Nicole Wilkins : Professional Figure Competitor/Fitness

                                                          

Nicole Wilkins was born in February 5, 1984 and raised in the Mid-west. She is an IFBB Pro Fitness/Figure Competitor/FMG Athlete. Her height is 5ft 6in & weight 130 lbs. She did BA in Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention from Oakland University with a focus in Exercise Science. She was a gymnast for about 13 years and had always been interested in health and fitness. Her senior year in high school, she competed at the Arnold Classic in gymnastics and went to watch the fitness finals that evening. She fell in love with the sport and told herself that she would compete one day too. At 18 years old, Nicole competed in a gymnastics event at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio. While there, she saw her first-ever Fitness International contest.

Nicole Wilkins is the first to win five professional figure contests in one season. And also the first to win Overall titles in two divisions at a pro-qualifying event (Team Universe Fitness Overall and Figure National Overall 2007. She was the youngest competitor to win the Figure Olympia (25 in 2009). She was three-time IFBB Figure Olympia champion, tied for most titles in history (2009, 2011, 2013). And three-time Figure International champion (2010-2012). She was the first competitor to reclaim the Figure Olympia title (2011) & only competitor to hold Figure Olympia and Figure International titles in the same calendar year (2011). She is the first competitor to reclaim any Olympia title two times (2013). She is a Personal Trainer, Fitness Model, and Professional Figure Competitor. Also 10-Time cover model. Nicole Wilkins is IFBB Professional Figure Competitor/Fitness model/Personal Trainer. Currently based in Temecula, California, Nicole is also a businesswoman who is involved in many different ventures.

 

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https://nicolewilkins.com

Larissa Reis:International Federation of Bodybuilder's (IFBB) professional figure competitor

Larissa Almeida Reis was born at May 21, 1979 in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. She has a degree in Tourism and Hotel Management. She is a Brazilian International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional figure competitor and owner of a Las Vegas, Nevada restaurant. Height: 5 ft 6 in, Pre-Contest weight: 135 pounds (61 kg) & Off-Season weight: 143 pounds (65 kg). While a college student, Larissa Reis modeled part-time and her body caught the attention of Playboy Brazil; in 2003 she was chosen to be a playmate. Reis were signed by a supplement company. After that and while working with them as a fitness model, she got the desire to compete as a figure athlete. She said: After my very first fitness modeling shoots my photographer asked me what I thought of the pictures. I said HARDCORE 100%.That is how I live my life. Everything I do, I give 100% hardcore effort. I thank my upbringing in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia and my parents for instilling me with the core values of hard work, loyalty and inner strength. 

Larissa Reis was at 1st Place in South American Championship’2005. She was 1st Place in Brazilian Championship & 3rd Place at World Championship, Barcelona in 2006. In 2007 she earned an IFBB pro card at the IFBB World Championships and moved to the United States. And in 2008 she took 10th place at New York Pro. She was the first Brazilian person to ever win a Pro Show in the United States (Atlantic City 2009, pro figure). And she was at 12th place in Olympia'2009. And also she was at 10th place at Olympia in 2010, 2011, 2012. Larissa Reis is certified by The Professional Personal Trainers Association (ProPTA), a for-profit company based in Texas, as a personal trainer. She sells hats, shirts, shakers, autographed posters and other merchandise on her website. She calls her brand “Hardcoreis”. She opened a restaurant, Protein House, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She said: “I am very grateful for the opportunities that being an IFBB pro athlete has afforded me. I have been able to travel the world and have learned about and come to love so many different cultures. I see so much beauty in this world. My mission is to spread the word of world peace and love to everyone. I am also grateful to work with such amazing sponsors and companies. beBRAVO, Nutrex Research, Pro Tan and Suits By Amy.” She now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. She trains at Gold's Gym. Reis describes herself as a "spiritual person," and as a Buddhist.(source:wikipidia)

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Soleivi Hernandez- Is an NPC amateur figure competitor

Soleivi Hernandez was born on September 12th, 1980, in Chalatenango, El Salvador, and was brought to Houston, Texas, at age 3. Her nickname is Sol "Sunshine". And her height is 5’2” with weight (In Season) 114-116 lbs, (Off-Season) 118-120 lbs. She is known to have the best pair of buns in the Figure industry only rivaled by Adela Garcia a professional Fitness Model/competitor. She is an amateur figure competitor recognized by the National Physique Committee (NPC). From 1998 to 2002 she attended the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, where she played Division II softball and soccer. She started weight training at age 22. Soleivi Hernandez began competing in 2006, with the goal of becoming a figure professional. She finished second in her first NPC show, the John Sherman Classic, and followed that up with an overall victory in the 2007 NPC New York Metropolitan. She was Figure Class A - 1st - Overall Champion. Afterward, Hernandez focused on securing her professional card. Her third show was the NPC Team USA Figure Nationals in 2007, where she did not place high enough to receive it. She was Figure Class A - 16th. In 2008 she was NPC Junior Nationals – TBD.

          

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Jamie Eason Middleton is one of the most influential women in the fitness industry

Jamie Middleton (Eason) was born in April 10, 1976. Jamie Eason is an American fitness model and writer and also one of the most recognized faces in the fitness industry, as spokes model for industry giant, Bodybuilding.com. She is currently a full-time spokesperson for Bodybuilding.com and is developing her own line of swimwear. Jamie Eason has a bachelor’s degree in communication and writes a syndicated blog for Lifetime's, "The Balancing Act.” In 2001, graduating from college and while working for her grandfather's roofing company, she tried out for the new Houston Texans cheer leading squad. She was one of 35 girls selected from 1,600 girls in a rigorous two-day process. She said while working towards a degree in speech communication/organization at Texas A&M University, she took a weight training class for a kinesiology credit. It was then that her interest in fitness training began. And after a short time as a Houston Texans cheerleader, she returned to a desk job where her inactive lifestyle and poor nutrition took a toll on her body. A cancer scare motivated her to change. In an attempt to get in shape, she joined a local gym. She continued to work out and improve but wasn't completely satisfied with her results. After consulting a nutritionist, she was put on a proper diet that completely transformed her body. Jamie Eason was first discovered at a fitness competition in Austin, Texas. She received a pro card after her first fitness competition in 2006 at the Hardbody Entertainment Model Search at the Olympia. She married Michael Middleton, a fellow workout enthusiast and Worship Leader, on August 7, 2012 (wikipedia).The couple is currently expecting their first child. She holds several fitness titles, most notably Hardbody Entertainment’s World’s Fittest Model, and has appeared in hundreds of magazine layouts.

                          

             source: http://www.girlswithmuscle.com/ and http://forum.xcitefun.net

Laura Michelle Prestin: One of the Most Beautiful Fitness Model in the World

Laura Michelle Prestin was born in January 29, 1985. Her birth place is on Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is a Fitness model, personal trainer and a business woman. Her nick name is known as Miss Prestin. Miss Prestin is the intelligent and a strong woman in every sense of the word with a perfect body and a highly charged magnetism. Her Height is 5 ft7 in; 170 cm and her Measurements: 35D-23-35 (in). She said that when she was age of 7 she have always been passionate about sports, more so then the modeling. She eats a well balanced diet and don’t believe in cutting out carbs or anything like that. Miss Prestin started modeling when she was 16 years old. She actually started training in the gym in high school but she took more seriously when she was about 21 years old. She said she love to model glamour, lingerie, swimwear, fitness, fashion, and fetish/artistic. She is a full time biology and sociology university student as well a personal trainer and a health, fitness & beauty blogger. She works as a personal trainer and a health, fitness and beauty consultant. She is a WBFF Bikini Pro that has even trained the 2008 Playboy Playmate of the year. She won the first place in the WBFF Diva Bikini Pro Division Quebec Championship. In 2008 Miss Prestin ranked # 4 in the World's Bodybuilding and Fitness Diva Bikini Model Championship. She is a true Canadian superstar, when asked how she stays motivated Miss Prestin said “You develop a relationship with your fans where you become their motivator and in turn they become yours. One of her professional goals is to own a spa or a beauty clinic.

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Kate Austin: Most popular UK bodybuilder

A gym owner and a business woman and also a sponsored athlete from south Wales. She is a competitive bodybuilder and she participates in the Miss Physique class in the UK and overall winner of the Flex Lewis Classic in the USA. She said when she was a child she had an eye for muscle and was completely obsessed with HE-MAN. Kate Austin mother made a 3hr long video of the show for her that the only thing that kept her quiet. When came the Gladiators she always wanted to be the one. Jet was her favorite. When her school was over she joined the gym where she meet Jeff, owner of the gym and thought her how to train and all the correct techniques. She started training when she was just 16 but she didn’t really take it very seriously until she was about to 24. When she was 26, it was her 1st show and she was second, this made her seriously hungry for that 1st place trophy. Bodybuilding is her life now and she is doing it everything. She said “To make my dream of becoming a pro bodybuilder come true, i wana see myself in magazines and holding 1st place prizes…” Now she is a co-owner of the biggest and best equipped Gym in Bridgend.

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http://www.kateaustinbodybuilder.co.uk/ and Facebook.com