Early Days of Women in Body Building (Part 1) :

Talk of body building and what comes in the minds of many are strong men half nude exposing their already exposed muscles. Rarely do people think about women. This contravenes the fact the women have been in this industry for nearly two decades now. In fact there welcoming ceremony was a very grand one. Let me take you through the earlier development in body building among women.

It was back in the late 1980s, to be precise 1989 was the year. A unique contest was held in Tiny Island nation (formerly known as Formosa) in Asia on the 9th day of April 1989. The contest was about women body builders, something which was not a popular event those days. Even though it was not popular there were some women like Joan Bovino who had started a very progressive training in body building years before the event.

She had that crave for bigger muscles than anyone could image. So many heard about her over the media and everybody was eager to meet her. Towards the last month to the actual day of the event, news started spreading that there were some other women who were well built to an extent that they could easily challenge Joan Bovino in the contest. This even added to people's curiosity to meet these unique classes of women.

Promoters started struggling to organize the event. Everybody tried to outdo the other. Just like today, everybody loved parade those days. America for instance was famous for its craziness towards parades. The very popular parades then were the Rose Parade, Macy's Parade among others. The idea of women body builders added to the list of famous parades. Ironically, it started way after the other parades but none could match its popularity.

👉 Early Days of Women in Body Building (Part 2)