Minna Pajulahti

This beautiful young lady is Minna Pajulahti.
She is a fitness competitor, flight attendant and aerobics instructor from Finland.

You can read an interview with Minna by Kaisa Piippo here:
http://www.hardfitness.com/emagazine/issue20/minna.html

And you can see a lot more of her pictures here:
http://www.pakkotoisto.com/copper/thumbnails.php?album=169

Sondra Hopkins

Sondra Hopkins is a personal trainer, NPC figure competitor and she owns the Fit Life Studio in Boerne, Texas.
She was also bodybuilding.com's Transformation of the Week, Women.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/transf142.htm

Contest history:
West Texas Classic 2008 Masters - 1st Place
Ronnie Coleman Classic 2008 - Masters 4th Place
Ronnie Coleman Classic 2008 - D Class 8th Place
NPC Rock Fitness Extravaganza 2008 - Masters - 1st Place
NPC Rock Fitness Extravaganza 2008 - Figure B - 2nd Place
NPC Texas State Championships - 4th Figure D

She is also a Cellucor Sponsored Athlete.

For more info on Sondra you can check out her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/sondrahopkins

Catherine Holland (Catherine Boshuizen)

Catherine Holland (Catherine Boshuizen) is a IFBB Pro Figure Competitor, a fitness model and personal trainer
She was born on March 21, 1980 in Portland, Oregon, but she now resides in Orlando, Florida.
Catherine stands 5’7”, weighs in at 130 lbs (contest weight) and 140-145 (off season).
She has a BS and MS degrees in Exercise and Sport Science from Oregon State University and she is a business owner and instructor of Celebration Boot Camps.

Contest history:
2004 NPC Northwest Natural Figure Championships: Overall
2005 Oregon Ironman Figure: 1st place over 5’6”
2005 Emerald Cup Figure: 7th place 5’6-5’8”
2006 Emerald Cup Figure: 13th place 5’6-5-8”
2006 NPC Jr. National Figure Championship: 9th Place Class D
2007 NPC Jr. National Figure Championship: 12th Place Class F
2007 NPC Figure Team Universe: 16th place Class F
2007 NPC Figure USA’s: 16th place Class E
2008 Emerald Cup Figure: 2nd place Class F
2008 NPC JR USA Figure Championship: 1st place class E
2008 NPC JR NATIONALS Figure Championships: 1st place, Class E
2009 IFBB Europa Super Show of Champions Pro Figure: 16th

You can visit Catherine's website here:
http://www.catherinefitness.com/

Or keep up with her on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/fitcat

Gabriella Bankuti

Gabriella Bankuti

Beautiful Hungarian Figure competitor Gabriella Bankuti.
You may not know a lot about this young lady, but she has a lot going on.
She's a (take a deep breath) Fitness and Figure Competitor, personal trainer, teacher, Multiple Scitec Champion, Hungarian Cup Champion, International Absolute IFBB Champion, Coordinator of Tozobodyformers Team, Mental Health Consultant AND Lifestyle Consultant!

She is also affiliated with the IWI Europe Education Center as a trainer.

Katrinka Knox

Katrinka Knox is a 5' 3" tall NPC Figure Competitor from Oregon.
She competed in the Emerald Cup last year and came in 18th place in the Over 5'2 to 5'3 category.
You can visit her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/katrinkaknox

Allison Frahn

Awhile back I did a write up on the lovely K.L. Frahn.
Well here is her sister, the equally beautiful Allison Frahn.
Allison was born on September 27, 1980 in Nanuet, NY.
She definitely has a ripped lean look, and if you go to her website and check out her bio, you'll see that this young woman overcame a tremendous obstacle to get to where she is today.
It's a very inspiring story.
Besides doing figure competitions and being a fitness model, she has a BA in Communication from the University of Delaware.

Contest History:
2004 NBI Tri-State - 1st Place in the Figure Short.
2005 INBF Naturalmania - 1st Place Figure
2005 WNBF Pro World Champs - 3rd Place Figure Short
2005 WNBF Pro World Champs - 2nd Place (Best Body)
2006 WNBF Pro Natural Cup - 4th Place Figure Short.
2006 WNBF Pro World Champs - 2nd Place Figure Short
2007 WNBF Pro World Champs - 4th Place Figure Short.
2008 WNBF World Championships - 2nd Place Figure Short.
2008 WNBF Kansas City Pro International - 2nd Place Figure

Besides her website, you can check her out on MySpace here:
http://www.myspace.com/allisonfrahn

Shonda Lee

Beautiful figure competitor Shonda Lee is from Shreveport, Louisiana.
She's 5' 5" and weighs 121 ripped and lean pounds.

Contest History:
2008 NPC Southern Classic (MS) - 5th Place, Class C
2008 NPC Louisiana BB & Figure (LA) - 3rd Place, Medium Class
2008 NPC Nationals (GA) - 8th Place, Class C
2008 Bikini USA International (Mexico) - 7th place

Shonda also does modeling and you can visit her Model Mayhem page here:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/729604

Tiffany Forni

Tiffany Forni is a self confessed “Fat Girl turned Fitness Nerd”.
This young woman is a testament to the fact that you can achieve your goals.
She started out with nutrition, and was lucky enough to find a nutritionist in a store that helped her.
After losing 30 pounds she decided that wasn't enough and went to Bodybuilding.com online.
Yes... online.
There she found people to help her get motivated, and on the bodyspace section she actually found a coach to help her.
You can read more about this and get all the details at her very own fitness site... http://www.tiffanyforni.com/
She has come full circle now.
She needed help and now she is helping others.
Her goal is to become a world class champion figure competitor, spokesperson and model, and I don't see anything that can stop her.

Contest History:
2008 Seven Feathers NPC Bodybuilding and Figure competition, 3rd Figure Tall Class.
2008 Northwest Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, 1st FigureTall Class.

Jamie Eason

Who doesn't like Jamie Eason?
She's very popular on the internet, and she seems to be a very nice young lady, who actually goes into forums and posts.
To get into the incredible shape you see here, Jamie used a personal trainer and nutritionist.
It looks like it really paid off.
I can't really find much on her in the way of contest history....
Maybe someone out there can tell us where she has competed.

Besides being a fitness model, she is a computer software consultant.
Jamie has been on the cover of Oxygen Magazine twice.

Her website http://www.jamieeason.com/ isn't up yet, but until then, you can visit Jamie at her MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/jamieeason

Fitness Model: Kathleen Tesori

The lovely Kathleen Tesori is Americas Fittest Model Magazine's "Fittest Model Champion"
This 5' 4", 114 lbs beauty from Salt Lake City, Utah has done a lot of fitness modeling.
She's appeared on the Hawaiian Tropic website and poster, and she's appeared in Max Muscle, FLEX and Muscle and Fitness Hers.
Contest History:
2005 Hawaiian Tropic Utah State final-1st place
2005 Hawaiian Tropic US Finals – top 12
2007 Hawaiian Tropic Nevada State final – 1st place
2007 Hawaiian Tropic US Finals – top 12
2007 Northern States NGA Finals – 1st place
2008 Flex Bikini Model Search-1st place

Kathleen also graduated with High Honors from Weber State University with Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

You can check out her website here:
http://www.kathleentesori.com/

Figure Pro Elizabeth Beardslee

INBF - NANBF Figure Pro Elizabeth Beardslee (occasionally you'll see her name spelled Elizabeth Beardsley)

This lovely young lady has competed in:
2006 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest - 1st place
2006 Natural Hercules International - INBF, Figure Short, 2nd place
2006 INBF Best Body / Naturalmania Bodybuilding & Fitness Extravaganza- 3rd place
2007 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest-3rd place
2007 Northeast America - INBF, Figure-3rd place
2008 XPEL Best Body Swimsuit Contest, Tall Class-6th place

Melissa Merritt

This sleek and muscled 25 year old from Austin, Texas is Melissa Merritt.
Melissa won the Figure Overall title in Las Vegas at the Fitness America World Championships on November 21, 2008.
Melissa just ran a Fitness Bootcamp with fellow fitness stars Abby Marie and Brenda Mikalajunas.
Abby Marie is also being trained by Melissa.

Catherine Holland, IFBB Pro Figure Competitor

IFBB Pro figure competitor, fitness model and certified personal trainer, Catherine Holland was born on March 21, 1980 in Portland, Oregon.
This lovely young lady holds BS and MS degrees in Exercise and Sport Science from Oregon State University.
In addition to Figure Competitions, she is a business owner and instructor of Celebration Boot Camps.
She has competed in the:

2004 NPC Northwest Natural Figure Championships: Overall
2005 Oregon Ironman Figure: 1st place over 5’6”
2005 Emerald Cup Figure: 7th place 5’6-5’8”
2006 Emerald Cup Figure: 13th place 5’6-5-8”
2006 NPC Jr. National Figure Championship: 9th Place Class D
2007 NPC Jr. National Figure Championship: 12th Place Class F
2007 NPC Figure Team Universe: 16th place Class F
2007 NPC Figure USA’s: 16th place Class E
2008 Emerald Cup Figure: 2nd place Class F
2008 NPC JR USA Figure Championship: 1st place class E
2008 NPC JR NATIONALS Figure Championships: 1st place, Class E, and new IFBB FIGURE PRO

You can see and learn more about Catherine at her website:
http://www.catherinefitness.com/

Fitness Model and Personal Trainer, Mariza Prince

Dallas born Mariza Prince is all over the net.
She was Ms.Bikini Universe 2007 and the current spokes model for Gaspari Nutrition.
Plus she is a Cooper Certified Personal Trainer, a Physical Fitness Specialist, a Pre/Postnatal Fitness Instructor, trained in the Biomechanics of Resistance Training, a Fitness Specialist for Older Adults (65 and up), she has her Nutrition Certification and is she is CPR Certified.
Anything else?
Oh yeah, in May 2007, she won The Lyzabeth Lopex Fame Classic Bikini Competition.