The Universe Championships are annual worldwide bodybuilding events organised by the British National Amateur Body-Builders' Association (NABBA). Originally promoted as the Mr. Universe contest, the event was expanded to include women's classes in 1968. Notable previous winners include bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and bodybuilder and actor Steve Reeves (1926–2000).
Henri Christophe Dickerson was an American professional bodybuilder.
William Arnold Pearl was an American professional bodybuilder and athlete. During the 1950s and 60s, he won many titles and awards, including winning the Mr. Universe contest five times, and was named "World's Best-Built Man of the Century". He later became an expert trainer and author on bodybuilding.
Roy "Reg" Park was an English bodybuilder, businessman, and actor. His first title was Mr. Britain in 1949. He then won Mr. Universe in 1951, 1958, and 1965. He went on to star in five films, all of which featured him playing Hercules. Later in life, he received renewed interest for being the first inspiration to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The National Amateur Body-Builders' Association, more commonly referred to as NABBA, was founded in 1950 by the Health & Strength League to promote bodybuilding. Although the original intention was to promote physique contests in the United Kingdom, the popularity of the Mr Universe contest, and later Ms Universe contest, drew interest from competitors around the world. Today NABBA International maintains affiliations with around 60 countries.
Lee Andrew McCutcheon is a competitive bodybuilder. He is a former International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional bodybuilder and a current National Amateur Body-Builders' Association (NABBA) professional athlete.
Dennis Tyron James is a German-American retired IFBB Pro bodybuilder.
Mustafa Mohammad is a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder. He came in tenth place in the championship of Mr. Olympia held in Las Vegas in 2005. He was elected in 2013 as Assistant President of the Austrian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, and Assistant to the President of the European Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness.
Monica Brant is an IFBB professional figure competitor and a former fitness competitor. Brant won the 1998 Ms. Fitness Olympia. She first appeared on the cover of Muscle & Fitness in November 1994 and has, according to her website, appeared on over 100 international magazine covers.
Bertil Fox is a British former International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilder and convicted murderer. He was pardoned for that crime by the Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis on 4 August 2022.
Ronny Rockel is a former IFBB professional bodybuilder from Germany.
Krisztina Sereny is a professional fitness competitor from Budapest, Hungary, but she lives in Spain since 2007. Krisztina has appeared in various fitness magazines such as Robert Kennedy's Oxygen magazine. FLEX magazine, Monde du muscle magazine, CKM, FHM magazine etc. In 2003, she became the first IFBB pro to make the cover of Playboy worldwide.
John Lees was an English bodybuilder and later a professional wrestler who won Mr. Universe in 1957.
Kamal Abdulsalam El-Gargni is a Libyan professional bodybuilder residing in Tampa. He won the 212 Mr. Olympia in 2019.
Elena Shportun-Willemer is a professional female bodybuilder who mainly competes in European bodybuilding competitions. She is known in the bodybuilding world for her artistic style of posing which involves modern and belly dancing, classic lines and symmetry which are often compared with those from the female bodybuilders from the late 1970s and early 1980s such as Cory Everson and Anja Langer. Although Shportun-Willemer has had the opportunity to compete at the pro level she has opted to remain competitive as an amateur level and recently won the 2009 Arnold Amateur International Bodybuilding Championship.
Craig Anthony Torres, is a professional bodybuilder of Italian and Spanish origin. He has competed in both the NPC and IFBB.
Brigita Brezovac is a retired Slovenian professional bodybuilder.
Roy Callender is a Barbadian Canadian IFBB Hall of Famer retired professional bodybuilder, professional wrestler and actor.
Ramzes Tlyakodugov is a retired Russian (Circassian) bodybuilder and the winner of the prestigious NABBA World Championships bodybuilder title and Vice Mr. Universe and Vice champion the IFBB Men's European BB & Classic BB Championships.
David Guest is an English bodybuilder and weightlifter. He is a multiple British champion in weightlifting and a world champion in bodybuilding.
