This is a list of female professional

bodybuilders Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's muscles (muscle building) by muscle hypertrophy for aesthetic purposes. It is distinct from similar activities such as powerlifting because it focuses ...

. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card.

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* Jennifer Abshire * Heather Armbrust * Lisa Aukland * Rachita Reddy Agumamidi * Rachana Reddy Agumamidi

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Fannie Barrios Fannie Barrios (1964-2005) was a professional female bodybuilder from Venezuela. Biography Fannie Josefina Barrios was born in Caracas, Venezuela on May 30, 1964. She was the Venezuelan champion in 1997 and 1998. She earned her pro card in 19 ...

Christa Bauch Christa Bauch (born December 19, 1947) is a former professional female bodybuilding, female bodybuilder from Germany. Background Born in Bad Schandau, East Germany, Bauch enjoyed music, riding and sprinting at school, before training as a masseu ...

Kay Baxter Kay Baxter (October 3, 1945 – May 16, 1988) was a pioneer female bodybuilder. Baxter competed in women's bodybuilding from 1979 to 1986, competing in four IFBB Ms. Olympia competitions between 1982 and 1985. She was inspirational for m ...

Shelley Beattie Shelley Ann Beattie (August 24, 1967 – February 16, 2008) was a professional female bodybuilding, female bodybuilder and actress. Beattie's highest placement was the top three at the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia contests, the two most pres ...

Stacey Bentley Stacey Bentley (born 1956) was a registered nurse and former professional female bodybuilder of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Along with Claudia Wilbourn and Rachel McLish, Bentley was among the first role models of bodybuilding for women and th ...

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* Laura Binetti *

Andrulla Blanchette Andrulla Blanchette (born Androulla Veronica Blanchette; 29 July 1966) is an English professional female bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Amateur career Blanchette decided to start lifting weights only to help her out in her judo, but realised ...

Sheila Bleck Sheila R. Bleck (born October 14, 1974) is an American retired professional female bodybuilder. Early life and education Bleck was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, along with her identical twin sister, Sherry. Their mother, Rebecca, was young and unma ...

* Fabiola Boulanger *

Th-resa Bostick Th-resa Bostick (born 1969) is an American professional female bodybuilder Female bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s, when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions.

* Debbie Bramwell-Washington *

Brigita Brezovac Brigita Brezovac (September 24, 1979) is a retired Slovenes, Slovenian professional bodybuilder. Early life and education Brezovac grew up Ljutomer, Slovenia. She attended the SETUAŠ school in Murska Sobota, Slovenia and the University of Mari ...

* Sharon Bruneau

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Dayana Cadeau Dayana is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Dayana (pronunciation d̪ ɪ ɑ ɴ ɑ, Language Hebrew, the Judge) variant of the given name Diana * Dayana Cadeau (born 1966), Haitian-born Canadian American professi ...

Candice Carr-Archer Candice Carr (born June 9, 1972) is a Trinidad professional female bodybuilder. She currently lives on the island of Trinidad. Career Candice won her pro card in 2009 at Central American and Caribbean Championships in Grenada and is only the s ...

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Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born April 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor. Early life and education Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born Kim Chizevsky) was born in 1968 in Charleston, Illino ...

Melissa Coates Melissa Lavinia Coates (June 18, 1969 – June 23, 2021) was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress. She was best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show '' Extreme Dodgeball ...

Tazzie Colomb Tazzie Colomb (born August 20, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is one of the longest-competing IFBB female professional body builders of all time. She is one of the strongest female powerlifters in the wor ...

Laura Combes Laura Combes was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Born on October 19, 1953, in New York, New York, Combes moved to Tampa, Florida in 1966 at age 13. As a teenager she played many sports, including fencing, sailing, ...

* Lynn Conkwright *

Laura Creavalle Laura Cordelia Creavalle is a Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional female bodybuilder. Early life and education Laura Creavalle was born in 1959 in British Guiana. She migrated to Canada at the age of 13. She attended both Industrial Hig ...

Lisa Cross Lisa Cross (born 4 April 1978) is a professional British female bodybuilder. Early life and education Lisa was born in Rochdale in 1978. She had eating problems that began while studying for her GCSEs. Around the age of 15 she became anorexic ...

Candy Csencsits Candace Marie Csencsits (née Pitts; December 29, 1955 – January 11, 1989) was a professional female bodybuilder and actress in the early 1980s. Biography Born Candace Marie Pitts in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, to Theodore and Helen Pit ...

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Laura Davies Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...

Angela Debatin Angela may refer to: Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River Fiction * Angel ...

* Johanna Dejager *

Diana Dennis Diana Dennis (born July 21, 1951) is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Biography Dennis began competing in local contests in 1981. Her earliest success was in mixed pairs competition (where couples do synchronize ...

Carla Dunlap Carla Dunlap-Kaan (born October 22, 1954) is a professional American female bodybuilding champion. Early life and education Dunlap was born in 1954, in Newark, New Jersey. She started competing in sports with gymnastics at age 10. She later c ...

Sarah Dunlap Sarah Dunlap (born June 26, 1980) is an American bodybuilder. In 2007, she won the Jan Tana Classic in the lightweight and overall categories and was placed ninth at the Ms. Olympia competition. She works at a supplement store as a personal traine ...

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* Ritva Eloma *

Christine Envall Christine Envall (born 28 November 1972) is an Australian professional bodybuilder and nutritionist. Early life and education Christine Envall was born in 1972 in Queensland, Australia. Her hometown is Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo ( ) is a ...

Corinna Everson Corinna "Cory" Everson ( née Kneuer; born January 4, 1958) is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Everson won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989. Education Corinna Kneuer was born in Racine, Wiscons ...

* Kellie Everts

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Heather Foster Heather Foster (born December 20, 1966) is a Jamaican-born American professional bodybuilder. Early life and education Heather Foster was born in 1966 in Kingston, Jamaica. She has two brothers and one sister. Her parents migrated to Jamaica, ...

Bev Francis Beverley "Bev" Francis (born 15 February 1955) is an Australian gym owner and retired professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion. Early life Beverley Francis was born on 15 February 1955 in Geelong, Vi ...

Anne Freitas Anne Luise Becke Machado Freitas (born in 1975) is a Brazilian professional female bodybuilder. Early life Anne Freitas was born a middle child, having an older brother and a younger sister. She was intrigued with physical strength at an earl ...

* Jacqueline Fuchs * Nicole Fuchs * Georgia Fudge

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* Sue Gafner *

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 Anto ...

* Erika Geisen *

Colette Guimond Colette Guimond (born September 14, 1961) is a French Canadian professional IFBB female bodybuilder. She lives in New Port Richey, Florida New Port Richey is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is a suburban city included in ...

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* Jitka Harazimova *

Kristy Hawkins Kristy Michelle Hawkins (born August 28, 1980) is an American powerlifter and chemical engineer, and former professional female bodybuilder. Early life and education Kristy Hawkins was born and raised in Longview, Texas in 1980. In 1994, she ...

Raye Hollitt Raye Hollitt (born April 17, 1964) is an American actress and bodybuilder, also known by her stage name Zap, one of the original cast members of '' American Gladiators''. Biography Hollitt graduated from Lake-Lehman High School in 1982, then ...

Yolanda Hughes-Heying Yolanda R. Hughes-Heying (born October 30, 1963) is an American professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Biography Yolanda Hughes-Heying (born Yolanda Hughes) was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on October 30, 1963. She was rais ...

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Monique Jones Monique Jones (born March 12, 1979) is an American professional female bodybuilder. Figure career Amateur At the age of 16, Monique has been involved in a fitness environment since she purchased her first gym membership. One day she was appro ...

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Tonya Knight Tonya Knight (born March 24, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder. Early life Tonya Knight was born in 1966 in Peculiar, Missouri. Bodybuilding career Professional After IFBB officials presented strong evidence against Tonya ...

Marianna Komlos Marianna Komlos (September 3, 1969 – September 26, 2004) was a Canadian bodybuilding, bodybuilder, Model (person)#Fitness models, fitness model and professional wrestling manager (professional wrestling), manager. She is perhaps best known for h ...

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 m ...

* Natalia Kuznetsova

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Anja Langer Anja Langer (born June 3, 1965) is a German former professional female bodybuilder of the late 1980s. Her career peaked in 1988 when she placed second at the 1988 Ms. Olympia. Biography Anja was born in 1965 in Stuttgart in Southern Germany, wh ...

Debi Laszewski Debi Laszewski (born September 29, 1969) is an American retired professional female bodybuilder. She ranks as the 3rd best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List. Early life and education Debi Laszewski was born 1 ...

Cathy LeFrançois ''Cathy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Cathy Guisewite from 1976 until 2010. The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life—food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes ...

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Cammie Lusko Cammie Lusko (born April 5, 1958) is an American athlete best known for her contributions to female bodybuilding in the 1980s. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lusko entered her first bodybuilding contest in 1979, finishing third in the Robby Ro ...

Lisa Lyon Lisa Lyon (born 1953) is a female bodybuilder and photo model from the United States, and is regarded as one of female bodybuilding's pioneers. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. Lisa Lyon studied art at the University of Califor ...

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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 ...

Rachel McLish Rachel Livia Elizondo McLish (born 21 June 1955) is an American female bodybuilding champion, actress, and author. Early life and education McLish was born as Raquel Livia Elizondo in 1955 in Harlingen, Texas, the second-youngest daughter born. ...

Gayle Moher Gayle Moher (born April 7, 1957) is a British- American professional bodybuilder. Biography As a teenager, she competed in several beauty pageants. She took up bodybuilding in 1990 after visiting the United States of America. Moher earned her pr ...

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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 orga ...

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* Colette Nelson * Susanne Niederhauser

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Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia 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, ...

Lora Ottenad Lora Ottenad (born February 3, 1964) is a professional female bodybuilder from Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing 174 cm and 188 cm with heels and boasting a n offseason weight of approximately 107 kg., Ottenad is one of the largest female bodybuilder ...

* Kortney Olson

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Jackie Paisley Jackie Paisley was a professional female bodybuilder from the Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States. Legacy As a college student who attended both Carnegie Mellon University and Arizona State University on a music scholarship, Paisley was dra ...

* Cathey Palyo 2001 Extravaganza Strength Contest

Betty Pariso Betty Carmichael Pariso ( née Slade; born January 29, 1956) is an American professional female bodybuilder. She was the world's oldest active professional female bodybuilder while competing. Biography Betty Pariso (born Betty Slade) was born ...

* Debbie Patton *

Francesca Petitjean Francesca Petitjean (born 30 November 1962) is a French professional female bodybuilder who was active in the 1980s and 1990s. From 1998 to 2003, she was featured in a number of adult films. Bodybuilding career Petitjean was the World Amateur Bod ...

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Alina Popa Alina Popa (born October 12, 1978) is a Romanian-born professional female bodybuilder currently living in the USA. Early life and education Popa grew up Brăila, Romania. From the age of 12, she competed in track and field, initially to lose w ...

* Gladys Portugues *

Sue Price Sue Price (born March 29, 1965, in Mount Prospect, Illinois, United States) is an American professional bodybuilder and actress, probably best known for playing Alex Sinclair in the '' Nemesis'' film series, a character inspired by the movie's ...

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Rhonda Lee Quaresma Rhonda Lee Quaresma was a Canadian professional female bodybuilding, female bodybuilder and International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) competitor. Early life and career Rhonda Lee Quaresma was born in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, On ...

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Brenda Raganot Brenda Raganot (born September 8, 1966) is a Filipino American professional female bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Amateur In 1984, Raganot began training as a bodybuilder in high school. She was influenced when she saw a film called Pumping ...

Charlene Rink Charlene Rink (born February 11, 1972) is a former professional fitness competitor, wrestler and competitive female bodybuilder. In 1999, she won first place in the Fitness tall class at the National Physique Committee Fitness USA Championships ...

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Denise Rutkowski Denise Lynn Rutkowski is a former American professional female bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Her professional bodybuilding career was brief, and ended shortly after finishing 2nd in the Ms. Olympia contest in 1993. Her sudden retirement shocke ...

* Dawn Romenesko

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Peggy Schoolcraft Margaret "Peggy" Schoolcraft (born March 8, 1960) is a professional female bodybuilder from Ft. Myers, Florida. Amateur competition *1990- Ms. Delaware County- 1st overall. *1990- Ms. Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional- 1st overall *1990- Lehigh ...

Anja Schreiner Anja Schreiner is a professional female bodybuilder from Germany. Bodybuilding career Amateur She began lifting weights to combat scoliosis in her adolescence. Professional Anja won a narrow victory at the 1991 Ms. International, when she topped ...

Charla Sedacca Charla Sedacca (born Charla Lineman, January 18, 1960 in Western Pennsylvania) was a female bodybuilder from the United States in the late 1980s. Her older sister Janice Graser also competed in bodybuilding during the same period. The sisters m ...

* Kathy Segal *

Elena Seiple Elena Seiple (born December 17, 1973) is an American bodybuilder and strongwoman. Seiple was born in Harmony Township, New Jersey. A gifted athlete from childhood, she excelled in swimming (specifically, in the breast stroke), basketball, socce ...

Andrea Shaw Andrea Shaw (born December 18, 1983) is an American professional bodybuilding champion and physique and figure competitor. She holds three Ms. Olympia title wins and three Rising Phoenix World Championships, Ms Rising Phoenix title wins. Early l ...

* Nicola Shaw *

Alana Shipp Alana Shipp (born 1982) is a Barbadan professional female bodybuilder, based in Jerusalem. Early life Alana Shipp was born in 1982 in Bridgetown, Barbados to Guyanese parents. She spent her early childhood in Guyana prior to moving to Queens ...

Elena Shportun-Willemer Elena Shportun-Willemer (born 1976 in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia-Russia) is a professional female bodybuilding, female bodybuilder who mainly competes in European bodybuilding competitions. She is known in the bodybuilding world for her artistic style ...

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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 rais ...

* Roberta Tuor

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Betty Viana-Adkins 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 Li ...

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Rasa von Werder Rasa Von Werder (better known as Kellie Everts; born Rasa Sofija Jakstas, July 16, 1945) is a German former stripper, female bodybuilder, evangelist, author, photographer, mystic, contemplative, and founder of her own church. Personal life K ...

Dena Westerfield Dena Westerfield, D.C. (born January 26, 1971) is an American IFBB professional female bodybuilder, chiropractic doctor, personal trainer and massage therapist. She lives in Chesterfield, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Early life and educ ...

Claudia Wilbourn Claudia Wilbourn (born circa 1951) is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States. One of the leading figures in the early days of women's bodybuilding, Wilbourn began heavy training in 1971. She competed in the first Wome ...

* Christi Wolf * Nancy Oshana Wehbe

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Aleesha Young Aleesha Young (born November 10, 1984) is an American bodybuilder who won the NPC USA Championships in 2014. At her largest, her biceps measured over and her quads over . Young comes from an athletic family. Her father is a retired bodybuilding ...

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