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Gender Benders
"Gender Benders" is the twelfth episode of ''Taboo'' third season, which aired on October 18, 2004. It is the 36th episode to be broadcast. Female bodybuilding 2003 Ms. Olympia The segment begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, at the 2003 Ms. Olympia. Six individuals comment on female bodybuilders, all expressing negative attitudes towards the muscularity of the women. Dr. William Leap commented that female bodybuilding challenges the social norms that women are delicate and docile. Betty Pariso Betty Pariso of Dallas, Texas, seen competing at the gym, has a goal of winning the Ms. Olympia competition. In her younger days, Betty saw herself as what she called a "stick". She spent 18 years building up her body. She felt bad about herself because she felt she was too thin, so she started lifting weights and felt power, strong, and gave her a lot of self-confidence. Rosemary Jennings In New York City, New York, Rosemary Jennings is also at the gym, readying herself for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taboo (2002 TV Series)
''Taboo'' is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is an educational look into "taboo" rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and/or illegal in others. Each hour-long episode details a specific topic, such as marriage or initiation rituals, and explores how such topics are viewed throughout the world. ''Taboo'' generally focuses on the most misunderstood, despised, or disagreed-upon activities, jobs, and roles. Episodes National Geographic TV producers did not produce ''Taboo'' in seasons of fixed episode counts, thus the number of episodes in each production batch varies wildly. The production order does not necessarily match the order episodes were arranged into for DVD "season" boxsets. In total, 118 episodes have aired. Season 1 # "Food" - Sep. 30, 2002 # "Healers" - Oct. 7, 2002 # "Tattoo" - Oct. 14, 2002 # " Voodoo" - Oct. 21, 2002 # "Witchcraft" - Oct. 28, 2002 # "Marriage" - Nov. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Marvin
Carolyn Marvin is a professor and author that specializes in communication, culture and media, political communication, and technology and society. Marvin is currently the Frances Yates Emeritus Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. Marvin is the author of two major publications, ''When Old Technologies Were New'' and ''Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag''. Research and reviews Marvin published ''When Old Technologies Were New'' in 1988. The book discusses topics such as communications, media, and the history of telecommunications as Marvin explores how early technologies impacted society, culture, and modern day communications. The book did receive some critiques from academic sources. Richard Rudolph from the University of Massachusetts Boston praises Marvin's work overall but notes her use of stories rather than analysis at times as well as his thoughts on what other information co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helle Trevino
Helle Trevino ( née Nielsen) is a Danish– American professional female bodybuilder and the title winner of the 2017 and the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships. Early life and education Helle Trevino (born Helle Nielsen) was born and raised in rural Sønderborg, Denmark. She grew up on a farm. She majored in English and German in college. After that she continued her way into the fitness industry where she took a number of exams within the nutrition & training field. Bodybuilding career Amateur Trevino was a gymnast from the age of 3 and competed in various other sports, including ballroom dancing, swimming, track and field, shot put, martial arts, horse-riding, boxing, biking, ballet and yoga.. When Trevino was 17 she joined a gym and started training seven days a week. When she started she had weighed and within a year of training she had added . She said on her Web site that she quickly realized she had great genetics for bodybuilding. She later started competing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Viana
Betty Viana-Adkins (born October 9, 1971) is a Venezuelan professional female bodybuilder. Early life and education Betty Viana-Adkins (born Betty Viana) was born in 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela. From 1983 to 1988, she attended high school at Liceo José Manuel Nuñez Ponte in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1993, she graduated from the University Institute of Technology of Venezuela (IUTV) in Caracas, Venezuela. She has a MD in business administration and computer analyst. Bodybuilding career Amateur In 1986, at the age of 15, Betty and her high school best friend started lifting weights and tried to get in shape like a model. She also did jazz dancing, artistic activities, and fitness. Her husband was a trainer in a gym and he helped her compete in regional contests in Venezuela as an amateur. In 1997, she won the Central American Championship and earned her IFBB pro card. Professional In 2002, Betty Viana-Adkins won her first professional competition, the South West Pro Cup in Texas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaxeni Oriquen
Yaxeni Milagros Oriquen-Garcia Perez (born September 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan-American retired professional bodybuilder. Early life Yaxeni Milagros Oriquen (born Yaxeni Milagros Oriquen Perez) was born on September 3, 1966, in Cabimas, Zulia, Venezuela, the youngest of nine children (four brothers and four sisters). She began a career in theater and modeling at an early age and studied theater while in Venezuela. Bodybuilding career Amateur In 1989, Oriquen began dedicating herself to the sport of bodybuilding. She won four amateur contests in 1993, earning her professional card after winning Ibero (Central) American Championships. She then moved to the United States. Professional Her most noteworthy achievement as a professional has been winning the Ms. Olympia title in 2005. She is the most successful Venezuelan bodybuilder ever, by being the only one to win the Ms. Olympia title. She is the winner of five Ms. International titles, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2012. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Kyle
Iris Floyd Kyle (born August 22, 1974) is an African-Indian American professional female bodybuilder. She is currently the most successful female professional bodybuilder ever with seventeen titles including ten overall Ms. Olympia wins (the most Mr. or Ms. Olympia wins of anyone) and seven overall Ms. International wins. In 2013, she was ranked as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List. Early life Iris Floyd Kyle was born on August 22, 1974 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the fifth of six children. Her early athletic endeavors included running cross country, basketball (point guard), softball (shortstop) and volleyball. She was an All-American in basketball, and received a number of athletic scholarship offers. Kyle attended Benton Harbor High School and continued her education at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi, on a basketball scholarship, majoring in business administration and minoring in accounting. Bodybuilding career A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breasts
The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of a primate's torso. Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk to feed infants. Subcutaneous fat covers and envelops a network of ducts that converge on the nipple, and these tissues give the breast its size and shape. At the ends of the ducts are lobules, or clusters of alveoli, where milk is produced and stored in response to hormonal signals. During pregnancy, the breast responds to a complex interaction of hormones, including estrogens, progesterone, and prolactin, that mediate the completion of its development, namely lobuloalveolar maturation, in preparation of lactation and breastfeeding. Humans are the only animals with permanent breasts. At puberty, estrogens, in conjunction with growth hormone, cause permanent breast growth in female humans. This happens only to a mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breast Implant
A breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast. In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can be placed to restore a natural looking breast following a mastectomy, to correct congenital defects and deformities of the chest wall or, cosmetically, to enlarge the appearance of the breast through breast augmentation surgery. Complications of implants may include breast pain, rashes, skin changes, infection, rupture, cosmetic changes to the breasts such as asymmetry and hardness, and a fluid collection around the breast. The most serious complication is a type of lymphoma (cancer of the immune system) known as Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). There are four general types of breast implants, defined by their filler material: saline solution, silicone gel, structured and composite filler. The saline implant has an elastomer silicone shell filled with sterile saline solution during sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Masino
Denise Masino is an American professional female bodybuilder and model. Early life and bodybuilding Born in Brooklyn, New York of Puerto Rican descent, the 5'2" Masino won her pro card by winning the lightweight class at the 1995 NPC Nationals. She competed as a professional through 2007, and was the 2003 Night of Champions winner. Model career Starting from early 1996, Masino was featured in various prominent fitness and bodybuilding magazines. She was a two-time centerfold in ''Flex Power & Sizzle'' and voted the "sexiest bodybuilder alive" by ''Iron Man'' magazine. She was also included in ''Flex''s 1997 Annual Swimsuit issue and in their Fantasy Lingerie issue. In 1997, along with her then-husband and trainer Robert Masino, she founded ''Muscle Elegance'', a magazine that features erotic pictorials of female bodybuilders and where Denise is featured as the main model. The magazine also produces a line of videos and the website Muscle Pinups. Her feature film debut in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenda Murray
Lenda Murray (born February 22, 1962) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion. Early life and education Murray was born in 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Darcelious and Louvelle Murray. She began participating in organized sports at the age of 15. At Henry Ford High School, Murray was both a record-holding sprinter and varsity cheerleader. She went on to attend Western Michigan University, earning a degree in political science and intended to become a lawyer. While at Western Michigan, she continued to cheerlead, and became the second African American to be chosen as the university’s homecoming queen in 1982. After a brief tenure cheerleading for the Michigan Panthers in the now-defunct United States Football League, she worked with the Michigan Panthers for two years and then was invited to try out for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. After she auditioned for the group and made the next-to-last cut, she decided she might need to slenderize her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondrea Gates
Ondrea "Vickie" Victoria Gates (previously Ondrea Victoria Gates-Lewis born September 25, 1962) is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Early life and education Ondrea Victoria Gates was born on September 9, 1962 in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, one of six children (four sisters, one brother). She was the middle child. In 1980, she graduated from Eisenhower High School. From 1982-1984, she attended Oklahoma State University. Bodybuilding career Amateur Vickie competed in athletics and started lifting weights in college. In 1983, she competed in her first competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which she won. She worked her way up through the amateur ranks, eventually earning her pro card in 1993 by winning the middleweight class at the NPC Nationals. Professional Vickie's long string of high placings as a professional includes three consecutive Ms. International titles from 1999 to 2001. Those same years, she would also finish second at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testosterone
Testosterone is the primary sex hormone and anabolic steroid in males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as testes and prostate, as well as promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as increased muscle and bone mass, and the growth of body hair. In addition, testosterone in both sexes is involved in health and well-being, including moods, behaviour, and in the prevention of osteoporosis. Insufficient levels of testosterone in men may lead to abnormalities including frailty and bone loss. Testosterone is a steroid from the androstane class containing a ketone and a hydroxyl group at positions three and seventeen respectively. It is biosynthesized in several steps from cholesterol and is converted in the liver to inactive metabolites. It exerts its action through binding to and activation of the androgen receptor. In humans and most other vertebrates, testosterone is secreted primarily by the testicles of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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