Irene Andersen is a female bodybuilder from Sweden who began bodybuilding in the late 1970s. She was born in Denmark in 1966 and moved to Sweden at age 2. She has trained in various sports like jazz ballet, judo, and bodybuilding since age 15. Between 1990-1996 she took breaks from training to have children but returned to the gym when they were older. She began competing in bodybuilding in 2003 at age 37 and obtained her pro card in 2005.

3. Irene Andersen is a shocking female bodybuilder from Sweden. ...shocking because bodybuilding is considered a “man” sport. Its shocking to see a woman having such big muscles. Female bodybuilding began in the late 1970s when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions. Irene Anderson is one such athlete.

4. I was born September 9, 1966, in Denmark. When I was 2 years old, I moved to Sweden and I have been living here since then. I grew up in Malmö but moved to Göteborg when I was 20 years old. Göteborg is still my hometown. During several years I worked for Ulf Bengtsson, the founder of World Class Health Studio.

5. I have been training all my life... At early age I started with jazz ballet and judo and when I was 15 years old I started with bodybuilding. A friend of mine owned a gym and I was stuck! Since that day I have been following everything within female bodybuilding

6. In -90, -92 and -96, I gave birth to my children and did not train that much during this period. But as soon as the children got older I was back at the gym again.

7. I'm also really into Kick- and Thai boxing. I have been practicing it for a few years and was thinking about competing in it. But in 2003 I decided, despite all, to compete in bodybuilding. I entered the stage for the first time at the age of 37!!! In 2005 I got my pro card and in 2006 I competed in my first pro competition in the United States. I have participated in 4 competitions, finishing 4th as the best, but it is now time to take a break from the competing for a while.

12. Michelle Brent is famous American bodybuilder. She was married 5 times and it was always her who dumped her husbands.

13. Then, till her 40’s she changed her lovers as often as she changed her clothes. Then at 45 she got married for the 6th time and now she says that it is forever…

19. Top 5 Freakishly Huge Female Bodybuilders 1. Renné Toney Renné Toney officially has the largest biceps of any woman in the world. In February 2006, Toney’s biceps were measured at the Arnold Classic Expo. It also looks like she’s packin’.

20. 2. Isabelle Turell Isabelle Turell’s nickname growing up was “thunder thighs” because she had huge thighs on an otherwise small frame. I’m guessing she decided to try to even out her anatomy some and got a bit carried away in the process - her token breast implants hanging lifelessly in bags of skin attached to her pecs and Conan-style jawline tell the tale of a body that’s been pushed beyond it’s natural limits. Her most recent accomplishment was finishing the NPC as the No. 1 USA heavyweight.

21. 3. Maria Calo This beast of a woman known as Maria Calo was given a very human portrayal in Louis Theroux’s entertaining documentary about female bodybuilders. (…steroids?)

22. 4. Cornelia Brandt Cornelia Brandt won Ms Universum in 2005 (which I’m assuming is a big contest) and still doesn’t have a wikipedia page about herself - this should tell you something about how difficult it is for a female bodybuilder to achieve fame/success. This hulking german product likes to drink banana juice and her favorite food is Hefekloesse with vanilla sauce and red und roterGruetze (aka steroids)

23. 5. ZuzanaKorinkova Last but not least - her biceps looks to be almost the size of Reney Toney’s - we have ZuzanaKorinkova (say that three times fast!). She may be short in stature, but that only serves to make her muscles look even freakishly larger. ZuzanaKorinkova won 1st price in the 1996 IFBB Grand Prix in Slovakia.

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