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Did anyone see the show? I caught part of the second-to-last segment before being distracted by something else. I think ABC played it extremely safe with the bodybuilder Mom, 2006 NPC Natural Northern Figure Champ, Melissa Johnson.

http://www.melissajohnsonfitness.com/frames.html

Central Ohio family featured on ABC's 'Wife Swap'

Who might have the (one time) more renegade FOX had on Trading Spouses…? ;D

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Re: "Jess is still buff" (the title of the thread, not the photos–although those are fantastic and much appreciated, as creepy stalkerazzi pics go):

I guess being buff got good to her.

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"Little people"…as in midgets?

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This should be news to no one, Refaal, but your nation is overly blessed with female pulchritude.

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With all due respect to her achievements in professional bodybuilding, this woman was the reason the phrase "bang her like a screen door" was coined.

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I very much appreciate your thoughts, C.P. (See, I "knew" you had some insight.)  😉

Their physiques, however, are still the subject of much derision and scorn on the Internet as a whole (I've read some very anti-femuscle and some racist views in the last few days).

Ah. You see, I'm "spoiled". I generally steer clear of those places (I don't need the aggravation).

…the conventional UK response to Venus and Serena was "ugly, bloke-like freaks in tennis dresses".

Okay. Wow. U.S. folks–did "we" do this here, too? In traditional commercial media (not online)? If so, I missed it.

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One of the few female bodybuilders who spoke her mind without being vulgar, IIRC. I always respected her for some reason (well, there's the physique–one of the greatest sets of lats, ever). She never could decide on a flattering hairdo/wig/set of extensions, though, bless her.

http://www.lauracreavalle.com/index.php

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C.P., you said, "Yes, I fell for the stereotyped response that conventional society taught me."

Which stereotyped response? The one "conventional society" teaches against muscular women? Or the one about dark-skinned Black women?

I have never been aware of the Williams sisters being derided in the media for their muscular appearance or athletic abilities–unless you count Shawn and Marlon Wayans in drag on MTV (I try not to), or their being "ignored" by lad mags (mercifully so in my opinion). I have followed their careers since they returned to the national spotlight as adult champions, and I don't recall them ever being broadly maligned (at least not in the U.S.–which probably has more to do with them being champion athletes in a closer-to-mainstream sport than it does "acceptance" of their…unique qualities).

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Serena…definitely taking her place on my Goddess's list.

How did this happen?! I know she didn't change, so…?

2./ Serena hasn't got the adoration I feel she deserves on Amaz0ns (apart from a couple of posts by our dear leader a while back), so how's about we redress the balance now, eh? 🙂

M'kay. But Serena is an acquired taste, especially for people more into blondes and light-skinned women. I think if you have to prod a man (however gently) into being a fan of Serena for more than her athletic prowess, it ain't gonna happen… 😉

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I remember reading about this in Musclemag and Flex at the time…so I dug it out. (Pity me.)

It was actually the 1992 Ms. International that Anja Schreiner won, and according to Peter McGough's Flex sidebar, Birchumshaw gave the judges the "gesture of…well, self-abuse"! 😮

I wonder what became of ol' girl…

Hey, what do you think Tonya Knight was thinking when that photo was taken?

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