Minna Pajulahti

This beautiful young lady is Minna Pajulahti.
She is a fitness competitor, flight attendant and aerobics instructor from Finland.

You can read an interview with Minna by Kaisa Piippo here:
http://www.hardfitness.com/emagazine/issue20/minna.html

And you can see a lot more of her pictures here:
http://www.pakkotoisto.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=169

Karen Pang, Another Look

Here is another photo of fitness competitor, fitness model and swimsuit model Karen Pang.
And her great abs of course.
Karen is 5'2 and weighs 107 pounds.
She just recently came in second at the WBFF BC 2009 (Bikini) in Vancouver, Canada.

You can see more of this beautiful young lady here:
http://www.misskarenpang.com/

And of course at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/karenpang

Monique Minton in Flex Magazine

So I was in Barnes and Noble yesterday and I was looking at the magazines and my eyes landed on this month's Flex Magazine.
And look who is on the cover!
Yes, right there on the right hand side of the cover is our very own Monique Minton.
Okay, she's not "our" very own, but I have done write ups on her here and on my other fitness blogs.
This is the second time the beautiful Monique has appeared on the cover of Flex that I know of.

Flex has also put up some of their videos from the making of their swimsuit issue here.
http://www.flexonline.com/news/742

Linda Minard

This beautiful young lady is Linda Minard.
She is an actress and fitness model born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Monterey Bay, California.
Now I hope you are sitting down reading this.
Linda is married and the mother of four children!
And she is almost forty!
That should inspire anyone out there!
And talk about active, she has tried her hand at Judo, Karate, tennis, shot-put, discus, triple jump, hurdles, sprint relays, cheerleading, mountain biking, snowboarding, trapeze catches, rock climbing, adventure running, and natural bodybuilding.
Is that enough?

As far as her acting goes, she is in a movie with Steven Seagal called "Driven to Kill" and is working on another film called "The Red Rooster".

She earned her Pro card at the 2008 FAME Canadian Nationals and I'm hoping we see a lot more of this lady up on the stage and the screen.

You can find out a lot more about Linda by visiting her website here:
http://www.lindaminard.com/

Dale Tomita

This fitness competitor from Hawaii was very popular in the 90s.
She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1964 and is of Japanese-American descent.
This 5 foot 2 inch, 116 pound beauty graced the cover and insides of the major fitness mags.
And like several other fitness competitors, Dale started out in gymnastics until an injury forced to give that up.

Contest History:
1995 IFBB Olympia, 4th place
1996 IFBB Olympia, 4th place
1997 IFBB Arnold Classic And Internationals, 4th place
1997 IFBB Czech Pro Fitness, 1st place
1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia, 5th place

Denise Paglia

Another former ESPN beauty, Denise Paglia.
Denise was very popular in the fitness magazines in the 90s, and her fame has carried over to today.
As popular though as this beautiful lady is, I really cant find much info on her.
I read that she was of Japanese and Italian descent.
She is sometimes listed as Denise-Paglia-Cole.
Denise is a Certified AFAA Fitness Trainer.
Besides Fitness Beach, she appeared on Cyberfit and Bodyshaping.
As female fitness competitor, Denise placed in the 1992 and 1993 Fitness America National Pageants, and she came in 5th at the 1995 Fitness Olympia.
She was on the cover of the very first issue of the fitness magazine Muscle & Fitness Hers.
Sadly, I can't find a MySpace page for her.

Top Ten Asian Fitness Women

1. Satoko Shinashi
Female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter


2. Monique Minton
Female fitness model and female figure competitor


3. Krissy Chin
Physical Therapist, Fitness Model and IFBB Figure Pro

4. Hisae Watanabe
Female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and a former kickboxer

5. Aki Nishimoto
Japanese female bodybuilder

6. Liza Kampstra
IFBB Professional Fitness Athlete, Mom, MMA ring girl and model

7. Jung Dayeon
Korean fitness instructor

8. Gail Kim
WWE Diva and former TNA Knockout

9. Cori Nadine
Fitness model from the 90s, still going strong.

10. Angela Fong
Canadian model, actress, professional wrestling valet and female wrestler