[cpbell0033944]

You would be correct Grandmaster.  I just remember what happened to Denise Hoshor's face when she started getting really big and cut all the time.  I don't know if she took steroids, but I would imagine she did and she really lost her cute face for something a little more hideous (harsh but true.)  See examples below.

I think some of that at least is the effect of being shredded in the second photo.

[ScottG]

That is my point though.  I don't personally care for that look, whether it is because of being totally shredded or as a result of steroids.  It just detracts from their natural beauty.  If this doesn't bother others then fine, I just personally don't care for it. 😉

[Lingster]

Negrita Jayde once called it the "hardened criminal" look.  I think from her point of view, the reason to use weights is to become more attractive, but the goal of improving one's appearance is (obviously) defeated if the result is that you wind up looking like a troll.  I agree, which is why I dislike steroids, growth hormones, and women's physique competitions that reward ridiculously low body fat percentages.

The attractiveness of women to most men is tied in with perception of fertility.  A woman with 8% body fat is generally not capable of menstruating or gestating an embryo, and men know that instinctively.  I find "contest shape" emaciation repellent, as I suspect most men (and women) do.  Please note that fitness magazines almost never put "cut" women on the cover.

(Obviously many people would disagree, or at least pretend to disagree, with the proposition that lifting weights and similar pursuits necessarily have improved attractiveness as a primary goal.)

[AlexG]

Not I!  8)  I'm in agreement with Lingster, CPBell and ScottG about the beef jerky / skeleton face effect.  Hence why when I link my femuscular photo finds I strive to avoid posting any contest shots – offseason buffed / toned is overwhelmingly my preference.  ;D

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[ScottG]

Anyway, back to the original point, Jill has an amazing body and a gorgeous face to go along with it.

[cpbell0033944]

Anyway, back to the original point, Jill has an amazing body and a gorgeous face to go along with it.

Agreed, and it's rare for me to say "hear, hear" to what Lingster says, but I concur wholeheartedly.  I love the 15-18% BF, offseason look, as it is sexy, strong, curvy and feminine, especially when the lady in question is heavily-muscled, as the dangerous curves that result always leave me gawking. 😮 8)

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