Fitness Universe

Fitness Universe is an organization that hosts fitness, modeling, and bodybuilding competitions in America and internationally.

History

The first American fitness competition, Ms. Fitness by Wally Boyko Productions, was born in 1985 at the National Fitness trade show in Las Vegas and included an evening gown segment. Louis Zwick, then the producer of American Muscle, a bodybuilding show on ESPN, did a segment on the pageant. The number of contests was proliferating, and Zwick himself launched Fitness America in 1989. It was essentially a made-for-TV event. When ESPN aired the 1998 national championship against the Super Bowl, it garnered a 0.9 Nielsen rating, more than many other prime-time programs in that slot. [1]

The organizations first bodybuilding competition, Musclemania, began in 1991 and hosts amateur and professional events.[2] These bodybuilding events are publicly claimed as a natural bodybuilding competitions.[3]

Competitions

Fitness and Figure competitions that operate under the Fitness Universe sanction include:[4]

  • Fitness Universe Pageant
  • Fitness America Pageant
  • Figure Universe Pageant
  • Ms. Bikini Universe Pageant

Modeling competitions that operate under the Fitness Universe sanction include:[5]

  • Model Universe Championships
  • Model America Championships
  • Model Canada Championships
  • Model Europe Championships
  • Modelo Latino Campeonatos

Bodybuilding competitions that operate under the Fitness Universe sanction include:[2]

  • Muscle Mania

Qualification

Fitness America Pageant

Contestants must be at least 18 years of age and in excellent health. To qualify to compete in the Fitness America Pageant ESPN National Championship, you must enter and compete in any of the regional Pageants held throughout America or in the ESPN2 Saturday Night Series. The Top 5 at each regional and the winner at each of the fifteen ESPN2 Series events will be nationally qualified for the Championship.[6]

MuscleMania

Events on the Musclemania World Tour are open to any amateur natural bodybuilder. There are divisions and weight classes for all bodybuilders including Open Men & Women, Novice, Masters, Grand Masters, Junior and Mixed Pairs. Athletes can qualify and earn their professional status only by winning selected events and/or weight classes. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Billard, Mary (May–June 1999). "Power Pageant". Women's Sports & Fitness (Article) 2 (4): 146–151. ISSN 1099-6079.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Musclemania Info". musclemania.com. Fitness Universe, Inc. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Khairul, Arnaz M (3 October 2004). "Musclemania take ABBF to task over allegations". New Sunday Times. New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad.
  4. ↑ "Fitness Universe Pageant Infro". fitnessuniverse.com. Fitness Universe, Inc. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Model World Tour Info". modelworldtour.com. Fitness Universe, Inc. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Fitness America Pageant Information". GetBig.com. 2001. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

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