Wennestrom Looks Back at Women Bodybuilder's Best Lightweights!

[dvsness]

Good read.

[huge285]

WENNERSTROM sent me scans of lightweight, ANGELA IRIZARRY........ She seems to be a very worthy person of mention with regard to the best lightweights in bbing history!

[huge285]

Pavla Brantalova

[Ibarramedia]

Pavla Brantalova was awesome. She lives in San Diego now.

[4evrstroud]

Reppin for the lightweights

[Steve Wennerstrom]

Pavla Brantalova

Pavla first moved to the United States in 1999 after placing second in the LW class at the 1998 IFBB World Amateur Championships, and since then she has been married for several years, is going to college to become a CPA, and became a US citizen two years ago. She was a world class lightweight and was featured on the December 1999 cover of Women's Physique World.

[Ibarramedia]

Pavla first moved to the United States in 1999 after placing second in the LW class at the 1998 IFBB World Amateur Championships, and since then she has been married for several years, is going to college to become a CPA, and became a US citizen two years ago. She was a world class lightweight and was featured on the December 1999 cover of Women's Physique World.

Correct. And here it is:

[Steve Wennerstrom]

IFBB Women's Historian Steve Wennerstrom Looks back at the sport of Women's Bodybuilding's Best LIGHTWEIGHTS! This is one of the best retrospectives I've ever read. I wish someone would do this for the men's side of the sport!

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http://www.rxmuscle.com/the-women/12...htweights.html

I'm getting some questions as to whether I have plans to do the same type of salute to other women's weight classes..especially the heavyweights. Your thoughts?

[Ibarramedia]

I'm getting some questions as to whether I have plans to do the same type of salute to other women's weight classes..especially the heavyweights. Your thoughts?

Go For it!

[tammyp]

any positive wbbing talk is always welcome by you steve!

[Steve Wennerstrom]

Go For it!

First, there's the unfinished business of adding lightweights to the thread that have been brought up by readers. And there's my desire to post photos that do the competitors justice.
Lots of readers/members want to have a look at the history of the heavyweights, but that may be too daunting. Especially when considering the fact that beginning in 1982 when the heavyweight class was first initiated, that division included any competitor over 123 pounds! Today many of the HW's 25 years ago would be MW's and LtHW's today. And the sheer numbers of mega-quality heavies is just overwhelming.
I'll need to run it by Dave to see what kind of space availability there is. Plus the time it will take me to put it all together.
MW's and LtHW's I could do much more quickly....and the LtHW's has an interesting history due to the long passage of time from 1987 when it was discontinued to its reinstatement in 2004. And on the other hand, I'm not getting any younger!

[Ibarramedia]

First, there's the unfinished business of adding lightweights to the thread that have been brought up by readers. And there's my desire to post photos that do the competitors justice.
Lots of readers/members want to have a look at the history of the heavyweights, but that may be too daunting. Especially when considering the fact that beginning in 1982 when the heavyweight class was first initiated, that division included any competitor over 123 pounds! Today many of the HW's 25 years ago would be MW's and LtHW's today. And the sheer numbers of mega-quality heavies is just overwhelming.
I'll need to run it by Dave to see what kind of space availability there is. Plus the time it will take me to put it all together.
MW's and LtHW's I could do much more quickly....and the LtHW's has an interesting history due to the long passage of time from 1987 when it was discontinued to its reinstatement in 2004. And on the other hand, I'm not getting any younger!

You can do the Heavyweights last. Just continue what you are doing. Much appreciated Steve.

[AnglicanBeachParty]

any positive wbbing talk is always welcome by you steve!

Agreed!

[MsGuns]

I cant wait til the additional LW thread...Beni Lopez @ the top of my list.
I luv reading your articles.
Can you do one about former track runners...ie Lenda Murray (my fav).

[debbiebramwell]

Always love your articles Steve!! Thanks for being a huge part of our sport. You were the one who discovered me and made me do this! lol