FMS Faves @NPC USAs 2014

Today, not one, not two, but THREE of the most gorgeous muscular women in the world for your viewing pleasure, all of whom have been celebrated on FMS before. All three competed at the recent NPC USAs, and although none of them received their pro cards on this occasion, all finished in the top three of their respective classes.


THERESA IVANCIK
3rd, bodybuilding (heavyweight)
previously on FMS: Theresa Ivancik: Worth Celebrating

Outconditioned by runner-up Joella Bernard, and outsized (and outconditioned) by heavyweight and overall champ Aleesha Young, Theresa, sadly, will have to keep her pro dreams on ice for a little longer. Now, I’m no expert (far from it) but as far as I can see, size doesn’t seem to be the issue – not upper body size, anyway. To me, she looks like she’s going to be utterly unbeatable in her Instagram “countdown” shots, then, on the day, it’s somehow not quite there on the stage.

Nevertheless, she’s still relatively young for a female bodybuilder, and surely it’s only a matter of time before she does, finally, nail it and get that pro card she so covets. Placing 3rd at a huge national show is such an honor and I couldn’t be more excited! she told her Facebook followers after the USAs. Planning ahead to future shows is underway! She’s wondering whether to take a break, and she probably deserves it. Or do the Nationals in November? There’s a part of me hoping I’ll get just one more sight of Theresa in her posing suit before the end of the year… Yes, indeed.

And you can see some USA heavyweight action on Theresa’s YouTube channel.

BRIE EUBANKS
3rd, physique (D)
previously on FMS: Hot and Hard Countdown: 10 to 1

Known for her abs and extreme vascularity (not to mention some super-naughty webcam shows), Her Brieness is, as voted by FMS readers, the 5th Hottest Woman in the World, and I seriously doubt the images we have of her doing her thing on stage at the USAs are going to make anyone feel that she finished too high on that list. She’s beautiful, no question, and was in great shape at the USAs, but there were other beautiful women in great shape on that stage with her. But Brie always seems to have that little indefinable extra. Maybe it’s in the facial expressions, maybe it’s just all in my head, but I just KNOW that when I see video of Brie from the show she is really going to “get my tap dripping”, as a certain Mr. C. Moore Glootz would say.

She may not have won her class in Las Vegas, but I’m sure she won some hearts and minds among the female muscle headed members of the audience, and, as it turns out, she actually fared none too badly with the judges as well. So the scorecards have been released, she posted to her Iron Built blog, and not only did I miss 2nd by 1 point but I was ONLY 5 points shy of first! Now, she confesses, a part of me wants to go back to Vegas. Kind of want to own that show… but figured I should go where I haven’t been before. What do you think??? Comments will be considered…

Well, my considered comment is that Brie should appear at my house next.

Follow Brie on her blog, her YouTube channel, her Facebook and on Twitter.

SUSANNA HAND
2nd, bodybuilding (light-heavyweight)
previously on FMS: Susanna (Bet You Can’t Keep Your) Hand(s Above the Table) @NPC Nationals 2013

We bemoaned her lowly placing at the NPC Nationals last year not because we thought it was unfair, but simply because it robbed us of another, say 20 to 30 images of Susanna, as 9th meant no evening show on that occasion. Luckily, there was no such problem here. Having finished 4th at the USAs in 2013, she was awarded runner-up in her class at this show, so the good news is we get to feast our eyes on this jaw-dropping muscular beauty in two posing suits this time. Hooray!

You may remember we reported that Susanna wasn’t exactly gagging to get her pro card: I don’t determine whether I am happy or feel successful based on that, she said before the Nationals last year. Still, she is getting closer all the time. Second represented her best finish at a national show ever at her fourth attempt – twice as a heavyweight and twice (including this time) as a light-heavyweight.

Perhaps next time will be fifth time lucky. She may not be hung up on winning that pro card, but the victors always get to hit a few more poses next to that trophy – so that would be another ten, maybe fifteen pics of Susanna for my enjoyment. So, good thing.

Enjoy!

Abs Queens

We’re running out of days, and still have plenty of Abs Queens to crown, so today not one, not two, not three, but FOUR of the sexiest midsections ever. Coincidentally, they’re all attached to stunningly beautiful women. Lucky you.

Reader Request:
ANA USATEGUI

Cuban-born Ana Maria Usategui owes her abdominal fame almost exclusively to a set of gym workout pictures that lit up the forums some years ago, showcasing breathtaking definition and excitingly deep cuts. And she was stunningly beautiful. She certainly ticks all the boxes, says one of the readers who nominated her.

But Ana’s initial splash was followed by very little news of her, and the same old pictures went round again and again. In 2010 she appeared on a Spanish-language reality TV show (I think in the US, though really I have no idea, my Spanish just isn’t up to working it out), and I read around then that she owned a tanning salon in Miami. Alas, when new pictures of her emerged, she was still as beautiful as ever, but the famous abs had disappeared.

Reader Request:
MELISSA WEE

A few years ago, Melissa was just another cute Asian muscle babe who’d been noticed by fans who comb BodySpace profiles for new talent. Since then, she has transformed herself into a quite stunning package of diminutive mighty muscle, with her abs as absolutely her stand-out body part. Not everyone is a fan of the tats, but others simply die for them, and she makes our list with a number of votes to spare.

Recent posts on her blog (worryingly called ‘By His Grace’, which suggests she might be more than a bit God squad, and is far more likely to put me off her than some really rather fetching tattoos) and Instagram show her entering a ‘cutting phase’, the early results of which you can see in the images here. Early results! Imagine how much more cut those gorgeous abs are going to get!

One of our lovely readers contacted FMS recently in a state of much excitement: I’ve been traveling lately, and guess where I am? I’m in Asia, Singapore, the home country of the dark, tanned and spermalicious Asian muscle babe Melissa Sarah Wee!!! Since then, no word from him at all. I wonder…

Reader Request:
BRIE EUBANKS

If you like your abdominals vascular, you probably voted for Brie. Being vascular, my veins… some people love it, some people don’t, says Brie, so that’s definitely one of the things I focus on. It seems that more than a few of you fall into the ‘love it’ camp, judging by the number of votes Brie received.

A mouth-wateringly gorgeous figure turned physique competitor from north-western USA, Brie has been training for over ten years and competing for three, and doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to stop. I love weight-training, she says, I love being muscular… it’s really cool to be a woman and have six-pack abs, it’s a very very good thing. I hope you like what you see, because it’s only going to get better and better. Nice.

Swell Pick:
GABRIELLA BANKUTI

Europe’s got abs! And one of the seemingly endless supply of beautiful and fit Hungarian women brought to our attention by Zoltan Veigh and his Fitness Exposure website has a six-pack that FMS has had a real soft spot for for some time now: Gabriella Bankuti.

Gabriella is something of a veteran competitor these days, having first taken the stage some twelve years ago, and judging by recent photos, her overall physique and her exceptional abs just keep on getting better and better.

FMS especially likes her penchant for having her abs coated, dripping even, in lashings of oil (or perhaps it’s Zoltan’s, her photographer’s, penchant, but applause either way). I can’t think of any better way I’d like them, or indeed any more suitable way for an Abs Queen to be anointed. Imagine!

Enjoy!