Mikiko’s BodyBlog

Straight from the horse’s mouth!  IFBB men’s bb rep Jim Manion and his opinion on what is expected of Figure Competitors:

 - The women’s sport continues to evolve.  A lot of the figure girls train with male bodybuilders, and start to build a bodybuilding physique.  Figure was set up to give the girls who were NOT bodybuilders a chance to compete in the sport in itself.  I think that this is an evolution thing.  We’re trying to put the brakes on it before it goes too far.

 - As a judge, I don’t look at it as hard / soft.  I see it as athletic and out of shape.  I’m looking for an athletic looking women, figure woman–a little bit of line, shows that you train, it’s just not all T&A, basically.  With me, the main criteria is you HAVE to have a beautiful face to start with.

http://www.bodysport.com/radio/shows/eight/player.html

Straight from the horse’s mouth!  IFBB men’s bb rep Jim Manion and his opinion on what is expected of Figure Competitors:

 - The women’s sport continues to evolve.  A lot of the figure girls train with male bodybuilders, and start to build a bodybuilding physique.  Figure was set up to give the girls who were NOT bodybuilders a chance to compete in the sport in itself.  I think that this is an evolution thing.  We’re trying to put the brakes on it before it goes too far.

 - As a judge, I don’t look at it as hard / soft.  I see it as athletic and out of shape.  I’m looking for an athletic looking women, figure woman–a little bit of line, shows that you train, it’s just not all T&A, basically.  With me, the main criteria is you HAVE to have a beautiful face to start with.

http://www.bodysport.com/radio/shows/eight/player.html