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

More Fitness Beauty Monique Minton

Of all the the female fitness models I've done on this blog, Monique Minton is hands down the favorite.
This lovely figure competitor and spokes model has scored again, appearing on what I think is her second Flex Magazine cover.
And this five foot, ten inch, one hundred and fifty pound, half filipinia beauty has added to her contest history since my first write up.
In addition to her other figure competitions, you can now add 1st place at the 2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships.
Yes Monique took first place!

What's next for her?
Well I have heard rumors of a possible MMA career.
Over at PureFight they have an interview with Monique after she won a gold medal in the no gi division at Naga Europa.
You can see it here.
Can you imagine Monique Minton in the steel cage?


posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/, August 25th, 2009

Karen Pang, Another Look

Here is another photo of fitness competitor, fitness model and swimsuit model Karen Pang.
And her great abs of course.
Karen is 5'2 and weighs 107 pounds.
She just recently came in second at the WBFF BC 2009 (Bikini) in Vancouver, Canada.

You can see more of this beautiful young lady here:
http://www.misskarenpang.com/

And of course at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/karenpang

Dale Tomita

This fitness competitor from Hawaii was very popular in the 90s.
She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1964 and is of Japanese-American descent.
This 5 foot 2 inch, 116 pound beauty graced the cover and insides of the major fitness mags.
And like several other fitness competitors, Dale started out in gymnastics until an injury forced to give that up.

Contest History:
1995 IFBB Olympia, 4th place
1996 IFBB Olympia, 4th place
1997 IFBB Arnold Classic And Internationals, 4th place
1997 IFBB Czech Pro Fitness, 1st place
1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia, 5th place

Denise Paglia

Another former ESPN beauty, Denise Paglia.
Denise was very popular in the fitness magazines in the 90s, and her fame has carried over to today.
As popular though as this beautiful lady is, I really cant find much info on her.
I read that she was of Japanese and Italian descent.
She is sometimes listed as Denise-Paglia-Cole.
Denise is a Certified AFAA Fitness Trainer.
Besides Fitness Beach, she appeared on Cyberfit and Bodyshaping.
As female fitness competitor, Denise placed in the 1992 and 1993 Fitness America National Pageants, and she came in 5th at the 1995 Fitness Olympia.
She was on the cover of the very first issue of the fitness magazine Muscle & Fitness Hers.
Sadly, I can't find a MySpace page for her.

Lisa Cheng

The beautiful Lisa Cheng is a bodybuilder and rock climber (her nickname is “Hong Kong Spider Woman”).
Here are a couple of links so you can see how pretty this lady really is.

Picture of Lisa with the trophy after winning the Ms. Bodyfitness competition at the 2008 Hong Kong Bodybuilding And Fitness Championships on April 20, 2008.
http://www.jamd.com/image/g/80792271

Picture of Lisa posing during the competition
http://www.jamd.com/image/g/80792275

See? She's beautiful.
And besides her win at the Ms. Bodyfitness competition in 2008, she has competed in the 2007 Asian Championships, Ms. Fitness 4th place and Ms. Body Fitness, 7th place.

And Lisa is also considering a shot at female MMA as you can see in this video here:

Kimiko Hirai Soldati - Former Olympic Diver

The fitness women on this blog are getting very diversified.
Kimiko Hirai Soldati is a former Olympic diver and a sports model.
She was born on April 10th, 1974 in Longmont, Colorado.
Like a lot of other women featured on this blog, she began her career as a gymnast until a knee injury ended that dream.
BUT, as with a lot of other women featured here, that didn't stop her, it just made her shift focus.
Kimiko decided to move into Diving and it was a good choice.
She racked up a very impressive list of accomplishments....

2001 United States Diver of the Year
2001 World Championship Team member and Team Captain, 6th - 10 Meter synchro, 7th - 3 Meter synchro
2001 National Champion 1 Meter, Silver medalist - 3 Meter & 10 Meter
2001 Goodwill Games Bronze medalist, USA - 3 Meter, first medal for the USA since 1984 on springboard in international competition
2002 FINA/USA Grand Prix Silver Medalist - 3 Meter Synchro, Bronze Medalist - 10 Meter Synchro, Bronze Medalist - Team Event
2002 World Cup Silver Medalist - 10 Meter Platform
2002 US National Champion - 3 Meter Springboard
2002 WHOSAM, Inc. Award recipient
2002 US Diver of The Year
2004 World Cup Team Member, 4th - 10 Meter synchro (partner Laura Wilkinson), 7th-3 Meter (partner Erin Quinn)
2004 American Cup Champion 10 Meter synchro (with Laura Wilkinson), 2nd - 10 Meter
2004 Canada Cup Bronze Medalist - 10 Meter synchro (with Laura Wilkinson)
2004 FINA/USA Grand Prix Silver Medalist - 10 Meter synchro (with Laura Wilkinson)
2004 US Olympic Trials Champion - 3M
2004 Olympic Team Member
2004 Wendy Wyland Award Recipient
2004 National Champion - 3M

To see more about this amazing lady, check this out...
http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/soldati_kimiko00.html



Kimiko Hirai Soldati, Former Olympic Diver, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on 12-11-2008

Fitness Model: Mai Tran

Mai Tran is a Fitness model, Bikini model and Import Car model.
This 5'1, 96 pound (yes that's right...96 pounds!) Vietnamese (she was born in the US, but both her parents are Vietnamese) beauty is very popular on the internet.
And rightly so.
She has been in fitness magazines such as MuscleMag, Oxygen, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development and Flex.
And this is a "hat-trick" for Mai.
I have featured her before on my fitness blog and my beautiful women blog!

Fitness Legend : Susie Curry

Susie Curry is a professional fitness competitor of Irish-Indian-Italian-Vietnamese decent.
She was born on November 22, 1972, in Santa Barbara, California.
She is the most successful fitness competitor in the world to date, having won four Miss Fitness International titles, and four consecutive Miss Fitness Olympia titles
Like a lot of other fitness competitors it seems, Susie started out in gymnastics, but was way-layed by injuries. Having already begun weight training to help in her gymnastic competitions, she stayed with it.
Susie began fitness competitions in 1995, and turned pro in 1996.
She is now retired from fitness competition.
But before retiring, she racked up first place finishes at the 1996 NPC North Carolina Women's Fitness Championships, the 1996 NPC Junior USA Women Fitness, the 1996 NPC National Women's Fitness, the 1996 IFBB World Amateur Fitness, the 1997 IFBB World Pro Fitness Championship, the 1998 IFBB Fitness International, the 1999 IFBB Fitness International, the 2000 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Fitness, the 2000 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the 2001 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the 2002 IFBB Fitness International, the 2002 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the 2003 IFBB Fitness International, the 2003 IFBB GNC Show of Strength , the 2003 IFBB Fitness Olympia.
GEEZ!
And those are just the FIRST PLACE finishes!
Susie lives in Bremen, Georgia now, where she co-owns a gyms and is a personal fitness trainer.

Fitness Athlete: Lyen Wong

Lyen Wong was born Milagros Lyen Wong Aseguinolaza on August 5, 1980 in Matanzas, Cuba.
She is a German-Cuban fitness athlete of Spanish, African and Chinese decent.
Lyen began as a fitness trainer in 2003 and moved into fitness competitions in 2005.
She has participated in the 2007 Miss Universe Fitness, NAC International taking second place, the 2007 Miss Fitness, International German championship again taking second place and the Miss Bikini Contest at Mr. Olympia taking third place.
Before that, she competed in several fitness competitions in Germany taking first place in many, including the Miss Fitness, International German championship and the Miss Universe Shape N.A.B.B.A. International.