Brazil Rules the Worlds

No, not another post about the World Cup (funnily enough I don’t want to talk about that anymore!), but news and tubes from the 2014 NABBA Worlds, which was held in Belfast on 7th June, and where Brazilians triumphed in all three of the women’s classes.

In Toned Figure (roughly the NABBA equivalent of NPC Figure) there were two Brazilians in the top 6, including the winner, Caroline Crozeta.

In 31 World Championships with the Toned Figure category, the only Brazilians to win the world title have been the beautiful Maite Bueno and… Carol Crozeta! she wrote on her Facebook page, proudly displaying her trophy. I’m the second athlete from Brazil to bring the trophy to us!!! And this was her first international contest, too.

If you are feeling generous and loaded, or know someone who is, Carol is currently looking for sponsorship so she can compete at the NABBA Universe in October.

In the taller of the two Trained Figure (equivalent Physique) classes, Brazilians made up three of the top four finishers. 2013 NABBA Miss Universe Carol Bittencourt finished 4th on this occasion, with Tereza Augusta in 3rd place.

It was the less experienced Regiane Moreira who won the class, despite (or perhaps because of) the technical problem during her individual routine…

And in the shorter Trained Figure class, it was a 1-2-3 for the Brazilians.

In 3rd, the very beautiful Cinara Polido, an FMS favourite from last year’s NABBA Universe, when, you may recall, we were utterly hypnotised by her twitching glutes.

No involuntary muscle contractions this time, but we’re hypnotised nonetheless…

Check out Cinara’s incredible transformation on her website.

For my money the most ripped woman in the entire show, Brazilian NABBA royalty Dora Rodrigues rolled her abs and flexed her wonderfully striated legs and bum into second place in the class wearing a posing suit in the Brazilian national colours…

Now 33, Dora has been training (for the love of it, never forget the first A in NABBA is for “Amateur”) for 19 years. She was crowned Overall NABBA Miss World as long ago as 2008, and won the Overall Miss Universe title the following year.

Check out Dora’s website and Instagram for more.

And it was Auren Malvestiti, last year’s NABBA Universe runner-up, who won both the shorter Trained Figure class and took home the title of Overall NABBA Miss World.

After her victory thanked her followers on Facebook: Guys!!! I’m bit by bit writing and thanking everyone who wrote to me and cheered for me! Every word, every strength, every gesture of encouragement from you took me to the highest place on the podium! What’s worse is that I cry a little bit every message I read… it’s kind of funny! Though I’m away, I feel embraced and welcomed with every message I get. Thank you from my heart. Brazil! I’m coming back with the title for my beloved country!

The new Miss World is also on Instagram.

Enjoy!

And there will be more from the NABBA Worlds later in the week…

Contest of the Day: NABBA Universe

NABBA Universe
12th October, Southport

The NABBA Miss Universe, the oldest female bodybuilding contest of all, was held for the 47th time last month at its usual venue, the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Merseyside. Though there has been no ‘Bodybuilding’ (called ‘Physique’ in NABBA jargon) Miss Universe since Valentina Yefymchuk was crowned in 2010, there are two ‘Trained Figure’ (ie. ‘Physique’ in an IFBB contest) classes, and one ‘Toned Figure’ (equivalent to IFBB ‘Figure’) class. So there’s absolutely no shortage of quality female muscle to enjoy, and all presented in the thongtastic style that is, for me anyway, a large part of what gives the women of NABBA their enduring appeal.

The Toned Figure class was won by Britian’s own Nicola Bentham for the second consecutive year (she also won the NABBA Worlds title in 2012). As we’ve mentioned before on FMS, it can be a frustrating job trying to find information about NABBA competitors, and this is most definitely the case with Nicola. We have managed to establish that she is from the same part of the world as teenage muscle sensation Georgina McConnell, the north-east of England, and that she works, or used to work as a fitness instructor. Beyond that, I’m afraid, we can only recommend following ‘Nikki’ on Facebook for more, though I am sure you don’t need any information at all in order to enjoy her winning routine.

The other British success story was a second place for Sarah Hallett (like Nicola, previously featured on FMS) in the taller of the two Trained Figure classes.

Sarah, a 43-year-old mother and firefighter (yes, it’s time to unleash the female muscle firefighter fantasy again) is the reigning NABBA Miss Britain. She has, pleasingly, received some love from local Welsh media after her second place finish, and the story was picked up and reported by the national media. So if you do want to know more about this amazing woman, read all about her in the original Wales Online article and/or the resulting Daily Mail piece.

The winner of the shorter Trained Figure class, and the Overall Miss Universe for 2013 was Italian NABBA veteran Flora Conte. Regular readers may remember we featured Flora previously on FMS (see Forza e Bellezza NABBA Italia). This was the second time she has gone home with the Overall title, having won it previously in 2010.

The mind boggles at the dedication of women like Flora, who, on top of her numerous appearances at the NABBA Worlds, was competing for the fifth consecutive year here. She could, if she had wanted to, become a pro – the Miss Universe title was a step on the road to pro status for, among others, Alina Popa (who won in 2007). But Flora obviously does it out of sheer love for the sport, turning up year after year in great shape and leaving with a top three finish at the very least. Now in her late thirties, there’s no reason to suspect she’ll be resting on her laurels and hanging up her posing suit any time soon. See you next year Flora!

And last, but not least, a word about the Brazilian contingent at this year’s show, which, unsurprisingly for a federation that encourages the wearing of thongs, was about the largest apart from the Brits. Tereza Augusta (see her routine here) finished third in the taller Trained Figure class, which was won by her compatriot Carol Bittencourt. If you can keep your hands above the table after Carol turns round and flexes those gorgeous glutes at about the thirty-second mark, you are a better man than I…

Auren Malvestiti (routine here) was runner-up to Flora Conte in the shorter Trained Figure class, but I’ll leave you today with the lady who finished one place behind her, Cinara Polido, and who, among all the gorgeously tight, thong-framed bottoms on display, wins Swell’s vote for the Miss Universe ‘Rear of the Year’. At around twenty seconds in, Cinara’s left (as we look) cheek starts its own individual little posing routine, and I really can’t tell you what happens after that!

Lots more clips on the NABBA2009 YouTube channel. Fill your boots.

C. Moore Glootz’s Fun from Rear

Thongs. YESSSSS! Greatest invention ever. If C. Moore was Mr IFBB, Mr ‘No Female Bodybuilding for Me’, thongs would be compulsory. Bikini, fitness, figure, physique, bodybuilding, whatever. Thongs. Hell, if I was Mr IFBB it would be g-strings!

Lacking gainful employment ain’t good for the bank balance, but for the first time in a long time C. Moore has free time. Am I sitting around at home playing with my plums? Hell, no! C. Moore’s been getting himself all over the country on National Express to BBing shows. My reward? Many many MANY beautiful pairs of perfick contest glutes to feast my eyes on. Trouble is, C. Moore can’t settle for just LOOKING.

Consequently, my relationship with event promoters is now about the same as those guys in Vegas who count cards have with the casinos. Not good. Long and the short of it is I can only attend in disguise, and it’ll have to be better than the hat and sunnies I kitted myself out in last time. Spotted, pummelled, and escorted to the nearest bus station by a man with no neck. Not a good day. Bruises are going down, but saw ZERO glootage. AND he stole my hat. Next time I’m going as a bird.