene currently lives in New York, but she is originally from Lithuania. She is 5’5″ tall, weighs about 125 lbs, and was the 2009 Arnold Classic Miss Figure International Champion. She is of course a pro. Zivile has a very European look, and exploits that well as a fitness model and wrestler for the WWE.
She started out as a personal trainer, but after winning a few contests and more than a little notoriety, she landed the gig as a wrestler in Florida.
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Jessica Ziegler is an amateur bodybuilder out of Buffalo New York. She is 5’8″ tall and weighs 150lbs. She started training in earnest after going to college and pretty much “retiring” from anything more active than drinking beer and partying. She hired a personal trainer and started following a very disciplined diet and workout regimen.
Jessica says she hopes to eventually earn her pro card and end up on a few magazine covers. Those arms and those abs may me think she has the stuff to go all the way.
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Many of the figure and fitness competitors started out in dance or gymnastics. Laurie Vaniman was one of the dance gals. Once she entered college, she ended up falling in love with weightlifting. On a lark, she entered a competition in 1996 where she placed 2nd, and at that point she was compelled to compete. Her story is an interesting one, because it spans two segments, practically two careers.
She managed to earn her pro card in 1998, and was going like gangbusters until she was devastated by an infection and subsequent medical problems. She came back in the Pittsburgh Pro Fitness competition in 2001 earning 9th place.
Laurie is 37, stands 5’5″ tall, and weighs about 125 lbs. Laurie has that mega-watt model’s smile that makes many other fitness models long for more talent.
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