Cheri Nguyen

Cheri Nguyen - Dan Ray Photography

This lovely young lady is half American, half Vietnamese fitness beauty Cheri Nguyen.
She was born on February 5th, 1980 in Springfield, MO.
Besides being incredibly fit, this five foot one inch beauty has worked as a MMA ring girl, and not satified with that, has gone into training for MMA herself.

Female Fitness Competitions:
2006 Missouri State 2nd in Class
2009 Nationals 15th in Class
2009 Missouri State Overall
2010 NPC Arkansas State Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships - 1st Place Overall
2010 NPC Muscle Mayhem Championships - 1st Place Overall
2010 NPC Junior USA Bodybuilding Championships -12th Place, Class A
2010 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships - 9th Place, Class A



You can check out "Cheri Bomb's" Model Mayhem page here:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/1537430

And her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/mocheribomb



Cheri Nguyen, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on November 5th, 2010

Khanh Nguyen - Asian Fitness Model

This is IFBB Bikini Pro and fitness model, Khanh Nguyen.
Would you believe that Khanh is only four foot, eleven inches tall?

Female Fitness Competition History:
2010 IFBB Olympia - 16th Place
2010 IFBB Jacksonville Pro - 12th Place
2010 IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding & Bikini Championships - 12th Place
2010 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure & Bikini - 9th Place
2010 IFBB Europa Show of Champions - 6th Place

You can check out Khanh's Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Khanh-T-Nguyen/1474517937




Khanh Nguyen - Asian Fitness Model, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on October 13th, 2010

Mika Nagano - Female MMA Fighter

It's been awhile since I have done a female MMA fighter here.
But you know they are fit, because mixed martial arts training can be just as grueling as training for fitness or bodybuilding.



This lovely young lady is female mixed martial arts fighter Mika Nagano.
Mika was born on December 29th, 1983 in Gifu, Gifu, Japan.
She's five foot three and weighs 114 pounds.



Mika's nickname is "Future Princess", and by the pictures, you can probably tell why.
But is Mika more than just a pretty face?
Yes she is.
She has been a pro since 2007 and has a MMA record of 7-3-0 (five of those wins were by arm bar submissions).
Her last MMA fight was a win over Celine Haga via submission (armbar) at Jewels - Ninth Ring on July 31st, 2010.

Now (according to Frank Pozen over at his blog), Mika will be working for the Japanese wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon.
She'll make her debut at Ice Ribbon's Aug. 23 Korakuen Hall show.




Mika Nagano - Female MMA Fighter, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on August 18th, 2010

Who is Monique Ricardo?

Monique Ricardo, http://www.bodybuilding.com/

On August 13th and 14th at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas Texas they will be holding the 2010 IFBB Europa Supershow.
And of course as part of that, they will be holding the IFBB Europa Supershow Bikini competition.
Among the competitors will be Amanda Latona, Nathalia Melo, Sonya Vecchiarelli, Brandy Leaver and a name you should all recognize...Monique Ricardo.

Who is Monique Ricardo?
Well it's our very own Monique Minton.
(I don't know why I keep saying "our very own", she isn't "ours")
Anyway, Monique got married and now she is known as Monique Ricardo.
I wonder if that means I'll have to go back and change all by posts?

Monique has already qualified for the Olympia, and the Europa Supershow will be in her own backyard, so cross your fingers and let's see how she does.
Earlier this year at the 2010 IFBB MuscleContest Pro Bikini, Momo came in second, right behind Sonia Gonzales.

You can find out more about the 2010 IFBB Europa Supershow here.



Who is Monique Ricardo? posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on August 10th, 2010

Lisa Cheng - Female Fitness Competitor

Lisa Cheng, Photo by Sharon Chan

It's been over a year since I did anything on Asian fitness beauty Lisa Cheng, aka "The Hong Kong Spider Woman".
And since that write up, Lisa won the August 2009 Asian Body Fitness and the Miss Fitness Championships in Thailand.
As far as I can tell, this is a list of Lisa's female fitness competitions:

Asian Championships (2007) - Women Body Fitness 160cm, 7th place
Asian Championships (2007) - Women Fitness 160cm 4th place
Asian Championships (2008) - Women Body Fitness, 3rd place
Asian Championships (2008) - Women Fitness 160cm, 4th place
Asian Body Fitness (2009) - Women Body Fitness, 1st place
Miss Fitness Championships, Thailand (2009) - Women Fitness 160cm, 1st Place

While I was looking for new info on Lisa, I ran across this site, Action Queens, that has a bunch of photos of Lisa that I have never seen before....


So head over there and check them out.
Also the same sight has an interview with Lisa.
You can read the interview and see the photos here:
http://fredambroisine.com/2009/09/lisa-cheng-hong-kong-spider-girl.html
http://fredambroisine.com/2009/12/action-queen-lisa-cheng-new-photos.html

You can also check out Lisa's Facebook page (with a ton of pictures) here:
http://www.facebook.com/salisalihk



Lisa Cheng - Female Fitness Competitor, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on July 16th, 2010

Mi-Hee Yu - Korean female bodybuilder

Korean female bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu is very popular on this blog, so here's some more about her.
As I have mentioned before, this 5' 2½", 112-pound all natural bodybuilder got up to 176 pounds after the birth of her daughter and she wanted to lose weight so she took up bodybuilding.



Here are some videos I found of her across the web.

The first one is of her working out...


Watch Mi-Hee Yu training in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

And the next two are a couple of posing routines....


Watch Mi-Hee Yu posing in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Amrit Dhaliwal - Indian Fitness Model

Okay, I know this one is a little different, but India is technically part of Asia and I don't have a blog called "Indian Fitness Women" so here is the first Indian fitness model I remember seeing, Amrit Dhaliwal.
Amrit has a lot of nicknames..."The Canadian Corporate Chic", "Punjabi Femme Fatale", "India’s First Fitness Bikini Model" and "Canada’s Best Import".
Again...what are they putting in the water in Canada?
Besides basically doing it all, there's a rumor that the lovely Amrit maybe looking at a Bollywood career.
(Actually I keep seeing her listed as a Bollywood actress, but I can't find any films she has appeared in. Anyone out there have any information on that?)

Here is a video about her posted by NDTV on YouTube:



You can follow Amrit on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/Amrit_Dhaliwal

Or Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Amrit-Dhaliwal/647990050



Amrit Dhaliwal - Indian Fitness Model, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on October 30th, 2009

Yvonne Bates - Personal Trainer and Fitness Model

It's been awhile (January actually) since I did anything on the beautiful Yvonne Bates.
So here's another couple of pictures of this lovely Cambodian personal trainer, female fitness competitor and fitness model.
In these, you get some idea of her amazing abs.



Contest History:

2003 - Short Division, Gold Classic in Kansas City. 1st place, Short Division, NPC in Kansas City. 3rd place, Pro Division, WNBF World Championship in New York - 1st place
2004 - Natural American Classic in Austin, TX. 1st place,
2004 - WNBF Northeast Classic in Worcester, MA. 1st place,
2004 - Natural Caribbean Grand Prix in the Grand Cayman Islands, 2nd place,
2004 - WNBF World Championship in New York City.
2005 - WNBF Pro Natural International and 7th place at the WNBF Pro Natural Northeast Figure Championships, 2nd place
2006 - WNBF Pro Natural Caribbean Figure Championships, 2nd place
2007- WNBF Bluffs Classic Figure Championships and 4th place
2007 - Ms/Mr. International Kansas City Golds Classic


Like I said in an earlier post, you can find out more about Yvonne at her website:
http://www.yvonnebates.com/


Yvonne Bates, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/, on Sept 22nd, 2009

Asian Women Wrestlers

If you check out my profile you will see that I do a lot of fitness blogs and wrestling blogs.
Now I know that pro wrestling is scripted, but you take a lot of abuse in and outside of the squared circle. And to do that day in and day out, you have to be in shape.
So I thought today I would combine by love or wrestling and my love of fitness and profile some of today's asian women wrestlers that have made an impact on the industry.
Starting out with....



Gail Kim
Gail has wrestled for the WWE, TNA and some Indy promotions before that.
Gail was always athletic and before wrestling she was into basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, and badminton.
She also studied kinesiology at the University of Toronto, and nutrition at Ryerson University.



Lena Yada
Another young lady that worked for the WWE is the lovely Lena Yada.
Before the WWE, Lena was the first runner-up in the 2002 Ms. Venus Swimwear International pageant, Miss Hawaiian Tropic Japan and she competed in the quarter finals of the 2007 World Title of Tandem Surfing.



Angela Fong
Angela Fong currently works for the WWE using the ring name "Savannah".
Although Angela is currently working as an interviewer, she has made great progress with her wrestling skills.



Ayako Hamada
Now know as simply "Hamada" in TNA, Ayako is the daughter of the legendary Gran Hamada.
Hamada may look a bit out of shape now, but this young lady has been wrestling since her debut in 1998.
And most of that time was in Japan and Mexico, and if you know anything about Lucha Libre or Joshi, you know wrestling is a LOT tougher there.



Su Yung
Independent female wrestler Su Yung is making quite a name for herself in Memphis Ladies Wrestling where she is the MLW Champion and 2008 Rookie of the Year.



Sumie Sakai
Sumie is another Indy wrestler that has been around quite awhile and really paid her dues.
She debuted in 1997, and is not only a pro wrestler, but an MMA fighter as well.
Before wrestling, Sumie was into Judo.



Jade Chung
Another Indy wrestler, Jade started out as a valet, but made her way into the ring.
She has worked for Border City Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, the National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.


posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/, Sept 10th,2009

More Jung Dayeon

Everybody seems to like Asian fitness model and fitness trainer Jung Da-yeon, so here is another picture of her.
Did I mention in the last entry about her that she was born on November 27th 1966?
And also that before these pics, she had given birth to two children?

If you want to find out more about her, visit her website here:
http://www.jungdayeon.com/
Be warned though, it's in Japanese and Korean.

posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/, August 11th, 2009

Monique Minton

This beautiful young lady is female fitness model and female figure competitor Monique Minton.
I did a write up on this lovely half filipinia, half polish model over at one of my other fitness blogs, but I wanted to include her here as well.
She's the cover girl for the 2009 March-April Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine, and she racked up an impressive list of contests finishes in 2008.
1st place at the The 2008 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships, 3rd place at the The 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships, 4th place at the 2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships, 5th place at the 2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships and 1st place at the 2007 NPC Gateway Classic.
"Stunning" seems to be the term a lot of people apply to this competitor, and with good reason.
"Momo" has a website in the works, but at the time of this entry, it's not up yet.
But here's the link in case you'd like to bookmark it and check back....
http://www.momofitness.com/

Meriza DeGuzman - Fitness Beauties

This lovely Filipina is IFBB figure competitor, fitness model and certified personal trainer Meriza DeGuzman.
At just under 5 feet tall and about 100 pounds, this little lady sure packs a lot of muscle.
And this young woman has a lot of competitions under her belt......

2004
LA Championships 4th place
Pacific USA Naturals 2nd place
Armed Forces National Championships 3rd place
Border States 4th place
San Francisco 2nd place
Excalibur 1st place

2005
Ironman 6th place
Emerald Cup 5th place
California Championships 5th place
Border States 3rd place

2006
World Gym Championships 1st place
LA Championships 1st place
USA 's 2nd place
IFBB North Americans 2nd place

2007
Junior National Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Championships 3rd place
Figure National Championships 2nd place (Meriza earned her Pro Card at this event)
Tournament of Champions Pro Figure 3rd place
IFBB Mr.Olympia 18th place
Palm Beach Pro Figure 12th place

2008
California Pro Figure 11th place
Europa Super Show 13th place
Tournament of Champions - Pro Figure Championships 5th place

You can visit her website here:
http://www.merizafigure.com/






Meriza DeGuzman - Fitness Beauties, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on 1-12-2009

NPC Figure Athlete Huong Vo

Huong Vo is a NPC figure athlete.
I couldn't find a lot of info on her other than the competitions that's shes been in......
2005 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure 13th place, 2007 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Contest
16th place, 2007 NPC Junior California Bodybuilding and Figure Contest 2nd place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 1st place, 2007 NPC Los Angeles Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Championships 2nd place, 2007 NPC USA Bodybuilding And Figure Championships didn't place and the 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships 16th place.

Ms.Fitness USA of 2008: Tiffany Yee

This beautiful lady is of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese descent.
She is a former Denver Broncos Cheerleader and Featured Dancer on the Soul Train Television show.
Tiffany has competed in several fitness competions (I'm saving the best for last), she was 1st Runner Up at the 2002 Ms. Physique California, 2002 Fitness Northern California Champion, 2002 and 2003 Ms. Fitness Rocky Mountain Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Short Class Figure Champion, 2002 NPC Colorado State Fitness Champion, 4th Runner Up at the 2003 Ms. Fitness USA, 9th place at the 2004 Ms. Fitness World and 1st Runner Up at the 2004 Ms. Fitness USA.
And now, six years after her first big win, Tiffany Yee is Ms.Fitness USA of 2008!
You can see and read more about Tiffany here:
http://www.tiffanyyeefitness.com/

Aki Nishimoto

Aki Nishimoto is a Japanese female bodybuilder.
She won the Ms Japan bodybuilding contest in 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008!
Talk about dominating!
Besides Ms.Japan, she has placed in the 1998 Asian Bodybuilding Championships, the 2005 World Games and the 2006 World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships.
Aki started out in Karate, but got a knee injury that put her out for awhile.
Ms. Nishimoto is 41 (yes 41!) a former civil servant, a fitness instructor and lecturer.
There are tons of videos of her posing out on the web.
And here is one....
It's a short video of Aki hitting a double bicep pose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnGN_SsC70c