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    Kellie Everts 1974 Photo

    Greetings,

    I just discovered this person a few days ago while browsing for books on female bodybuilding. Though weightlifting and women are not new, she claims to be the one who ushered in the sport of competitive body building for women in the 1970's. I have never read anything about this person in any of the bodybuilding magazines I have been scouring since the late 1970's (and I am not saying she is lying). She was involved in the Miss Nude Universe, she has been a professional stripper, and has posed nude in Playboy magazine. According to her bio, she has lifted weights since she was in her teens. While there is a lot more that can be written about this person and the spiritual direction she has taken her life, I am linking a news photo of her taken in 1974. What is odd about the photo is that she looks like an incredibly mutant aberration to the time, as if she arrived from the future. Her build definitely suggests that she lifted weights. Her site features photos that are not suitable for work. But this photo, for the aforementioned reasons, is my favorite. I think it is the best one she has ever taken. The only other healthy comparative to how great she looks in this photo would be those taken of the late Steve Reeves. Check out the guys in the background. They ain't about to look at the other chick in the photo:

    http://www.kellieeverts.com/articles/msbbclip01.php


    mickey
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    It seems that she had a career in porn too.
    I would think that for those times, there wasn't a lot of options form some one in the "body industry".
    As for being the one to usher in female bodybuilding, not too sure about that...
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    sanjuro ronin,

    How did I know you would be the FIRST to respond?

    She claims to have written the first book about bodybuilding for women, before Lisa Lyons. Since I have not read it, I cannot tell if it was geared for the sport of bodybuilding or just for health.

    I agree that there was not much for a woman like her to do during those times.

    When it comes to weightlifting, I think it was an essential part of the physical education system in this country at one time. Marilyn Monroe did it. Jane Russell did it. And if you took a look at some of the builds of the women back in the '40's and 50's, they had to be doing something besides lying on their backs. Physical Culture was big at one time and proponents like Dan Lurie and Jack Lalanne promoted health through exercise to both men and women. I have seen vintage photos of women circus performers with some serious arms and serious builds. Physical Culture was no joke. And this was long before the drugs. I have met elderly women back in the 1980's who shared how they used to lift weights. I wish I realized the importance of recording those moments at that time. Those moments offer a very different view of the world with regard to health. In current times, I have observed women and men immigrants coming from the old countries of Europe with incredible musculature (not to mention heightened brain activation), even those who are up in age. They were trained for a lifetime of productivity. They look amazing. If there is anything that saddens me, it is that the benefits of good health are not passed on to their children were born here.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mickey View Post
    sanjuro ronin,

    How did I know you would be the FIRST to respond?

    She claims to have written the first book about bodybuilding for women, before Lisa Lyons. Since I have not read it, I cannot tell if it was geared for the sport of bodybuilding or just for health.

    I agree that there was not much for a woman like her to do during those times.

    When it comes to weightlifting, I think it was an essential part of the physical education system in this country at one time. Marilyn Monroe did it. Jane Russell did it. And if you took a look at some of the builds of the women back in the '40's and 50's, they had to be doing something besides lying on their backs. Physical Culture was big at one time and proponents like Dan Lurie and Jack Lalanne promoted health through exercise to both men and women. I have seen vintage photos of women circus performers with some serious arms and serious builds. Physical Culture was no joke. And this was long before the drugs. I have met elderly women back in the 1980's who shared how they used to lift weights. I wish I realized the importance of recording those moments at that time. Those moments offer a very different view of the world with regard to health. In current times, I have observed women and men immigrants coming from the old countries of Europe with incredible musculature (not to mention heightened brain activation), even those who are up in age. They were trained for a lifetime of productivity. They look amazing. If there is anything that saddens me, it is that the benefits of good health are not passed on to their children were born here.


    mickey
    Indeed.
    If you want too look for a more feminine built on muscular women you will have to look at "fitness competitors".
    BUT that doesn't mean healthy per say since far too many of them are carrying unhealthy low body fat percentages.
    The likes of Cory Everson ( remember her?) and other like Rachel Mclish(sp?) are getting less and less even in the fitness category.
    Still, we have to remember that bodybuilding is about building your body and in competition it is about building your body to standard that bring you victory.
    There is BB for health and BB for competition and we can't confuse or mix the two.
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    Yes, I remember.

    I remember Cory Everson and Rachel Mclish. I remember reading an article on Cory Everson and she shared how her mother beat her in track. Cory was in her mid twenties at the time and her mother was at least 20 years older. She, Rachel and quite a few other were seriously into athletics before turning to bodybuilding. Others include Mary Roberts, Carla Dunlap and Lenda Murray.

    I understand what you mean about bodybuilding for the aesthetic and training for competition. The pharmaceutical industries have really preyed on the insecurities of those who pursue competitive bodybuilding (I think this was discussed enough in that other thread as to why I think there is a need to get away from the BB word. I have to leave it alone here).

    I agree about the bodyfat levels of the Ms Fitness competitors. It is sad that they have to get so anorexic looking that they need implants.

    mickey

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickey View Post
    Yes, I remember.

    I remember Cory Everson and Rachel Mclish. I remember reading an article on Cory Everson and she shared how her mother beat her in track. Cory was in her mid twenties at the time and her mother was at least 20 years older. She, Rachel and quite a few other were seriously into athletics before turning to bodybuilding. Others include Mary Roberts, Carla Dunlap and Lenda Murray.

    I understand what you mean about bodybuilding for the aesthetic and training for competition. The pharmaceutical industries have really preyed on the insecurities of those who pursue competitive bodybuilding (I think this was discussed enough in that other thread as to why I think there is a need to get away from the BB word. I have to leave it alone here).

    I agree about the bodyfat levels of the Ms Fitness competitors. It is sad that they have to get so anorexic looking that they need implants.

    mickey
    I agree, sad but who is to blame?
    The competitors? the fans? the judges?
    I mean, when someone sees a woman and she is more muscular than a man, is that a good thing?
    When the only difference (aesthetically) between a man and a woman is the clothes they were and implants, is that a good thing?
    When we see someone from behind and know it is a female ONLY because of the bathing suit, is that a good thing?
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    Brother!

    I could stop laughing from your last post and I know you are serious. Of course the answer is "NO!" to all of your questions. But it does not stop us from LOOKIN'!

    My favorite fitness competitor is Lisa Lowe from San Francisco. I think her career suffered because she did not do the implant thing. I thought she would have gone on to be a great spokesperson for the sport. But what pharmaceutical company could make money off her with her natural look?

    http://www.muscleandfitness.com/phot...sa-lowe?page=2


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    Oh yeah, she was a hottie that's for sure.
    I always had a thing for Gladys Portuguese and then she went and married JCVD, talk about slumming, LOL !
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    Gladys Portuguese was HOT!

    I remember her being compared to Mclish. I was okay with the JCVD thing until he started dogging other chicks. JCVD: sounds like a venereal horror, doesn't it?

    mickey

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickey View Post
    Gladys Portuguese was HOT!

    I remember her being compared to Mclish. I was okay with the JCVD thing until he started dogging other chicks. JCVD: sounds like a venereal horror, doesn't it?

    mickey
    What do you mean "sounds like"?


    There was another black bodybuilder that was very hot too, can't recall her name but I THINK she won a Ms. Olympia.... then she started juicing it...
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    Hmmm,

    Are you talking about Dayana Cadeau or Vickie Gates?

    I first saw Dayana Cadeau in Muscle Elegance magazine. I bought those because I thought they would increase in value until I started noticing the Superman chins from steroid use. Dayana, like many who posed in that magazine, has something downstairs you could put between two slices of bread.

    Another female bodybuilder who lost her aesthetic build is Rosemary Jennings. Somebody posted a picture of her in the Training forum and it was Shock Theatre.

    One who did juice and, I feel, was robbed of an Olympia win was Denise Rutkowski. She looked amazing!

    Yet, to tie it all in with the photo of Kellie Everts, the sport has definitely lost something that enables the photo of Kellie Everts to be so eye catching. I think it is health. Everts looks healthy and it is hard to believe that she is a mom in that photo.

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    Carla Dunlop is who I meant.

    Remember Anja Langer?
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    Anja Langer? Very much so.

    I am surprised Carla Dunlap juiced. This is the first time hearing about it. What a disappointment. I do remember reading that she had difficulty putting on size because she had a colon condition. I never thought she would turn to steroids.

    mickey

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    sanjuro ronin,

    How do you know that Carla Dunlap juiced?

    I do know that she had to drop down seriously to win her first Olympia. She had a heavier, fuller, frame but nothing like those competitors who came after her. She was one of those athletes who came into the sport. Even when she did pairs with Tony Pearson, there was nothing to suggest she was using. Not even the change in voice that was going around during her time.

    She did a music video called Futures@x, a track that came from the Pumping Iron II soundtrack. She was bigger, fuller, and healthier looking than in her contest condition.

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    Last edited by mickey; 04-23-2012 at 02:09 PM.

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    More.......

    I think it highly unlikely that Carla Dunlap used because the emphasis during that time was femininity. They (the Weiders) were against the heavy, muscular, look. It is that "standard" that torpedoed the competitive efforts of Mary Roberts and the late Kaye Baxter. The Mclish look was in. Before Carla's first Olympia win, she actually competed heavier. Also, Juliette Bergmann's effort to make a name for herself in America came to a screeching halt for many years when she tested positive for a banned substance in Europe (she did win a pairs competition with Tony Pearson).

    I surmise that the increases and the relaxation of drug testing came during the Everson-Murray period. These two naturally gifted athletes dominated the sport for around 15 years. They had the muscularity and if you did not measure up, you would have to do "something" to equalize. And the "standards" changed again: well developed, well defined muscle. You really could not achieve that without using something to keep you muscle from diminishing while dieting. There were increases in the use of diuretics to achieve that cut look, resulting in the death of Mohamed Benaziza, for one.

    If you had the chance to look at the first and second Miss Olympia, Rachel Mclish looked like a light framed version of Kellie Everts. No kidding.


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    Last edited by mickey; 04-23-2012 at 02:49 PM.

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