

She would eventually leave kickboxing and pursue weight training. Between the two though, it was weight training that fascinated her more. As she grew older, she was into kickboxing and weight training. At the age of four, Jennifer started taking gymnastics and dance classes. Her passion for fitness began at home as her parents were healthy eaters and exercised regularly in their own small home gym.

Jennifer Rish was born in Southern California in 1981. She said the first time she stepped on stage for a competition, she felt a rush and that was the moment she knew bodybuilding was for her. Not only did she beat depression, she sculpted her body good enough to compete. According to her, she began to “beat her body like an animal” in the gym and in no time, her body started to change. Jennifer suffered major depression during her teens and it was at this point when she turned her focus to her body. Being in a big family, Jennifer had plenty of siblings to play and compete with. Her father ran a coil-winding machinery company while her mother worked part-time for her dad while being also a full-time mommy to her and her three brothers and two sisters. Jennifer Elaine Broomfield was born on Septemin Massachusetts. In 2015, she filed for divorce a second time but cancelled the filing after a week. The couple divorced in 1992 but remarried in 1999. In 1987, she married famous action star Jean Claude Van Damme. She appeared in the cover of bodybuilding magazines such as ‘Strength Training for Beauty,’ ‘Flex,’ ‘Muscle & Fitness,’ and ‘Muscle Training.’ Likewise, she also graced the covers beauty and fashion magazines. Known as the Tigress, Gladys Portugues was one of the most prominent women in fitness and bodybuilding in the 1980’s. After leaving college, she went on to become a professional bodybuilder and fitness model. As a student in Marymount Manhattan College, Portugues was inspired to pursue bodybuilding when she watched Rachel McLish win Ms. Gladys Portugues was born as Gladys Portugues van Varenberg on September 30, 1957.

Here are the Top 10 most attractive female bodybuilders of All-Time: Gladys Portugues But since women began bodybuilding, there are those who proved that a woman can be attractive and sexy, even with all those bulging muscles. Who says bodybuilding is only for men? And who says women who do bodybuilding aren’t attractive?īodybuilding is a sport often associated with men and while there are actually women who do bodybuilding, they are stereotyped as masculine and hence unattractive.
