Women bodybuilders back in the 1980's, early '90s, the difference between on and off season wasn't all that great. They just looked a little more cut. Like Cory Everson, Rachel McLish or Charla Sedacca.
But starting in the mid to late '90s, the difference started becoming night and day, and my preference skewed more and more to the off season look. I've read that a bodybuilder, at competition weight, is physically weakest because of the weight and water loss. You can really see it in women, they look haggard and tired. To me, Roxie Rain is a good example. Off season, I find her incredibly hot. Competition, she looks like she could keel over at any moment.
There is one other body type I find interesting, the ones that get truly huge off season. They look like they quadruple in size and become this real life She-Hulk. Theresa O'Brien was like this. Competition weight, she was thin and sleek. Off season, she was absolutely massive, her legs looked like tree trunks. She looked like she could single handedly take on the front 4 of a pro football team.
