Monday, December 25, 2017

A Retrospective on Women Bodybuilding Events of the Early 1980's (Part 2) :

A Retrospective on Women Bodybuilding Events of the Early 1980's (Part 2) :

Professional female body building also stepped a notch higher following the successful launch of the Women's Pro World Championship in 1981. Lynn Conkwright won the inaugural contest. The contest was successfully held each year from 1981 to 1989, dominating the headlines as the second most prestigious body building contest at the time. The indomitable McLish, conquered this title and added it to her collection in the very year she regained her Ms. Olympia title.


In 1982, George Snyder bitterly lost her rights to Ms. Olympia title. It was during this year that the titles contestants stopped being hand-picked as previously done. From then on, contestants had to qualified for the title through the competitive placings resulting from lesser female professional body building contests...
 



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