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Follow this more on the Dallas Morning News site as details arerevealed...From our friends at Mesomorphosis:http://tinyurl.com/5dkyvuMost of the coverage seems to be leveraging her MySpace page whichfeatures one of the shots we took of Amanda. She was a friend of oursand we are saddened by this news. James Cook was one of the first todiscover and shoot Amanda back in her bodybuilding days.A

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22 year-old British prodigy Michelle Jones will be back onstage again this fall - this time as a heavyweight. Michelle, who we profiled last year, competed at the British equivalent of nationals as a lightweight in 2006 in only her second ever show and scooped the overall at the tender age of 21. But after the show she discovered that the British bodybuilding federation had changed the rules and

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Martin Schoeller's project Female Bodybuilders won a prestigious awardin the 2008 PDN Photo Annual.Many of you have probably seen his work and the two photos featured inthe magazine were of Carmella and Sarah. Check it out in the currentissue of PDN on your newsstands now on page 140!

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As you know I am in Fit Girls Volume One,  (go to Johnstutz.com)  and will be working with John Stutz--at the booth at the  Mr. Olympia 08, and elsewhere-- to help promote the book! But what you don’t know, because it is new news, is I will be writing for Scott White’s new book: Fitness Competition Secrets. I will be writing back cover testimonial, and about 500 words/paragraphs to cover my

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An exciting prospect out of Louisiana to look out for this year is 22 year-old Megan Abshire, a protegée of pro and now contest prep guru Robin Parker. Megan, who will be competing for the first time this summer, looks to have great structure, with big shoulders and arms and a tiny waist, as well as impressive muscularity for her age. Megan was a powerlifter as a teenager which seems to have

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More movie news: Lisa Aukland tells me she is auditioning for a role in a Hollywood movie too! She is up for a speaking part in a major new comedy and recently went to an audition. “The part was for a muscular woman who would be able to intimidate the main actor - Tyler Perry,” she says. “There were about 14 audition lines but the way it ended, it seemed like this character would have a pretty

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There’s some interesting news about Chemical Pink, the planned movie based on Katie Arnoldi’s novel about the world of women’s bodybuilding. The project has gone through some ups and downs: Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk had originally been slated to write the screenplay, and David Fincher, who was supposed to direct it, both dropped out. Arnoldi eventually wrote the screenplay herself and

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From Emery!   I am one of 4 body builders being featured on Secret Lives of Women “Amazon Women” premiering April 22, 2008 at 7:00pm PST / 10:00pm EST on the WE (Women’s Entertainment) channel: More Air Dates: Wednesday, April 23, 1:00 AM ET Sunday, April 27, 4:00 AM ET Tuesday, April 29, 11:00 PM ET Wednesday, April 30, 2:00 AM ET Check your local cable/dish listings for channel

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Jon Lindsay is happy to announce that Lindsay Productions will be promoting two IFBB Pro Figure contests in California during 2008 as follows: **May 24 - GNC 2008 IFBB CALIFORNIA PRO FIGURE CHAMPIONSHIPS, CULVER CITY, CA - $6,000.00 Prize Money **September 20 - GNC 2008 IFBB TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS PRO

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Check out this audio piece about 'female muscle fitness competitions.'It's about some female fitness athletes and includes an interview withCathy Savage:http://www.cpbn.org/miss-america-muscles

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This photo was in Today's Bride, taken by Vince Tarry - it's nice to seesome buffness in traditional media!

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So our 2007 awards are now online - check them out on the FTVideo.com website!

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You all may be familiar with Dee Lazard who's an amazing bodybuilderfrom Texas. Here she is with fellow Texan and IFBB Pro Tina Chandler.Dee will be on stage at the 2008 Arnold Amateur and promises to bring it- let's go Dee!!!!

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We got this note about a new calendar that features Lishia Dean and Jen Hendershott among other North Carolina physique athletes! "Recently Jen and Lishia Dean were able to participate in a project to create a 2008 calendar of North Carolina Fitness women! Jen Hendershott is on the cover and the month of December and staff member, Lishia Dean, is the month of November. "The calendars came out

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Swedish phenoms Cecelia Benjaminson and Evalinda Karlson (both are featured here on www.FTVideo.com and genex magazine) are featured in a wonderful 2008 calendar. Here’s a preview image of the calendar which can be purchased directly through Cecilia’s website: http://www.ceciliabenjaminson.com/ Support Swedish muscle!

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We got this photo of British Champion Venetia Gloux from John Plummer over in the UK. She’s just 24 years old now so looks to have a bright future. Hopefully she’ll follow in the footsteps of British legends Andrulla Blanchette and Joanna Thomas.

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Kristy was enamored by the kids menu at our recent dinner and drewherself her own National Championship trophy here. Can you tell what itis?

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So I checked out the BODIES exhibit that's all over the world and it was pretty cool. Some of the most ripped people you will see. Although many physiques weren't as impressive as the physique athletes we see all the time, it was really neat to see what's under the skin. There were some cool cutaways of bodies and my favorite may have been the shelf guy, but I think there are different people

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Kris and Kristy are both down in SoCal doing shoots after Nationals.Kristy also told us that she'll be shooting together with Britt Miller withBill Dobbins so look for those photos as well.

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SPORTS | November 19, 2007 Torres Is Getting Older, but Swimming Faster By KAREN CROUSE A nine-time Olympic medalist, Dara Torres trains on the cutting edge so that her personal pharmacy does not have to be.

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Kim Birtch is one of the many popular female bodybuilders from around the world that are currently live on the latest incarnation of the webcam system that we launched last month - FitVidz.comCheck out the site now to see who's on and feel free to recommend any performers who you think might like to be online, and now we also have some live feeds from Gene X's studio shoots when possible so if

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Monica Brennan was in San Francisco and we did a little shoot down in a few alleys in SOMA - this is one of the shots from the shoot. Female Bodybuilder Amy Schmid was also in town so look for some candids from her visit on the FTVideo.com web site soon!

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I was surprised to get a text message from National level bodybuilder Amy Schmid who was in town with a friend on vacation. We managed to all three get together for drinks and such Saturday night. A few pix from the night out!

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You all are probably familiar with gorgeous figure athlete Nola Trimble whowe've featured on our site before. She's also in the 2007 America's FemaleFirefighters calendar which is a great calendar. You can purchase lastyear's calendar as well as the 2008 version from their website at:http://www.americasfemalefirefighters.com/Check it out and support them! Nola went in to work this morning.

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IFBB Pro bodybuilder Joanna Thomas was in San Francisco this week and we had a chance to have drinks at one of my favorite bars, the Tempest where this cell phone shot was taken.

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