Olympia 2014 Review: Candids

“You’re gonna win.” “No, you’re gonna win.”

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Juliana and Alina make their Olympia predictions…

And welcome you to FMS‘ look at what else was going on in Las Vegas during the weekend of the Olympia – or at least what is available for public consumption!

@THE EXPO

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Larissa Reis at the Labellamafia stand sporting a kind of super hot blond Brazilian Moritica Addams look. Given the clothing label is owned by Brazilian bikini athlete Alice Matos and is modelled by some of Brazil’s finest female physiques, one can only imagine the stand was something of a female muscle lovin’ brethren magnet.

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You’d have to say that either Eva Andressa Vieira is quite tall, or else Tonia Moore is quite short. And equally you’d have to say that either Eva’s shoulders and arms are quite slender, or else Tonia’s shoulders and arms are freakin’ HUGE!!!

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One of FMS’ 2013 Women of the Year Shawna Pierce (aka Shawna Strong) dares you to disagree with her T. This won’t be the last time we have the pleasure of Shawna in today’s post – she was one of the women who seemed to be just about everywhere (or at least everywhere there was a camera) during the Olympia weekend.

And so was Britain’s Most Naughty…

LISA CROSS

On my way out to Vegas to meet up for some fun with Brandi Mae, Lisa told us via her Facebook the week before the Olympia. We had such a great time last year I could not resist going back for more. And with a jacuzzi with a view like that, the mind boggles what those two got up to. Now I know why they call it Sin City, Lisa wrote a few days later. Yeah, right, I’m sure she had absolutely no idea before! And Brandi Mae wasn’t the only other purveyor of fine female muscle naughtiness Lisa ran into…

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But it wasn’t all naughtiness for the Pride of Britian. She had dinner with Alina Popathe greatest female physique to walk the planet, according to Lisa. I had a wonderful evening gaining an insight into the mindset of a top IFBB Pro Athlete, she reported. The knowledge and dedication it takes to be at this level is incredible.

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And she was just as, if not more, starstruck to meet Lenda Murray at the Wings of Strength Olympia After Party (which was probably the place you, I, and the rest of the female muscle lovin’ world would have wanted to be on that particular night).

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She was the pinnacle of the sport, gushed Lisa. Does it get any better than this?

Er, well,you, Brandi, Alina, Lenda… I dunno, ME maybe… in that jacuzzi…

MAVI’S XTC

And the divine Ms Popa had another fan (or stalker?) tracking her down.

With Alina all sweaty (and pumped beyond belief – look at her arm, her SHOULDER!!!) Mavi Gioia seems absolutely ecstatic to be up close and personal with her. This snap is something of an XTC for FMS readers as well. With Alina #1 and Mavi #3 on the FMS Hot and Hard 100 List, this combo is, with #2 Shannon Courtney absent from the Vegas muscle fest, about as Hot and Hard a candid as it is possible to get.

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I could smell her! Mavi might have said had she responded to our request for information about her meeting with La Popa. I spent the rest of the weekend dizzy, my head spinning, swooning from just being so close to so much female muscle power.

And talking of swooning…

TWANA BARNETT-FERGUSON

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I believe there are other women in these pictures, but I only have eyes for Twana.

ASIAN INVASION

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Singapore’s Joan Liew (far right) leads a quartet of Asian beauties in an attention-grabbing flex fest. And these were by no means the only Asian muscle women who made the trip to Vegas determined to show off their muscular bods.

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Korea’s Yeon Woo-Ji looked as gorgeous as ever, while FMS fave Melissa Wee, fresh from her first contest, was spotted in a top that revealed the tan lines on her pecs in (almost) all their glory. No wonder she seems to make friends wherever she goes! And finally, here’s Joan again, looking gorgeous and glamorous with Brazil’s Olympia champ. How big do Joan’s arm and shoulder look from that angle? WOW!

SUSANNA’S BIG DAY

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It wouldn’t be Vegas without a wedding!

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Beautiful Susanna Hand was the (not exactly “blushing”) bride, replete with a female muscle entourage of truly epic proportions, all wearing MuscleGirlzLive vests.

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I guess we can all try to imagine what it must be like to marry the muscle woman of our dreams surrounded by a posse of the biggest and baddest female bodybuilders on the planet, but Mr Susanna got to bloody live it! My cap is proper doffed.

And look who was at the reception…

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AND FINALLY…

Two top candids from the Olympia weekend.

First (left) Monique Hayes enjoying herself after dark in an almost impossibly tight bright yellow dress (guess she didn’t want to attract much attention). The good news is that it seems Monique is back and working again with a somewhat enhanced look to her upper body. Now, depending on your point of view the enhanced look may or may not be welcome news, but I will say that the little I have seen of Monique’s most recent work has enabled me to see just a little bit more of Monique than ever before.

Too cryptic? Click here.

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And last, but by no means least, Melody Spetko hams it up, presumably in a museum to the Las Vegas of the past. Unless “unlawful” and “illegal” mean different things…

Enjoy!

Hand Bras: Swell’s Picks

Finally this week, a personal top three hand bras…

THE THIRD HAND

Swell digs this shot of Rhode Island’s figure turned physique competitor Ariella Palumbo for all sorts of obvious reasons, but not least the massive double-take you do the first time you see it. Then, of course, there’s all the questions it leaves you with. Questions like ‘is the third hand male or female?’ and ‘where is their other hand exactly?’ You can’t find the answers to these questions on her website, nor on her Instagram page, but you can find lots of other lovely pictures of her there. And no, Dave Palumbo isn’t her father. But he is going to be training her this year.

EVERY ANGLE COVERED

Backstage/pre-contest hand bras are always winners, but drop-dead gorgeous German bikini champ Ramona Valerie Alb deserves a special mention for this abstacular triptych. You can almost smell the protan. And there’s lots more of FMS‘ favourite Cuban Jamaican Afro-American German cooking, training, and getting up to all sorts of energetic craziness on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

MMMARVELLOUS MMMAVI

I know I probably shouldn’t be trying to unduly influence your own personal selections for the FMS Hot and Hard 100 with mmmouth-watering pictures of some of my favourite women while voting’s still open, but really, if Mavi Gioia isn’t one of the 100 hottest hard women in the world then my name’s not 6ft1swell…
[er, it isn’t though, is it? – ed.]

Hope you enjoyed Hand Bra Week. Normal service resumes tomorrow.

Muscle Beauty and the Baize of the Day

With the World Snooker Championship entering its second and climactic week in Sheffield (in the UK), FMS is proud to present a week-long selection of female muscle favourites wielding their cues for your viewing pleasure.

And to segue nicely into the week via last week’s Italian theme, mmmore Mmmavi

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An 8-ball fanatic, Mavi likes nothing better than cleaning up at amateur competitions in her region. And if her cue ball control isn’t quite good enough to win, the red dress sufficiently distracts her opponents from what’s happening on the table…

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… which is just as well, because she HATES losing.

Forza e Bellezza: Mavi Gioia

So, how to end the week of Italiane? Ah, yes. Mmmavi Gioia

MAVI BEFORE

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Mavi fact
Her real name is Maria Vincenza Gioia.

Mavi says: Three things which make me angry are hypocrisy, fake people and traffic.

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They say: [She’s] so scorchingly hot she’d make a bishop kick a hole in a stain glass window.

Mavi fact
She was born in 1977 in Mesagne in Puglia.

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Mavi says: I’m fine with being photographed naked. I believe the human body is a masterpiece which can be made into a piece of art and should be immortalised.

They say: [She’s] one of those genetic standouts that make you believe her presence on Earth could only be because of the good graces of God – perhaps he was feeling a little saucy?

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Mavi fact
Mavi lives in San Marino with her husband, Gian Enrico Pica.

Mavi says: I wake at 7 and have my personal training clients for the first few hours of the day. Then I go to work at my husband’s company. At the end of the day we train together. Somewhere in the middle of all that I am a housewife.

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They say: You can tell from some of the pictures where she is flashing those pearly whites that she could sign any contract for any endorsements and represent a company with beauty and grace.

Mavi fact
She’s a Virgo. Her birthday is August 30th.

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MAVI NOW

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Mavi says: I like competing but I much prefer modelling.

They say: I’ve never seen a woman with such big muscles and such a beautiful face!

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Mavi fact
Mavi started weight training ‘seriously’ in 2000.

Mavi says: In Italy, we have great food. There’s a lot of temptation, but it’s pretty easy to diet too.

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They say: Mavi Gioia is bodybuilding’s Mount Vesuvius. While her power and her heat are on par with Italy’s most famous volcano, it’s her curves that are potentially as deadly.

Mavi fact
Mavi is 1.60m or 5’2”.

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Mavi says: My favourite bodybuilder is Lenda Murray.

They say: Absolute stunner. She is my idol. I love her, and would love to have her body. [That’s a quote from a woman, by the way.]

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Mavi fact
First competed in 2002.

Mavi says: I am happy if my family is well.

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Swell says: Apologies if your personal favourite wasn’t featured, but I hope you’ve enjoyed this week of muscular Italian women. We end with 36 seconds of heaven…

https://dailymotion.com/video/xz8jvf

Buon divertimento!