Where muscle meets make-up. These 10 women are fit and they’re redefining beauty
- These strong women are power lifters, bodybuilders, personal trainers and fitness models and they have thousands of followers online
- They believe in being muscular, but are keen to embrace their feminine side
They reject old-school rigid, skinny femininity but still embrace glamour, balancing make-up with muscle.
The new-wave female fitness enthusiasts are “glamazons”, or iron butterflies with plenty of masculine yang, thanks to gruelling gym routines.
Athletic Malaysian beauty queen Ammetta Malhotra tells the Post: “We all should be able to embrace our glamorous and Amazonian side. I think women’s bodybuilding has come a long way.”
Here are 10 of the world’s most statuesque fitness models. The powerlifters and bodybuilders look feminine – some even align with that icon of prettiness, Barbie.
Jhi Yeon-woo
For many South Korean women keen to mimic sleek K-pop idol physiques, designer clothes and plastic surgery are the norm. Yeon-woo Jhi takes a different tack. The professional female bodybuilder has many major titles to her name.
