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Australian IFBB figure pro Rosa-Maria Romero is set to compete tomorrow at the 2008 IFBB Sacramento Pro in California, USA. Rosa’s last show, the IFBB Tournament of Champions she placed a career and Australia high of 6th, meaning she should be well in the mix to do well at this show. Defending champion Michelle Flake [...]

 
Two time Fitness Olympia champion Jennifer Hendershott is scheduled to tour Australia in March/April 2009; offering her ‘Phat Camps’ in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland. Costs are around $250 per participant for a camp, with Donna Jones’s website saying there are discounts available for group purchases and early payments. The specific dates are as follows:
Melbourne – March 20 – [...]

A photography student contacted us looking for a Melbourne based individual to shoot. He is completing a two year course in Applied Photography at the International College of Creative Arts [ICCP] and is looking for a model to shoot to finalize his end of year portfolio.
The shoot would take place in a professional photography studio in South [...]

A fantastic contest has been started by bodybuilding.com that is open to worldwide participants. Prizes on offer appear to include appearing on an Ironman [USA version] cover, modeling for bodybuilding.com and working their booths, presenting an award onstage at the 2009 Ironman Pro, and trips to both the 2009 Arnold Classic and 2009 Olympia - meaning [...]

Promoted by Paul and Carole Graham, the 2008 NPFC-IFBB Australia National Bodybuilding Championships were held on Oct 19 in Sydney. Melbourne resident Ange Galati captured his 5th IFBB Australia class win, with other class winners including U/65 Tony Sadaati, U/70 Black Keniawan, U/75 Rhommel Pardilanan with Cathy Adams winning the womens bodybuilding.
The U/85 division was won by Sam Pappas, [...]

We have a few photos and the first callouts of all classes from the 2008 Australian IFBB Nationals prejudging. Promoted by Paul and Carole Graham, the NPFC-IFBB Australia Nationals were held on Sat Oct 18 and Sun Oct 19 at the Sharkies Club in Sydney.
There are 11 judges total including Rosa-Marie Romero, Sandra Lee Jose, [...]

Ben Weider, the founder of the IFBB passed away yesterday in Montreal, Canada at 85 years old. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
 
Ben Weider was born in Montreal Feb. 1, 1923, to Jewish Polish immigrants. He and [...]

Ever been so pissed by your placing you wanted to have a massive rage right onstage and smash things? Well this guy did just that and had the misfortune to be caught on video too. Watch below..

An excellent showing from one of Australia’s top natural federation pros Deanne Murphy; who placed 5th in an American WNBF pro show, and then went onto to win her second consecutive WNBF Asia-Pacific overall title.
The 2008 WNBF Pro Natural International Championships were held in Kansas City, USA last month and Deanne placed 5th overall in a field [...]

Update: The IFBB official website has the date for the 2009 New Zealand Pro Show as March 14 - 15 with $20,000 prize money and the top 3 qualifying for the Olympia.
The talk and supposition about there being another IFBB pro show in New Zealand in 2009 appear to be correct although not 100% confirmed. New [...]

As expected, Dexter Jackson easily won the 2008 IFBB Romanian Grand Prix receiving ‘perfect’ scores given in both rounds. Ronny Rockel and Martin Kjellstrom rounded out the top 3 and gained 2009 Olympia qualifications. Combined with his Australia, New Zealand, Arnold and Olympia wins this is Dexter’s fifth win of 2008. Full results, scoresheets and a couple of videos…
Results
1.Dexter [...]

The results of the show are posted already here, and we are just getting the photos and videos of the IFBB Vics show up. Class winners include Sam Pappas, Ange Galati and Sara Picken-Brown. More videos to come this evening including Dennis Wolf posing and interview, Lee Priest Interview, Scott Slaman posing, Sam Pappas posing, Ange [...]