List of 95 Top Female Bodybuilders
- Age: 53Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, glamour model, pornographic film actress, actress, and bodybuilder. Chyna first rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1997, where she was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World" (André the Giant was already billed as the eighth). A founding member of the stable D-Generation X as the promotion's first female enforcer, she held the WWF Intercontinental Championship (the only female performer to do so) twice and the WWF Women's Championship once.[6] She was also the first woman to participate in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament, as well as to become number one contender to the WWF Championship, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, WWE European Championship and WWF World Tag Team Championship.More Chyna
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- Age: 53Lisa Marie Varon (née Sole; born February 10, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and bodybuilder best known for her time as a WWE Diva under the ring name Victoria and her time spent as an Impact Wrestling Knockout under the ring name Tara. Varon held both companies woman's championships on several different occasions. Varon began competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997. In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York City to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) Professional Fitness Card.Through a chance meeting, Varon met World Wrestling Federation (WWF) performer Chyna, who encouraged her to become a professional wrestler. She trained in the WWF's developmental territories for three years before being moved to the main roster to compete full-time under the ring name Victoria. Her first television appearance came at WrestleMania 2000, where she portrayed one of The Godfather's "hos". She debuted in June 2002, and four months later she was pushed to win the WWE Women's Championship, a title she would go on to hold twice in her wrestling career. After leaving WWE in 2009, Varon debuted in TNA later that year as Tara. In TNA, she became a five-time TNA Knockouts Champion, making her a seven-time Women's Champion overall. She was also a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion, with Brooke Tessmacher, collectively known as TnT.More Lisa Marie Varon
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- Age: 59Nicole Bass-Fuchs (née Bass; August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation and XPW. From 1993 until her death, she made numerous appearances on The Howard Stern Show and took part as a contestant in Stern's 1993 pay-per-view television event The Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant. She then became a member of the show's Wack Pack. She made guest appearances on four soap operas: The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives in 1991, and General Hospital and Guiding Light in 1992.More Nicole Bass
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- Age: 68Betty Carmichael Pariso (née Slade; born January 1, 1956) is an American professional female bodybuilder. She was the world's oldest active professional female bodybuilder while competing.
- Age: 56Nikki Fuller (born January 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilder. At her largest, Fuller weighed 200 lb (91 kg). In competition, her height was listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and her biceps measured 21 in (533 mm). Some of her best lifts are 315 lb (143 kg) for a max on bench press and 1100 lbs for multiple reps on leg press.
Rebekka Armstrong
Age: 57Rebekka Lynn Armstrong is an American HIV/AIDs activist and former model and bodybuilder. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 1986. Eight years later, she was the first Playmate to publicly announce that she is HIV-positive.- Age: 45
Tonya Knight
Age: 58Tonya Knight (born March 24, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder.- Age: 57Yaxeni Milagros Oriquen-Garcia Perez (born September 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan-American professional bodybuilding champion. She ranks as the second-best female bodybuilder in the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.
- Age: 60Sharon Leigh Bruneau (born February 1, 1964) is a model and retired professional Canadian female bodybuilder and fitness competitor.
- Age: 49Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1971) is a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model and actress. She is perhaps best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeball.
- Age: 55Oksana Grishina may refer to: Oksana Grishina (cyclist) (born 1968), Russian Olympic track cyclist Oksana Grishina (fitness pro) (born 1978), Russian former gymnast and current professional fitness competitor
Raye Hollitt
Age: 60Raye Hollitt (born April 17, 1964) is an American actress and female bodybuilder, also known by her stage name Zap, one of the original cast members of American Gladiators.- Age: 49Iris Floyd Kyle (born August 22, 1974) is an American professional female bodybuilder. She is currently the most successful professional bodybuilder ever, female or male, with ten overall Ms. Olympia wins and two heavyweight wins, along with seven Ms. International wins and one heavyweight win. She ranks as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List. She remains undecided about whether she would continue competing in professional female bodybuilding competitions.
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- Age: 57Dayana M. Cadeau (born June 2, 1966) is a Canadian-American professional female bodybuilder.
- Age: 57Debbie Bramwell-Washington (born June 9, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder.
- Age: 71DeBarra Mayo (born 1953, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American health and fitness advocate, writer and media personality. She has epilepsy, which has led her to a career involved with maintaining and enhancing health. She has written regularly on the subject of health and wellness in books, magazines and newspapers, as well as on radio and television broadcasts. Mayo has been an award-winning women's bodybuilder and trainer for the West Virginia University football team.
- Dec. at 71 (1875-1946)Miriam Kate Williams (1874 – 1946), sometimes called Kate Roberts and better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman born of Irish parents in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. With strongman William Hedley Roberts, better known as Atlas, she toured music halls in Britain, Europe, and Australia. The couple performed as The Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes.
- Age: 50Colette Nelson is an American professional female bodybuilder and women's physique competitor.
- Age: 58Amy Fadhli (born January 30, 1965 in Galveston, Texas) is an American fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996. Her father is Iraqi who was born in Baghdad, a cardiovascular surgeon, and her mother is Czech, a sculptor and breeder of Arabian horses.
- Age: 68Rachel Livia Elizondo McLish (born June 21, 1955) is an American female bodybuilding champion, actress, and author.
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Age: 57Christine Lydon appeared in 1997 film Jackie Brown.- Age: 62Lenda Murray (born February 22, 1962) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion.
- Age: 46Alina Popa is a Romanian-born Swiss professional female bodybuilder, personal trainer, and fitness model. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado. She ranks as the 4th best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.
- Age: 66Corinna "Cory" Everson (née Kneuer) (born January 4, 1958) is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Cory won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.More Cory Everson
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- Dec. at 40 (1967-2008)Shelley Beattie (August 24, 1967 – February 16, 2008) was a professional female bodybuilder and actress. At the peak of her competitive career as a professional bodybuilder, Beattie reached the top three at the Ms. International and Ms. Olympia contests, the two most prestigious shows for female professional bodybuilders. She was one of the few deaf professional female bodybuilders in the world, making the cover of Deaf Life Magazine twice in the 1990s. After her retirement she joined the Grinder on America's Cup team and managed to reach second place in both 1994 and 1995. In 2008, she died by suicide.
- Age: 78Rasa von Werder (better-known as Kellie Everts; born Rasa Sofija Jakstas, July 16, 1945) is a former stripper, female bodybuilder, evangelist, author, photographer and founder of her own church.
