Denise Masino

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Denise Masino
Bodybuilder
Denise Masino rehearses her posing routine just prior to going on stage for the 2007 Ms. International prejudging.jpg
Denise Masino rehearses her posing routine just prior to going on stage for the 2007 Ms. International prejudging.
Personal info
Born Brooklyn, New York
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Professional career
Pro-debut
  • Jan Tana Classic
  • 1996
Best win
  • 2003 Night of Champions

Denise Masino is an American professional female bodybuilder and model.

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Early life and bodybuilding

Born in Brooklyn, New York of Puerto Rican descent, the 5'2" Masino won her pro card by winning the lightweight class at the 1995 NPC Nationals. She competed as a professional through 2007, and was the 2003 Night of Champions winner.

Model career

Starting from early 1996, Masino was featured in various prominent fitness and bodybuilding magazines. She was a two-time centerfold in Flex Power & Sizzle and voted the "sexiest bodybuilder alive" by Iron Man magazine. She was also included in Flex's 1997 Annual Swimsuit issue and in their Fantasy Lingerie issue. In 1997, along with her then-husband and trainer Robert Masino, she founded Muscle Elegance, a magazine that features erotic pictorials of female bodybuilders and where Denise is featured as the main model. The magazine also produces a line of videos and the website Muscle Pinups. [1]

Her feature film debut in the vampire movie, Blood + Kisses (originally titled Kiss of the Vampire as shown in trailers), premiered in film festivals in 2005, but so far remains unreleased. She is currently featured in the documentary feature, "Adventures of Miss Fit," which had its film festival premiere in 2016. [2]

Personal life

Masino is a registered Republican who has voted out of party and identifies herself as a fiscal conservative. [3] She is currently married to her husband Gregg, and was previously married to Robert Masino for fourteen years. [4] She currently lives in Fort Myers, Florida. [5]

Contest history

See also

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References

  1. Denise Masino - AMG Lite
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Denise Masino AMG Lite profile
  4. Dining with Denise
  5. Denise Masino