2017 IFBB Legends : 17 Bikini Competitor Profiles

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IFBB Legends Competitor Profiles

Cynthia_Benoit_LegendsCynthia Benoit
IFBB Bikini Athlete
French Canadian representing Canada. 
Trains with Kim Oddo. Earned pro status in 2012. Each year thereafter has competed in IFBB Toronto Pro with best placing of 2nd in 2015. Competed in her first Olympia in 2016. Owns ADN, a company that manufactures healthy snacks @adnnutri
Follow @ifbbpro_cynthiab


 

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Jamie Collins
IFBB Bikini Athlete.
Representing Oregon. Personal trainer by profession.
Earned pro status at 2016 NPC USA Championships with a first place in Class-F.
Tall athletic built competitor with four plus years of stage practice and 7.5% body fat last week heading into her pro debut at the 2017 IFBB Legends in Vegas.
Follow @aslanfit


 

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Mikella Dragna
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Hawaii. Competed in her first NPC competition the NPC Stingray Classic at 18yrs in 2016 and won overall. Went on to her second contest the NPC USA Championships and earned professional status.  Coached by her father IFBB Pro Mike Dragna Mr USA 2003. Short competitive history for this young competitor raised by one of the IFBB’s finest with a bright future ahead.
Follow @ifbbmikelladragna


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Betty Jean Ezell
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Nevada.
Year round clean eating class-A sized dynamo. Began competing in bikini in her early forties doing back to back national level shows including NPC USAs and Nationals in 2014 and IFBB North American Championships in 2015. Ezell hit the pro stage in 2016 taking fourth at the IFBB Sacramento Pro and is defending IFBB Legends Pro champion for the masters division. She’s known
as the model for a luxury antique auto dealer in Vegas and is an outspoken advocate for Alzheimer’s research and education as she documents her caregiving managing her mother’s struggle with the disease.
Follow at bjebikini


 

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Christine Ford
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Utah.
Earned pro status at 2016 NPC National Championships Class-C. Trains with Kim Oddo.
Personal trainer by profession. Married to Mitch Ford who together own and operate Surge Supplements while raising their three children. IFBB Legends Pro 2017 is Ford’s pro debut.
Follow @christinefordfit_ifbbpro


 

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Samantha Grimes
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Nevada
originally from small whaling town in Northern Alaska. Began competing in 2014 and earned pro status at 2015 NPC USA Championships Class-D. Busy professional life after graduating UNLV spending her days as public relations manager of the Las Vegas luxury Cosmopolitan resort. The IFBB Legends Pro is Grimes IFBB pro debut.
Follow @miss.grimes


 

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Tamara Haddad
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing California.
Began competing in Figure in 2010. Earned pro status in bikini in 2013 at NPC USA Championships. First pro win at 2015 IFBB Orange County Muscle Classic Pro. Competed in 2015 Olympia. Fifth place at 2016 IFBB Iron Games and 10th at Ferrigno Legacy late in season. Competition & Posing Coach.
Follow @tamarahaddad7


 

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Shawn Hektor Lewis
IFBB Bikini Athlete representing Florida.
Earned pro status at 2013 NPC Team Universe.
Typically competes three or four times each year and typically not the same show twice.
Enjoys the stage and had active presence throughout a variety of popular media outlets prior to competing as an IFBB professional. Provides a unique set of services for competitors through her website www.Shawnscouturecuties.com.
Pictured here with her coach Dan Eslinger.
Follow Shawn @shawncarla_ifbbpro


 

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Stephanie Mahoe
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Earned professional status at 2013
NPC Team Universe going on to take a third
place at the IFBB Tampa Pro that year in a tough field of competition. Took first place in two events of nine events in 2014 and a third place finished at the New York Pro. Place seventh in the 2015 Olympia and was consistantly placing from second to fifth that year. Doing just three top level shows including the Arnold Classic Columbus & Australia and New York Pro she slid a bit in her overall placings. Will be interesting to see if she fares this early in the 2017 season after a long off season.
Follow Stephanie @stephmahoe


 

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Breena Martinez
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing California.
Played Division 1 basketball at San Jose State University. Earned pro status at 2014 NPC USA Championships. Two pro show wins in 2015 and 12th place at first of two Olympias.  Personal Trainer by profession.
Visit her website at breenamartinez.com
Follow @breenamartinez


 

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Edna Olivas
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Mexico and currently resides in Temecula,
California. Competing in IFBB dating back to 2013 IFBB Tijuana Pro.
Last competition 2016 IFBB Puerto Rico Pro.
Follow @ednamaristel


 

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Idianette Ortiz
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Puerto Rico.
Earned pro status at 2015 IFBB North American Championships.
Ortiz took first place that same year at IFBB Fort Lauderdale Cup in masters.
Eight contests in 2016 all in the growing IFBB Florida and Puerto Rico circuit.
Heavily muscled and athletic built competitor who enjoys showing off and building her muscularity
dating back years before turning pro while competing in the Florida NPC. Trains with D4 Muscle.
Follow @idianettefitness


 

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Sarah Pearce
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing California.
Nurse by profession.  Earned pro status at 2016 NPC Universe Championships Trains with Team Zero Gravity.
Follow @sarahpearce_ifbbpro


 

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Angelika Perez
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Kansas.
Earned pro status at 2014 NPC Junior National Championships.
Took year and a half off and revamped her training with Coach Kim Oddo. Believes this is her best prep in five years in the sport.
Follow @ap_pyt


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Ashley Puida
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing California.
Earned pro status at  2015 NPC USA Championships at 5’10”. Extensive modeling career including Hawaiian Tropic & Playboy. Regular on the regional pro circuit competing twice at  Sacramento Pro, at the Iron Games & Muscle Contest Pro.
Follow @ashleypuida


 

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Taylor Rhodenbaugh
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Nevada.
Earned pro status at 2015 NPC USA Championships Class-E first national show after four NPC contests in Florida. Trains with Kim Oddo. Originally from Royal Palm Beach, Florida. Holds a BA in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University. Appeared in Dwayne Johnson’s HBO Series Ballers in 2015. Competed in two pro contests in 2016 taking a third and fourth place finish.
Follow @ifbbpro_taylor_rho


 

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Frida Paulsen Stern
IFBB Bikini Athlete
Representing Sweden as their first IFBB Bikini Pro Athlete earning pro status at Arnold Classic South Africa Amateur 2016.  Pro Debut at IFBB Coastal USA. Trains with Kim Oddo. Featured in November issue of Iron Man Magazine.
Follow @fridapaulsen


 

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