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At virtually the last minute, the 1999 Ms. Olympia was held together with the 1999 Extravaganza Pro show, and promoters Bob Bonham and Ken Kassel dropped the bodybuilder strength contest that year due to time constraints. In its place, there was a small Pro Fitness Strength Contest, and the amateur bodybuilding and fitness shows were held. For the fitness strength show, four pros (Cynthia Bridges, Min Kim, Lindsay Mulinazzi and Darlene Karzoncic) and two amateurs from the bodybuilding show (Heather Lackner and Jessica Bixler) competed against each other for one-arm pushups, curls and holding a straddle. Video/DVD runs 2 1/2 hours.

Christine was from Australia and held the NABBA title for that country and was the NABBA World Champ also. She was in New York City in early 2000 to take part in Laurie Fierstein's ''Picturing the Modern Amazon' event (which we have on WPW 409), and we were able to spend a full day with her before that show. At 5'3" 175 pounds she was in huge off-season condition, but was still very hard, featuring 16" arms. We did some heavy rep gymwork with her, then posing in several outfits. It was a bit chilly, but we were able to do the footage in the dresses outside, the bikini indoors. An interview is also included for Laurie, who was one of the most massive woman ever. Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

We had been taping Tazzie often since meeting her as a 20 year old in 1988, and this is our second photo/video session with Sheila. Both women were in very top contest shape in 1999- Tazzie at the time of the Ms. Olympia and Sheila was in the North Americans. Tazzie checked in at 5'7" 180 pounds and once again hits her amazing shots in a bikini and several dresses, and is interviewed. Her routine at the Ms. O is also included. No less impressive, Sheila was not as large as Tazzie, but was harder, showing off very ripped, lean muscularity throughout- upper and lower body- with, unreal chest, arm and back poses. She poses in bikini and dresses and is interviewed. Video/DVD runs 2 1/2 hours.

This was our second video release for Michelle- the first taping with her is on WPW-281. That was a four year gap, something that did not happen again with her as from this point on she was starting to become our most-often photographed bodybuilder (along with her Ray Martin work). For this title, we had two full sessions with her in 1999- in top contest shape (5'3" 145 pounds) at the time of the 1999 Nationals, then in early 2000 when she was up about 10-15 pounds, but still hard. For both sessions, Michelle poses in many swimsuits and dresses, does repwork in the gym and is interviewed. Her stage routine at the Nationals is also included. During her long career most fans considered her to have the best upper body (biceps in particular) in the sport, and she is still among the best going into the 2010 season, in her 50s!  Speaking of the '99 Nationals- she was second in her class there, and has had many other very high placements in that show and the USA and the Masters Nationals, but pro status has still eluded her...maybe this year?  Video runs about 2 hours.

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Cynthia was from California, and we met her when she competed- and won- two of the Extravaganza Fitness strength contests in the late 1990's. Freelance videographer, Tony Duffy, did the photo/video session in early 2000, resulting again in lots of interesting posing scenes. She hits the shots bodybuilding style in different outfits, and her best bodyparts were arms, back and deep cut abs. She was a dancer/gymnast before bodybuilding, and displays skill and strength by doing splits, straddles, walking on hands, one arm pushups and overhead flips. Then, Tony spent five hours with her in the gym where she did some very heavy lifting, including repping out on the bench press with more than her bodyweight. Her stage routine at the 2000 Atlantic City Pro Fitness Contest, and an interview, are also included. Cynthia was one of the best ever in terms of a highly developed fitness physique, strength and beauty of face and hair.  Video runs about 2 hours.

Laurie Fierstein had a successful competitive career, and we had one photo/video session with her which is on WPW-227. After retiring from the stage, she promoted three 'physique demonstrations', where women, in contest shape or off-season, posed without being judged. We didn't tape her first event, but the second one, 'Awesome Female Celebration', is on WPW-285, and in 2000 she promoted this event. She joined forces with artistic friends who sponsored a three month exhibit, and Laurie invited 15 women for a posing 'demonstration' to kick off that three month art show in lower Manhattan. Among the women participating- Andrulla Blanchette, Christa Bauch, Christine Envall, Fran Ferraro, Heather Foster, Lesa Lewis, Renee O'Neill, Pavla Brantalova, Tami Wooden, Rosemary Cheeseman, Annie Rivieccio, Monica Martin and Doughdee Marie. After the routines, there was an interesting 'question and answer' session with the women. Video running time about 1 hour.

Ask fans to make a list of the 10 most muscular women ever, and we are sure Laura’s name would be at or near the top of that list. The Toronto, Canada resident won her country’s title, then competed as an IFBB pro during the mid-late 1990’s, before retiring soon after to promote contests. Our WPW staff never got the chance to have a full video/photo session, but Ralph DeHaan shot her for his now-defunct “Threshold Video” company, which we bought the rights to. He did two videos with Laura (released a few years back as WPW-412 & WPW-413), running a total of 2 ½ hours. To get the best DVD quality, we edited the two videos into a new 2-hour video and DVD. She was in top contest shape for both sessions, and the scenes feature her working out and posing in the gym in leotards, two pieces and a bikini, with a brief interview. A great look at one of the sport’s legends – a terrific combination of girl next-door appeal with perhaps the most developed physique of all time. Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

This was our third video release for Debi (the first two are on WPW-317 and WPW-369), and free-lance videographer Tony Duffy did taping this time. She was off-season here, but still in very good lean shape, and Tony had long posing scenes with her in two bikinis and three dress items, gymwork and update interview. Debi was still an amateur in 2000, but was able to turn pro a few years later and continues to place very high in the IFBB pro shows, including a great 3rd place finish in the 2010 Ms. International. Her physique here was symmetrical and shows off great muscle size and shapes throughout, all topped off by great beauty of face and hair.  Video running time about 2 1/2 hours.

We had four photo/video sessions with Beth Roberts during the first few years of this decade. This was our first video with her which featured two different tapings – in top contest shape at her first national show – the 2000 Junior USA, then a couple months later when she was up a few pounds from her 5’6” 140 pound ripped weight. The 30 year old from Pennsylvania hits the shots in several swimsuits and dresses, works out in the gym and is interviewed. Though a new amateur at this time, Beth would gon to win The Nationals soon after, and is now a top IFBB pro. Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

Debbie is yet another fitness woman who really looks like a bodybuilder, particularly in her upper body, which features terrific biceps, triceps, chest and back. At 5’7” and 130 pounds, Debbie is leanly muscled, and the 33 year old is so young looking she could pass for 20. Her glamorous looks are obvious in the photos, but we did not expect her to be as strong as she was, and she demonstrated this in one of our “Extravaganza-type” tandem workouts, and Debbie had a formidable opponent – Heather Hulseberg-Lee. The two square off in a contest (lifts based on bodyweight) featuring chins, curls, lat pulldowns, triceps, leg press and arm-wrestling. Debbie then hits the shots bodybuilding style in a thong bikini and three beautiful dress items, and is interviewed. Debbie Auer – a very rare combination of physique, strength and superior facial beauty. Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

Kristi was another “comet” on the scene, competing in fitness for a couple of years, then vanishing before we could have a second session with her. We brought her in from Montana during 2000, and the 27 year old was another who could have done well as a bodybuilder if she so chose. At 5’2” and 110 pounds she was not huge, but she was in the upper echelon of “fitness muscle” and had perhaps the best biceps of any fitness woman ever. She does repwork in the gym, then plenty of bodybuilding style posing in a bikini and three attractive dress outrits, and is interviewed. Video/DVD runs 1 ¾ hours.

With Cory Everson, Lenda Murray and Kim Chizevsky dominating the Ms. Olympia from the mid-80's through late 90's, many now forget to include Valentina as the winner of the 2000 Ms. O., with a look that most thought would carry her to many more titles. But, she won only once, and we had a great two-day session with her right after that show when she was, of course, in top contest shape. She poses in a nice variety of bikini and dresses, showing off a perfect combination of size, definition and shape throughout, topped off by killer looks, giving the IFBB judges at her shows an easy judging choice! She does repwork in the gym to get her pumped up for the posing, then hits the shots and is interviewed- and her stage routines at the 1999 Ms. O and 2000 Jan Tana are also included.   WPW-423 runs 2 1/2 hours.

We had known of Nursel for several years when she was competing in local/regional contests in the NYC area. By 2000, she had improved to the point where she was a serious national caliber competitor, and we had two sessions with her that year- in top contest shape at 5'5" 150, and 'off-season' when she was at a still very lean 160. In addition to posing in many swimsuit/dress items both times, we also taped her in the gym doing repwork, with some heavy lifts, and an interview is included. Regarding her best features- her lower body had great size, shape and leanness, but she was more known more for her huge arms and very impressive chest and back, and had deep cut abs even when off-season. Nursel, who was born in Greece, continued to compete at a high level for a few years, retired from the scene for a while, but began to compete again in recent years.   Video running time about 2 1/2 hours.

Colette had been competing in local/regional NYC contests in the late 1990's, and in 2000 she became a national force with an impressive 6th placing in her class at that year's Nationals. We had our contest shape session with her at that show in the fall, and did off-season work with her in the summer when she checked in at 5'5" 155 pounds. She posed in many outfits both times, and the gymwork was divided between repwork and a few heavy lifts, such as strict bodyweight curls for four reps, which is very tough. The blonde beauty, only 25, had a lot to look forward to in the sport, and that all did come true, turning pro and competing at a high level in the pro shows in recent years, including top-ten in the 2010 Ms. International. In addition, since she was local and her look varied between being ripped to being huge, she became one of our favorite physique models of this decade- and, thanks to her for helping us set up this website!   Video running time about 2 1/4 hours.

We had several photo/video sessions with Denise in the late 1990's, and this one turned out to be our last. She was in off-season shape in the summer of 1999 when this work was done, and we held up releasing at as we thought we would be adding contest shape footage to it, but she announced her retirement from the sport in 2000. At 5'5" 160 pounds, she was in unreal shape- off-season weight with contest shape hardness- many fans consider this session one of the best ever for any woman- huge arms, chest, back and lower body, topped off by her famous good looks. She hits the shots in a bikini, one-piece and two dresses, and is interviewed. Denise did resurface a few years ago, competing in a figure show, but we have not heard of any plans for 2010. Video running time about 70 minutes.

We purchased the "Threshold Video Company" masters around 2000 and released the two they did with Laura Binetti as WPW-412 and WPW-413- both of those are together now on WPW-412. The next three were released as WPW-437, WPW-438 & WPW-439, including this one for the Brazilian figure star, Luciana. She competed in bodybuilding and fitness shows throughout the 90's and she was in lean, defined near-contest shape for this session. The video content is similar to our own WPW titles, but Ralph DeHaan's video style and editing obviously differed slightly from ours. So, Luciana poses in several outfits, does repwork in the gym, and is interviewed.  Video running time about 1 1/2 hours.

Small things for sure come in nice packages – at 5’ and 115 pounds, the 33 year old Australian bodybuilder sports impressive 14” peaked biceps, a chiseled back and very impressive tricep, chest and other poses. We knew she would be in the US on vacation during April of 2001 and set up a session with her immediately, as the beautiful blonde was hard as a nail, in total contest shape. She did repwork in the gym to pump up for her posing in her bikini and three dress items and is also interviewed. She does not compete often, but we hear she is still in lean shape (and living in California) and hope to do more work with her if she visits the east coast! Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

Heather was competing in 'bikini' contests in the late 90's before deciding to do figure/fitness shows around 2000. It did not take her long to get into very good fitness shape, and we had our first session with her late 2000, when she was in lean, off season shape. She did 'strength challenge' gymwork tandem with Debbie Auer then posed in a bikini and two dresses. In the spring of 2001 she was in very good contest shape and hit the shots in two bikinis and three more dresses, and was interviewed. Heather was in her very early 20's at this time, and subsequent videos of her (WPW-475 and WPW-525 will be on DVD in the future, and WPW- 625 is on DVD now) show her morphing into one of the best bodybuilders/ powerlifters in those sports.  WPW Video/DVD runs 2 3/4 hours.