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Photos: Four New IFBB Bikini Pros
The 2009 NPC Jr. National Championships was held June 19-20 in Chicago, USA. Four IFBB pro cards in the Bikini class were awarded, bringing the total of IFBB Bikini Pros to six. The new Bikini Pros are Marzia Prince, Sonya Vecchiarelli, Janet Harding and Jennifer Celeste, with Marzia an established fitness model winning the [...]
17 Year Old Victoria Larvie Wins IFBB Pro Card
Teenager Victoria Larvie has become the youngest IFBB professional in history after winning her pro card today at the 2009 NPC Jr Nationals in Chicago, USA. Victoria won the short class in the fitness division which qualified her for IFBB pro status. Victoria first competed in a fitness contest in 2004 at age 12 and [...]
New Zealand’s Jo Stewart Awarded IFBB Pro Card
New Zealand’s top female bodybuilder Joanne Stewart is the newest IFBB pro from the southern hemisphere. The former New Zealand National Champion, 2008 Arnold Classic lightweight champion and IFBB Masters World Champion has been a dominant force on the international amateur bodybuilding scene for years. The announcement that Jo would be awarded pro status was [...]
First IFBB Bikini Pros Pics: Shelsea Montes & Stacey Oster
With the first ever pro cards in the IFBB Bikini [sportsmodel] division awarded on May 23 at the 2009 NPC JR USA Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships in South Carolina, USA, Shelsea Montes and Stacey Oster are now the first ever IFBB bikini pros. The bikini division is controversial one, with many discussions taking [...]
2008 New IFBB Pros: Mens Bodybuilding
We have compiled names, photos and a touch of information on the new male IFBB pro bodybuilders who were granted pro status throughout 2008. They come from Australia, Britain, Caribbean, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Quatar, United States. The female divisions produced many more pros, so we will have the new female pros of 2008 up [...]
Pro Debut at 2009 Australia IFBB Grand Prix for Grant Pieterse
Grant Pieterse, the newest IFBB pro from New Zealand, is set to make his pro debut at the 2009 IFBB Australian Grand Prix to be held on March 14 in Melbourne. Grant just recently received his pro card in late 2008 from the NZFBB, and at 23 years old is one of the youngest to [...]
2009 IFBB New Zealand Pro Show
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 [...]
30 New IFBB Pros This Weekend From North America
About 30 pro cards were awarded between two shows held in Canada and the USA this past weekend, with bulk being handed out in figure in the Team Universe show [NY]
Canada [CBBF] held it’s national championships this past weekend and awarded about 10 pro cards. Mens IFBB pro cards went to Superheavyweight and overall winner [...]
Possible Gender Roles in IFBB Pro Card Distribution?
As a general comparison, the United States actually gives a significantly higher amount of pro cards per year to females, as do many other nations – as the females have three divisions [figure, fitness, bodybuilding] versus the single bodybuilding for males.
We compared general amounts of Australian IFBB pros, placings of the two most prestigious competitions. [...]
