Fitness Beauty - Sasha Brown

Sasha Brown

This striking young lady is Anna Tkachenko, aka Sasha Anna Brown or just Sasha Brown.
Whatever you call her, this five foot six, one hundred and twenty two pound fitness beauty from the Ukraine is a NPC figure competitor, ISSA certified personal trainer and fitness model.
And she has studied Jujutsu for over six years.
You know I keep expecting to see a sudden surge of female fitness stars going into MMA, but that hasn't happened....yet.
Besides fitness, Sasha has a degree in computer science and business management.
And is looking to get more degrees in kinesiology and sports nutrition.
In her second NPC figure competition, Sasha took first place and overall.

Here's a video I thought was pretty cool of Sasha doing a little mixed arm wrestling, posted by KrivStudiosBlog

Larissa Reis - IFBB Pro Fitness Competitor

This beautiful young lady is Brazilian personal trainer, nutrition consultant, fitness model and IFBB pro figure competitor Larissa Reis.
Larissa was born on May 21st, 1979 in Brasilia, Brazil.
She is five feet, five inches tall and weighs between 132 (contest) and 139 (off-season).
Her hobbies are surfing, skating, long boarding, triathlons, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Here's another one I wonder if we'll see try her hand at MMA....

I couldn't find all of her contest history, but here is what I could find....

Female Fitness Competitions:
IFBB South American championship 20?? - 1st Place
IFBB Brazilian National Champion - 2006
New York Pro - 2009 - 2nd Place
Atlantic City Pro - 2009 - 1st Place
Arnold Classic - 2010 - 6th Place Overall

Here is a video posted by DIYMUSCLE on YouTube of Larissa working out:

Mary Jarmolowich, Fitness Beauty - NUC27ABFCCE7

I did a write up on fitness model and bikini competitor Mary Jarmolowich over on my other fitness beauties blog awhile back and she is one of the most popular women there.
So why not spread the love?
I hate to use the term "perfect" because everyone has their own idea of what a perfect build is.
But in my eyes, Mary comes pretty darn close!



She took first place at the FAME Sin City Bikini contest in 2008, and also in 2008 she competed in the FLEX Magazine Bikini Contest taking third place.
In 2009, she placed 7th at the WBFF Worlds -Pro Diva Fitness Model competition.
Besides competing in fitness/bikini competitions, Mary is also a marathon runner.
She is studying for her ISSA personal training certification and is also working on a certification in nutrition as well.




Here is a video from LAMuscleTV featuring MJ:

More Adela Garcia

I did a write up on IFBB professional fitness competitor Adela Garcia way back in April of 2007.
So after three years, isn't it about time for another one?

Adela was born on December 1st, 1971, in Cabrera, Dominican Republic and then her family moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico when she was eight years old.
She played softball, volleyball, and basketball when she was in school. then started weight training at seventeen.

Before Adela got her IFBB pro card, she competed in numerous events....

1995 NPC Europa Sports Fitness Championship - 2nd place
1996 NPC National Fitness Championship - 12th place
1996 NPC Pennsylvania Fitness Championship - 4th place
1998 NPC USA Fitness Championship - 9th place (short class)
1998 NPC National Fitness Championship - 8th place (short class)
1998 IFBB North American Fitness Championship - 6th place (short class)
1998 NPC Junior National Fitness Championship - 2nd place (short class)

When Adela won the the NPC USA Fitness Championships in 1999, she got her pro card and went on to compete in many events, getting first place at the 2002 IFBB New York Pro Fitness, the 2002 IFBB Atlantic States Pro Fitness, the 2002 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Fitness, the 2003 IFBB New York Pro Fitness, the 2004 IFBB Fitness International, the 2004 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the 2006 IFBB Fitness International, the 2005 IFBB Sacramento Pro Fitness, the 2006 IFBB Fitness International, the 2006 IFBB Fitness Olympia, the 2007 IFBB Europa Super and the 2007 IFBB Fitness Olympia.



But as the late Billy Mays used to say "That's not all!"
Adela took off a couple of years and came back in a big way winning the 2009 IFBB Europa Super Show & Supplement Expo and the 2009 IFBB Olympia.
So fourteen years after coming in second at the 1995 NPC Europa Sports Fitness Championship, she wins two of the biggest fitness competitions in the world!
This five foot one, 110 pound fitness beauty is amazing to say the least.
And I didn't mention that Adela was recently named number one on the IFBB's list of the top 100 fitness competitors.

Fitness Model Competitor

This five foot three, blonde haired, green eyed beauty is F.A.M.E. Fitness Model Competitor Stefanie Richard.
Stefanie is from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and has been competing in fitness since 2008.
Before that she came in 3rd place at the 2006 Miss Quebec, and was a top ten finalist for the 2006-2007 Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada.

Since she started in female fitness competition, she came in 4th at the Ms. Bikini and Model Universe 2009 in Miami and won the Figures/Figure Physique Open at the 2009 FAME World Championships.

Natalie Pennington - IFBB Bikini Pro

While doing research on these Asian fitness beauties, occasionally I run across someone that is so amazing, I can't believe I hadn’t found her before.
Stunning half Korean, half French IFBB Bikini Pro Natalie Pennington is one of those women.
I think Natalie ranks right up there in the top five most beautiful women I have ever presented on this blog.

IFBB Bikini is a new female fitness competition, just started this year by the IFBB (The International Federation of BodyBuilders), and at first, some people just looked at it as a glorified bikini competition, designed to sell more tickets.

But having seen these ladies in action, I think opinions are changing, as these women work just as hard as other female fitness competitors to get the look the judges want.
Some women have even crossed over from IFBB Figure over to bikini.

Back to Natalie though, this young lady can do something none of the other competitors can do.
She can make you look forward to a trip to the dentist.
Yes, Natalie is a full time dentist.

Natalie has appeared as a fitness model in issue 12 of Status Fitness Magazine, and I think you will see a LOT more of this gorgeous woman in the coming months.

Competition History:
2008 MuscleMania Fitness America Weekend - 5th Place
2008 UNBA Fitness America Southern Cal Regional - 1st Place
2009 NPC Team Universe - 2nd Place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 2nd Place
2009 NPC Contra Costa Bodybuilding, Figure & Fitness Championships - 1st Place
2010 IFBB MuscleContest Pro Bikini - 5th Place
2010 IFBB New Zealand Pro Figure & Bikini - 2nd Place

You can find out more about Natalie at her Facebook page here:

Monique Minton - Female Fitness Competitor

Monique Minton continues to be one of the most popular female fitness competitors on this blog.
And there's little wonder why.
This lovely half filipinia, half polish model has graced the cover of not only female fitness magazines, but muscle and fitness mags like Flex several times.
And the beautiful five foot, ten inch, one hundred and fifty pound fitness beauty keeps adding to her list of female fitness competitions...

2008 NPC John Sherman Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championship - 1st Place
2008 NPC National Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 5th Place
2008 NPC Team Universe Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure National Championships - 4th Place
2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 3rd Place
2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships - 1st Place
2010 IFBB Olympia - NP
2010 IFBB MuscleContest Pro Bikini - 2nd Place

And as I have mentioned before, besides competitions and fitness modeling, Monique is training in BJJ and MMA, so I wonder if we will see her debut in the steel cage?



Monique Minton - Female Fitness Competitor, posted to http://asian-fitness-women.blogspot.com/ on May 13th, 2010.