IFBB Figure Pro Erin Stern is from Wellington, Florida. She's a fairly new face, but I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot more of her. Before entering competition, she competed in track and field at the University of Florida. Her specialty was the high jump and hurdles. When she's not competing, she works in the real estate industry. Contest history : 2003 NPC, Gainesville 2008 NPC National Figure, won F class (over 5'7") and got her IFBB Pro Card.
This 5'8", 136 pound beauty can bench press 193 lbs, deadlift 230 lbs, and squat 230 lbs.
This beautiful young lady is Brazilian athlete, fitness model and personal trainer, Aline Oliveira, from Rio de Janeiro.
I know I have mentioned "abs of steel" before, but check this out...
Contest History:
IFBB Estreantes Rio 2008 - 2nd Place Champion South American Bodyfitness IFBB 2009 Brazilian Champion 2009 IFBB Carioca overall champion IFBB 2009 World Cup (Italy) - 10th place
Michiko Nishiwaki (Nishiwaki Michiko) , was born on November 21, 1957 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. She is a former female bodybuilder, powerlifter, actress, fitness trainer, stunt woman, martial artist and fight choreographer. Michiko started out, as a lot of fitness stars did, in gymnastics. She looked into bodybuilding when she noticed how large her legs were when compared to her upper body, hoping that weightlifting would give her better symmetry. Michiko became a powerlifter, Japan's first female powerlifting champion and eventually Japan's first female bodybuilding champion. This was very unusual for a woman in Japanese society at that time. She also opened three fitness clubs with her brother. Michiko began her acting career in 1985 when she caught the eye of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. (How many careers has Jackie Chan launched?) She appeared in his film "My Lucky Stars" a Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film as a Japanese fighter. Michiko landed several roles in Hong Kong movies after that, usually playing a villain or a femme fatale. After that, she returned to Japan, but then went to Thailand and made a few more films. Eventually she landed in the US and began a career as a stunt woman appearing in a lot of movies you may have seen, but had no idea that she was in. As a stunt woman she appeared in Blade, Man on the Moon, Charlie's Angels, Rush Hour 2, The Scorpion King, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Memoirs of a Geisha and Resident Evil: Extinction. She also worked on 2009's Afro Ninja as Yuko. Michiko has stunt doubled for Lucy Liu in four films and Kelly Hu in one.
Here she is in a clip from her first movie, "My Lucky Stars"...
You can find out even more about Michiko at her website here: http://www.geocities.com/michikonishiwaki/index.html
Beautiful figure competitor Shonda Lee is from Shreveport, Louisiana. She's 5' 5" and weighs 121 ripped and lean pounds.
Contest History: 2008 NPC Southern Classic (MS) - 5th Place, Class C 2008 NPC Louisiana BB & Figure (LA) - 3rd Place, Medium Class 2008 NPC Nationals (GA) - 8th Place, Class C 2008 Bikini USA International (Mexico) - 7th place
The gorgeous Liza Kampstra is a knock out in more ways than one. This young lady had to give up her first love soccer because of an injury. But did that stop her? Nope. She began training with IFBB Pro Carla Sanchez and the Performance Ready Team and look at her now. Now she's an IFBB Professional Fitness Athlete, Mom, MMA ring girl and model. And she has started building a very impressive contest history.....
2007 NPC Gaspari Nutrition Jr. USA Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships, 12th place 2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest, 5th place 2007 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships, 11th place 2007 NPC USA Bodybuilding And Figure Championships, 8th place 2008 NPC Junior National Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 2nd place 2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 2nd place
This 5'4" 109 pound beauty was born in the Philippines and raised in Houston Texas. She appears to be just starting out, with a website coming soon, http://www.mcbarao.com/ Maybe when the website is up I can get some more info. I have no idea if she has been in any figure competitions, if she's a personal trainer (although I did read where she said she wanted to help people with their fitness goals) or anything like that. MAYBE she'll stop by and enlighten us.
