Category: Fitness Models

Cara Christensen

After giving birth to her second child, Cara Christensen had a problem. She had gained 60 lbs during the pregnancy, and had to immediately begin losing weight. She enlisted the help of a personal trainer, drastically changed her eating habits, and began training in earnest. Her plan was to enter a fitness competition only seven months after she gave birth.

Cara loves the fashion industry, and has been associated with the modeling lifestyle for years. She does some modeling, some makeup and hairstyling, and is a pretty good dancer (tap, jazz, and ballet). She was born in Virginia, but now lives in North Carolina. This 31 year old mother of two is 5’7″ tall and weighs about 115 lbs. This is another gal who has been athletic all her life. In addition to the dancing, she has played volleyball, basketball, softball, track and field, and in-line skating. more Cara Christensen

Amber Day

When Amber Day flashes those pearly whites, you realize she has not only spent some time sculpting her body, she also spends some time on those teeth. After all, Amber graduated from college with a degree in dental hygiene. Amber is 27, and she is very much a very mainstream fitness model. She is a mother, works as a personal trainer, she competes at the national level in bikini, and she does some writing.

Amber is 5’5″ tall and weighs about 116 lbs. There for a year or two, she was the cover model and spokesmodel for Hard Rock Cafe. She says she stays so busy, that it’s hard to balance time between fitness, competing, being a mom, and actually earning an income. Her favorite fitness athletes more Amber Day

Samantha Kelly Reloaded

We took a look at Samantha Kelly back in 2008, so clearly it’s time to revisit the subject! Samantha is an easy girl to profile, since she’s always out there promoting herself, contributing new photos and videos, and staying in great shape. She is 31 years old, and currently lives in Los Angeles California.

She’s been in more than a few magazines and books, including:
Seduction Coffee table book
Planet Muscle Magazine
American Curves Magazine
Muscular Development Magazine
Spanish MuscleMag
Tapout Magazine
Reps Magazine
Bodyfitness UK
Mainstream Magazine
Hype Magazine
2009 Hardfitness calendar more Samantha Kelly

Erica Cruikshank

Hailing from Maryland, Eric Cruikshank grew up around DC and is a popular fitness model in the northeast. She learned how to walk on her hands when she was four years old, and quite a bit of gymnastics training ensued. She was very competitive until she hurt her knee. At that point, she relegated herself to cheerleading all through high school. Like a lot of the gals we see here on FBB, Erica was always athletic, and fitness seems to come easily for her.

Although she mixes it up, she tends to train one body part per day, eat plenty of protein, and keep cheating to a minimum. She says she loves M&M’s! Unlike lots of figure competitors, Erica gets all her protein from food, she does not supplement. Her favorite fitness stars: Ava Cowan, Tanji Johnson, and Nicole Wilkins. more Erica Cruikshank

Kitchie Laurico

Kitchie Laurico was on the scene 15 years ago, but has since dropped into oblivion. She posed in Playboy at one point, and was the playboy equivalent of a fitness goddess. She was on a number of bodybuilding magazine covers, and then showed up at a few conventions and car shows before she retired or disappeared.

She is 5’3″ tall, and usually weighs about 105 lbs. more Kitchie Laurico

Heather Dees

Heather Dees recently won 4th place in the Europa Super Show. She was born in 1983 and lives in Salt Lake City UT.

Heather was athletic and active as a kid, but nothing out of the ordinary. None of the sports she tried really struck a cord until she found figure competitions. She met a trainer when she was 24 who helped her turn into the fine physical specimen she is today. She was so appreciative, she ended up marrying him! You may recognize his name – Justin Dees. He is a competitive bodybuilder.

Heather says she loves lifting heavy weights, and her favorite part about competing is when she is shaping up for the countdown and she’s able to watch her body lean up and transform. She is known for having some thick, powerful looking arms, but her body is well balanced and very feminine. Obviously, she doesn’t cheat very often, but when she days, she say she loves dark chocolate. She does quite a bit of fitness modeling, which keeps her busy and also requires her to stay in good shape. more Heather Dees

Jennifer Nicole Lee in the Park

Jennifer Nicole Lee obviously doesn’t mind doing her thing in a public park. She looks great in the gold booty shorts and the tight black sports bra. Those may very well be the largest sunglasses I have ever seen! She is evidently doing some personal training – many of the participants are cropped out of the photos, but you can see a couple of gals in some. She is still the marketing phenom she always was, videos, books, fitness model and fitness competitor classes. more Jennifer Nicole Lee

Sara Hurrle

Sara Hurrle is definitely your standard “Type A” personality. She is an IFBB Pro, a personal trainer, yoga instructor, and owns her own gym. She grew up in the midwest in a fairly unhappy home. Sports like gymnastics and working out in the gym offered her an escape. She also tried softball, golf, dance, and soccer. But she ultimately fell in love with lifting weights at the tender age of 16.

In college, her activities continued and even increased. She managed the weight room, acted as a group fitness instructor, was the conditioning coach for the hockey team. She competed in several triathlons. Once she graduated, she worked as a corporate wellness instructor.

Sara is 5’5″ tall and weighs 125 lbs. She is 36 years old. Her measurements are more Sara Hurrle

Jackie Gayda

Jackie Gayda (aka Jacquelyn Gayda-Haas) was one of the WWE wrestling babes. She is 30 years old, and has retired several times, but has wrestled as late as February of this year. Jackie is married, and she and her husband have two girls and a boy. She was featured on the wrestling show because she won a contest called Tough Enough, where she endured some pretty rigorous training, avoided significant injury (other than a pesky ACL tear), and apparently loved it.

She’s still very active an very athletic, in fact she competed in July in the 2011 NPC Branch Warren Classic. She grew up in Ohio as the oldest of four, and played softball, basketball, was into cheerleading and swimming. Jackie’s favorite was always running. That led her into cross-country and track and field at the University of Toledo. more Jackie Gayda

Gretchen Coley

Most of Gretchen Coley’s accolades, or at least her publicity, began when she won the Ms. Bikini Universe in 2010. 2010 was definitely an active year for her. She was the overall champion of the 2010 NPC State Championships, she won the Bikini Universe, she placed in the top ten in the 2010 WBFF World Championships, and she was 14th in the 2010 Status Magazine Cover Model contest.

She is a spokesperson and fitness model these days, but more importantly she is a wife and mother to three children. She says she takes great pride in making sure her family lives a healthy lifestyle, and setting an example for them and others around her with her athleticism and positive attitude.

Gretchen is quite a success story. When she gave birth to her twins, she was 40 lbs overweight, and determined to get back into shape. As you can see, she succeeded in spectacular fashion, blowing into the scene via Ultra Fit Magazine, Oxygen Magazine, Natural Muscle, and Muscle and Fitness Hers. more Gretchen Coley