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Nursel Gurler V424 Video

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Born in Turkey, Nursel has been living in the US for many years, competing in local NYC contests and an occasional national show. She re-caught our eye as an 'off-season' spectator in the audience at a local NY show in the summer of 2000. A shoot was set up on the spot in her mind- boggling off season shape (though with abs beyond belief), then we followed up with a second session a few months later when she was leaner, though you will be hard-pressed to tell which photos came from which session!

2009 Jr USA Figure S1 Photos 5

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The figure women in Class E, the second tallest class, are shown during their quarter turns. WPW photographer John Nafpliotis took all the Jr USA Figure Contest photos, which we have divided into five clubs for release this month. This release features Class D. WPW photographer John Nafpliotis took all the Jr USA Figure Contest photos, which we have divided into five clubs for release this month. Here, the three shortest classes are featured- Class A and B together, and Class C.

Denise Hoshor V338 Video

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Denise was one of our most fascinating physique models of 1998. Facially, she reminds us of Jane Fonda at a comparable age, but with 140 pounds of hard muscle well distributed on her 5'5" frame. We had two full photo/video sessions with Denise in 1998, and she was in top contest shape both times. In July our work with her was done at the time of her U.S. Championships. We did more with her a month later at the time of the Team Universe contest. Denise has great presence in front of the camera, and she hits some great shots in many eye-catching outfits. Her biceps and triceps are huge and well defined, her back is very broad and strong, and her attractive legs feature well-defined thighs and chiseled calves.

2009 Nationals Figure Class F S1 Photos 1

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

This is the tallest class in figure events, and Holly Beck won this division, getting her pro card. Among the many others competing were Jennifer Martin (2nd) and Jeanne Nimmer (3rd). The photos were taken by John Nafpliotis, and show the women doing quarter turns in their bikinis and high heels.

2009 Nat Figure E S1 Photos 1

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Classes E and F are the tallest classes in the figure events, and the photos here, taken by John Nafpliotis, show the women in Class E doing their quarter turns in bikinis and high heels. Mindy Smith won this class, getting her IFBB pro card, and Kim Sheppard (2nd), Amy Vetter (3rd) and many others are shown.

Diane Talik V098 Video

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We met Diane as a spectator at the 1988 Jr USA and had our only photo/video session with her at that time. She competed locally in Georgia, where she was from, we did this session with her, and as far as we know, she dropped from the scene soon after. She was in off-season shape here, with great shapes and incredible looks, yet still had a lot of definition. We couldn't do gymwork, but she poses in bikinis and dresses, is interviewed, and there is a short clip of her taken from a TV show showing a stage routine.

Doughdee Marie V151 Video

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Doughdee was probably the most popular woman bodybuilder who hardly ever competed ! In fact, as far as we know, she only leaned down for two contest, around 1983-1984, then built her career on her special 'look', which featured huge size and shapes in her off-season, generally between 150-180 pounds at 5'2". In addition, she had tremendous physical strength and most of the WPW tapings with her featured very impressive gymwork. We had three videos (WPW 23, 45 and 66) of Doughdee prior to this, so this is basically a 'compilation' of her best footage from those three videos. Included is Super 8 transfer from 1984, then sessions taken with real video in 1985, 1986 and two in 1987- some contest shape, but most in her famous off-season condition. Gymwork, interviews and lots of posing in bikinis and many dresses of one of the most unusual women in the sport ever.

2009 Nat Figure D S1 Photos 1

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Classes C and D are the 'medium' height classes in the figure events, and here we have the many women who competed in Class D in the Nationals. Featured are class winner Taylor Gallagher (received her pro card), Casandra Madero (2nd), Ryan Everson (3rd) and many others, all doing their quarter turns in bikinis and high heels. Photos by John Nafpliotis.

Phyllis Padur V077 Video

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We had several photo/video sessions with Brenda, all in 1986, when we taped her in both top contest shape and off season. She competed locally in Texas, did a couple of larger shows, then disappeared from the scene soon after. At 5'2" and around 140-150, she had beautiful muscle shapes and size, and great abs even when off-season. Every body part was well developed, including large arms, a huge back and impressive size in her lower body, all topped off with lots of long brown hair and a beautiful face.Brenda works out, poses in many outfits and is interviewed, and the video quality is very good for 1986, though a small portion was taken with our camcorder 'on location'.

2009 Nat Figure C S1 Photos 1

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Classes C and D are the 'medium' height classes in the figure events, and here we have the many women who competed in Class C in the Nationals. Featured are class winner Ava Cowan (received her pro card), Alexandra Porshnikoff (2nd), Rachel Gichert (3rd) and many others. Photos by John Nafpliotis.

Meral Ertunc RV022 Video

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

WPW had already done some work with Meral with her natural brown hair, but for this posing tape she slips on a platinum blonde hairpiece for all of her posing scenes in bikini and dresses. Meral was from suburban Washington, DC, and became one of WPW's more popular models, starting in the early 90's. As she added more and more muscle she started doing very well in national shows, finally turning IFBB pro, with a successful stage career during the 1990s. A lot of footage on WPWs videos show her in hard contest shape, but for this taping in 1994 she was in nice off-season shape, yet still pretty hard, and as always, showing off very impressive arms for her size!

2009 Nat Figure A and B S1 Photos 1

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We are releasing all of the 2009 Nationals Figure photos this month (August 2010) beginning with the two shortest classes, Class A and B. Kim Trowbridge won Class A, and Kathleen Tesori placed first in Class B, both getting their IFBB Pro Cards...others in the top three in these classes include Debra LaVette, Tina Francis, Josie Zamora and Jennifer Smythe, and many others are featured in the photos taken by WPW photographer, John Nafpliotis. The women do their quarter turns in bikinis and high heels.

2009 Nat BB Finals S1 Photos 1

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We have posted the prejudging shots from the Nationals- here are photos taken of the top 5 in each of the 4 classes during their evening posing routines. Among those shown are Lori Steele, Kirsten Haratyk, Barbara Fletcher, Lisette Acevedo, Janet Kaufman, Terri Harris, Nicole Berg, LaDawn McDay, Anita Nikolich. Amber DeFrancesco, Monique Jones and overall winner, Kris Murrell. WPW photographer John Naflpliotis took the photos.

Marissa Brown V106 Video

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Marissa was from the northwest and after winning regional shows up there, made her debut on the national scene in 1987, when we had our first taping with her (originally on WPW video 84). We followed that up with more footage of her in 1988, and put it all on this WPW 106 video. She was in top contest shape both times- not shredded, but good hardness on a very lush physique, featuring great shapes and size, and facial beauty as well. For some reason we did not do gymwork either time, but interviews are included to go along with lots of bodybuilding posing in bikinis and dresses.

Heidi Hansen S5 Photos 1

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We posted bikini and gymwork photos of Heidi from her WPW 749 photo/video session last month, and pictures taken during her dress posing scenes are included here. She was in top figure shape, lots of lean definition, and poses in a pink evening gown, silver shorts/black halter and white shorts/halter. Heidi is in her early 40s, though looks 10 years younger, and her beautiful face and blonde hair tops off a most appealing physique model.

Robin Parker RV118 Video

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

This video was taped in 1997, and Robin is still going strong today. Here, she is in top contest shape, and after being in a couple of videos as a co-star to Christa Bauch, Robin gets her own tape, posing in a series of great looking outfits.

2009 Nat BB Prejudging HW S1 Photos 1

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Kris Murrell won this class and the Overall title, enabling her to turn IFBB pro. Amber DeFrancesco was 2nd and Monique Jones third, and about 15 other top heavies also were photographed onstage by John Nafpliotis.

2009 Nat BB Prejudging Lt HW S1 Photos 1

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nicole Berg won this class and as a result was able to turn IFBB pro. Others in this class include LaDawn McDay (2nd), Anita Nikolich (3d) and about 20 other top women. John Nafpliotis took the photos.

Melissa Coates RV014 Video

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

In some early Ray Martin videos the physique models posed in a hairpiece to differentiate their look from a WPW video which may have been taken around the same time. In some cases, fans had no idea who the 'new' woman was, but in this case, most caught on to the fact that "Gina" was really the top Canadian star, Melissa Coates. She was in very top shape in 1993 when this was taped- she thumbs through some bodybuilding brochures offering videos of other women, noting that she blew them all away and wanted her own taping...lots of posing in several different outfits shows that she was correct.

2009 Nat BB Prejudging MW S1 Photos 1

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

WPW photographer John Nafpliotis shot the middleweight prejudging, featuring the top three women- Lisette Acevedo (who got her IFBB pro card), Janet Kaufman and Terri Harris, and about a dozen more top women.

2009 Nat BB Prejudging LW S1 Photos 1

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Nationals is the top amateur contest of the year and we are releasing all of the 2009 bodybuilding and figure stage material this month. Here we have the lightweight class during prejudging, featuring John Nafpliotis' stage shots of the top three women- Lori Steele (who got her IFBB pro card), Kirsten Haratyk, Barbara Fletcher and about a dozen others.

Susan Myers V101 Video

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Susan had been competing in the Washington, DC, area in the mid-1980s, and after several local wins went 'national' in 1988, taking the sport by storm with a level of hard, chiseled muscularity rarely seen at that time, and her good looks also made her an instant fan favorite. She won the Junior Nationals in 1988 and not long after that, she won the Nationals, earning her IFBB pro card. For this video, we had two sessions with her in 1988- in top contest shape using our pro equipment, then in somewhat off season shape 'on location' in Fredericksburg, Virginia, using our camcorder. Gymwork in contest shape and interview included, then lots of posing in many outfits.

Katherine Fratello S1 Photos 1

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

WPW photographer John Nafpliotis had a photo session with Katherine at the 2009 North American, and the 5'3" 122 pounder from Florida was in good shape, with her bicep shots her most noteworthy bodypart, and poses in her red bikini. She did not give her age, but mentioned her 3rd placing in a recent Masters Nationals as one of her best.

2009 Team Universe Figure F S1 Photos 1

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Class F includes the tallest women at the figure events, and among the many women doing their quarter turns here are class winner Stephanie Billings (she gets her IFBB pro card), second placer Jennifer Hernandez, and Holly Beck, who was third. John Nafpliotis photos.

Faith Lee and Beth Roberts V673 Video

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We met Faith at the 2006 Junior USA, and if the 43 year old figure competitor added a bit more definition, she could have entered the bodybuilding event. This was the first time she actually hit the shots 'bodybuilding style', but was a quick learner, hitting the poses in her bikini and dresses. An interview for her is also included, but since we were on location at a contest, we don't have gymwork. Her footage runs about an hour, so to fill out this release we added all of WPW 565 featuring one of our many sessions with top IFBB star, Beth Roberts. Beth was off-season, but hard, and she poses in different outfits and is interviewed.

Kate Baird S4 Photos 1

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We posted the bikini shots from this session earlier this month and here are some more of the ripped Kate in her black mini-dress/blue blouse. As mentioned for several of her previous sessions captions, Kate is currently one of the best, if not the best, bodybuilding/powerlifting combos on the scene today. Here, she is in top bodybuilding shape- size, shape and her incredible hardness showed that she peaked perfectly for this contest. John Nafpliotis photos.

2009 Team Universe Figure E S1 Photos 1

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Of the six height classes at figure events, Class E (and F, the tallest) are the taller divisions. Among those shown here include class winner Katherine Ramirez (who gets her IFBB Pro card), second placer Jaime Meade and Laura Mealey, who was third. John Nafpliotis took the photos.

Joanne McCartney, Kris Luebke, Sally McNeil and Cheryl Silich V208 Video

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

WPW continues to re-release old videos on to DVD and for streaming here. This was a good one, and we cant even understand why we took this out of catalogue so long ago. The video features Joanne McCartney in off season, but hard shape, and the others were in very strong off season shape. The footage features some very strong gymwork and alot of posing in many outfits.

2009 Team Universe Figure D S1 Photos 1

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Class D (and C) at the Figure events are for the medium height women, and among the women pictured here include class winner Danielle Kifer (who gets her IFBB pro card), and second/third placer Caroline Hernandez and Charmayne Jackson. As always for the figure women, they are seen doing their quarter turns in bikini and heels. Photos by John Nafpliotis.

Holly Hart and Dana Maderos V008 Video

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Holly and Dana were two of the fitness sport's early stars, and each was a professional exotic dancer. Both women pose fitness and bodybuilding style in many different outfits and because of their dancing experience, are excellent posers. Holly's physique is similar to today's figure women- gentle muscularity topped off by gorgeous looks, while the exotic Dana is much more muscular.

2009 Team Universe Figure C S1 Photos 1

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The figure events have six height classes, Classes C (and D) are for the medium height women). Figure Class C is featured here, and class winner Gina Trochino got her IFBB pro card. Ann Titone was second and Nichole Guenther, third in this huge class. John Nafpliotis took the photos of the women doing their quarter turns.

Georgia Fudge V089 Video

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Georgia was one of the first women we did photo/video sessions with, starting in 1979. Her 1979-1984 sessions were shot and originally released on Super 8 films. In 1985 we did Super 8 to video transfers for all of her footage, which was on WPW Video 12. All of that footage is included here, together with 'real' video footage of Georgia taken in 1987, a short time after she had retired, but was in New Jersey for a guest posing. In the 1987 footage she poses in a few outfits and is interviewed. Georgia was one of the sport's earliest stars- a most elegant woman with superior looks, appeal and great sense of style. Hard to believe it has been 30 years since we first taped her ! Keep in mind, most of this title is Super 8 transfer.

2009 Team Universe Figure A and B S1 Photos 1

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

There are 6 height classes for figure, and Classes A and B include the shortest and next-shortest women. There are always tons of women in the figure event and the poses show them doing their quarter-turns in bikini and high heels. Among the many women shown are the Class A top three- Nicole Coleman, Susan Salazar and Debra Lavette, and for Class B, Monica Escalante, Angela Mraz and Ann Pratt. Both class winners were able to turn IFBB Pro. All photos by John Naflpliotis.

Cheryl Rath-Rivers, Linda Bevelander and Judi Benz V102 Video

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The three women featured here were taped in 1988 and were in top contest shape, though we have included some off season footage of Cheryl. The three women pose in bikinis and dresses, but there is no gymwork and the only interview is for Cheryl. Linda shows off a very lean and defined physique and was noted for her very peaked biceps. Judy and Cheryl were larger, showing very good size and definition for the era.

Kate Baird S3 Photos 1

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

We have had several posting of Kate over the past few years- in top contest shape and off season, check her other sessions for complete bio info. For the past five or so years, Kate has probably been the best bodybuilder/powerlifter combo, and one of the best all time...meaning, she has competed at a very high level in both sports- as an elite status powerlifter and also attaining high placements in national bodybuilding shows, including the 2009 Masters Nationals, when we had this session with her. John Nafpliotis took these photos of Kate hitting the shots in her purple bikini, showing off size, shape and unreal hardness and definition throughout.

2009 Team Universe Masters Figure S1 Photos 1

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Moving on from the bodybuilding and fitness events, these photos feature the figure women competing in the Masters Division. Included are the following women who were in the top-two- Angela Mraz, Jami Frankel, Ann Pratt, Caroline Hernandez, Mikaila Soto, Jennifer Hernandez and Holly Powell. All photos by John Nafpliotis.

Margo Allen, Dorothy Herndon, Jackie Paisley, Debbie Lobell, Adrienne Foster and Terri Elliot V090 Video

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

In the late 80's we did mini-video sessions with many women at the contests, featuring posing in a few outfits each, but with no interviews or gymwork. All of the eight women featured here were top level national competitors at the time, and each woman is featured for about 15 minutes, posing in swimsuit and dresses in top contest shape.

2009 Team Universe Fitness S1 Photos 1

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

All three classes (A, B and C) at the 2009 Team Universe are featured here, including top-three placers Ariel Khadr, Terry Polanco, Angela Scheer, Lauren DiNapoli, Kara Nicole Finer, Michelle Yaeger, Kayde Puckett, Stephanie Bambrough and Lena Squarciafico. All photos by John Nafpliotis.

RM Videos 1 thru 30 RV031 Video

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

This 2 hour 'Compilation Video' features sample scenes taken from the first 30 Ray Martin videos. This was released in 1995 in order to acquaint new customers with the RM shooting style. Some of the women shown include Claudia Mountfort as a blonde, Caron Hospedales, Joan Wood, Holly Hart, Christa Bauch, Denise Rutkowski, Michelle Ralabate, Melissa Coates as a brunette, Karla Nelson, Doughdee Marie, Tina Lockwood, Meral Ertunc as a blonde, early Katherine Connors, Arminda del Riviero, Kris Luebke, "Athena" and others.

2009 Team Universe BB HW Class S1 Photos 1

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

More photos taken at the finals of the 2009 Team Universe, this time featuring the heavyweight class. Among the women shown include the top three for this class- Michele Pome, Theresea Hendricks and Alisa Allen.All photos taken by John Nafpliotis.