Melissa Merritt

This sleek and muscled 25 year old from Austin, Texas is Melissa Merritt.
Melissa won the Figure Overall title in Las Vegas at the Fitness America World Championships on November 21, 2008.
Melissa just ran a Fitness Bootcamp with fellow fitness stars Abby Marie and Brenda Mikalajunas.
Abby Marie is also being trained by Melissa.

Trish Stratus, Fitness Model

Of course you associate the name Trish Stratus with the WWE.
She was the WWF/WWE Women's Wrestling Champion 7 times.
But before she was a professional wrestler or television personality, Trish was a sought after fitness model.
When Trish was growing up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, she wanted to become a doctor.
It looked like Trish was getting her wish when she became a pre-med student at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Things looked good for her medical career until a faculty strike by YUFA in 1997 that lasted seven weeks, effectively shutting the college down.
Since Trish couldn't go to school, she got a job in World Gym, and was approached by Scott Able (who has trained over 300 bodybuilding and figure champions) to do a modeling job for a supplement line.
This lead to her catching the eye of Bob Kennedy, and being contracted to work for the Musclemag International fitness magazine from 1997 to 1999.
Trish became one of the world's most sought after fitness models, and wound up appearing on the cover of over 20 international fitness publications.
One of Trish's most remembered projects from her fitness period was the infamous The Dream Team calendar with fellow fitness model Stacey Lynn.

Minna Pajulahti

This beautiful young lady is Minna Pajulahti.
She is a fitness competitor, flight attendant and aerobics instructor from Finland.

You can read an interview with Minna by Kaisa Piippo here:
http://www.hardfitness.com/emagazine/issue20/minna.html

And you can see a lot more of her pictures here:
http://www.pakkotoisto.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=169

Yvonne Bates, Another Look

I thought today we'd take another look at the lovely and fit Yvonne Bates.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Yvonne is a Cambodian Female Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model.
And she is also a personal trainer at Scott Fitness 24 Hour Exercise Clubs.
You can find out more about Scott Fitness here.

Kavvy Sonhos

This lovely young lady is Kavvy Sonhos.
Kavvy is a Professional Fitness Model and NPC National Figure Competitor.
She is also a a certified fitness trainer, licensed massage therapist and nutritionist.
AND she held a World Record in Deadlift Powerlifting.
Kavvy is of Brazilian and Latino descent.
She has competed in:
2008 Sunshine Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 1st place.
2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 6th place.

Jennifer Nicole Lee

The beautiful Jennifer Nicole Lee is a Fitness Expert, Lifestyle Consultant, Fitness Model, devoted wife and mother.
She is drop dead gorgeous.
And she is also an inspiration.
To improve her physical and mental health and become more active with her children, Jennifer began a fitness program and nutrition program and lost 70 pounds.
Her goal was to lose weight and enter a bikini contest.
Jennifer surpassed her goal and one year later was crowned Miss Bikini America 2005!
She's appeared on Oprah, Inside Edition and E! featured her as one of the "Top 20 hottest women of the web".

You can visit Jennifer's website here:
http://www.jennifernicolelee.com/