The NPC Junior Nationals Report: The Polar Opposites of the WPD and WBB By Steve Wennerstrom

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[sweetjane57]

As always, Steve...outstanding write-up! Loved it! only correction, Steve....I placed 2nd to Jen Scarpetta at the 2010 USA's

[Steve Wennerstrom]

As always, Steve...outstanding write-up! Loved it! only correction, Steve....I placed 2nd to Jen Scarpetta at the 2010 USA's

Hi Natalie! Sorry about the error. I was having trouble finding your bio sheet in my haste to write the report, so I relied on my memory. Chalk it up to my aging process! :-)) Congrats on moving into the pro ranks. Let me know when you plan on making a pro debut, I'd like to be there.

[sweetjane57]

Hi Natalie! Sorry about the error. I was having trouble finding your bio sheet in my haste to write the report, so I relied on my memory. Chalk it up to my aging process! :-)) Congrats on moving into the pro ranks. Let me know when you plan on making a pro debut, I'd like to be there.

🙌 Just wanted to point it out not a big deal at all...I have admiration for your writing and historian knowledge, always have! You will definitely be one to know when the Pro Debut happens 💪 my habits of keeping things on the DL will probably be broken for that one! 😉

[Bronwyn]

If you wonder why the winner of Jay Cutler Desert Classic did not come, it is because I may have only resident status, not citizen... and as resident I am not allowed to do national level.. how pathetic in small sport like bodybuilding, when you see Africans competing for Norway, anyone competing for Quatar at the Olympic games, Europeans playing NHL... and those are major sports. And in bodybuilding when you move anywhere from your country you are done. As European I have big troubles to may represent my country, when I am not present there for all qualifications... and it costs money so I can not be, obviously.

Also what is getting me down every season now is the total imbalance in pro-cards given in USA and Europe. We have 5, sometimes 6 pro-qualifiers round the whole world, where we are competing against rest of the world and only the overall winner may get a card, so our chance is 6 cards a year if lucky (and rich to travel round the world), in USA itself it is about 64 cards.

Also the second thing is different criteria. I like US look of girls here at Jr.Nationals - but look what Europe done to WPD! I was competing at 128lb for 5`3,75" frame and I was told to come around 132lb next time, what is my FBB size... plus the hardness is ridiculous - European girls have striated glutes, triceps etc. How two federations with the SAME OUTCOME = IFBB Pro may have so different criteria in so small sport

I gave it up, now for real. I have no hope as I was obviously born in wrong country....