Female bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s, when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions.
Iris Floyd Kyle is an African-Indian American professional female bodybuilder. She is currently the most successful female professional bodybuilder ever with seventeen titles including ten overall Ms. Olympia wins and seven overall Ms. International wins. In 2013, she was ranked as the best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.
Lynn Conkwright was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
Tracey Greenwood is a professional fitness competitor on the IFBB circuit.
Adela Garcia is an IFBB professional fitness competitor and former Ms. IFBB Fitness Olympia.
Kristi Tauti is a professional figure competitor, fitness model, and personal trainer from Oregon.
Sue Gafner is a former professional female bodybuilder of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Elaine Goodlad is a professional figure competitor and makeup artist. She is a makeup artist used by fitness models, photographers, and fitness & figure competitors for photo shoots and contest times.
Dona Oliveira was a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. She competed from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s.
Jaime Franklin is a figure competitor from the United States.
Dina Al-Sabah is a professional figure competitor from Kuwait. She is the only female Arab athlete to achieve pro card status as of 2006, as well as the first female Arab athlete to ever stand on the Olympia stage.
Latisha Wilder is a professional figure competitor from the United States. Ever since her first visit to the Arnold Classic Weekend in 1998, she decided that fitness was her calling and competed in her first figure show a year later. And ever since turning pro in 2003 at the 2003 NPC Figure National Championships, she has become one of the rising figure competitors in the sport of figure competition. In just two years as a pro she has achieved two runner-up spots at the Pittsburgh Pro and Palm Beach Pro, and two top-fives at the Figure International. Though not competing in figure competitions currently, Wilder is still working as fitness trainer. She also coaches for a high school cross country program and girls' track program at Upper Arlington High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, having previously coached at the middle school level.
Betty Carmichael Pariso is an American professional female bodybuilder. She was the world's oldest active professional female bodybuilder while competing.
Julie Lohre is a professional fitness competitor from the United States. She is well known in the fitness industry for her intense and entertaining gymnastic routines. She is one of the fitness industry pioneers of online personal training. She is recognized as one of the top 50 online personal trainers in the world. She has achieved a high level of success in the IFBB and includes top 5 finishes in the top competitions in the sport of fitness, including the Fitness Olympia and Arnold Classic. She has also competed in the Crossfit Games, appeared on NBC's American Ninja Warrior, was a leading candidate for NBC's Biggest Loser Trainer spot and is featured regularly in magazines such as Muscle & Fitness, Esquire, Oxygen, FLEX, GORGO Women's Fitness and other health industry magazines.
Amber Littlejohn is an American bodybuilder. She was an IFBB professional figure competitor from the United States. Littlejohn placed in the top-five in almost every show after turning pro with an overall win at the 2003 NPC Figure Nationals.
Monique Jones is an American professional female bodybuilder.
Debi Laszewski is an American retired professional female bodybuilder. She ranks as the 3rd best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor.
Tina Chandler is an American professional female bodybuilder.
Lisa Aukland is an American professional female bodybuilder and amateur powerlifter.
