Sharon started competing in Maryland in 1986 at the age of 22, and a year later, when we had our first photo/video session with her, she was already national caliber as she won the 1987 Junior Nationals contest overall as a lightweight. We had two sessions with her around this time, one at her contest weight of about 120 pounds (she is 5'3") then shortly after that when she was maybe 10 pounds up in weight. Sharon grew up in Delaware and was living in Maryland when we did this shooting and the fact that she moved to New Jersey soon after, and varied her appearance over the years, made her our favorite WPW physique model ever. This was our first title with her and the remaining WPW and Ray Martin videos of her are still available and will be transferred to DVD in the future. Here, she does repwork in the gym, is interviewed and poses in many different bikini, leotard and dress items, including a 'camcorder' session with her by the Chesapeake Bay.  Video/DVD runs 2 3/4 hours.

As far as we can determine, Charla and Janice are the most distinguished “sister act” in bodybuilding history, as each won their class in the 1987 Nationals (Charla won the light class and overall, Janice the middle weights). The sisters, from a small town north of Pittsburgh competed in local/regional shows in the mid-80’s, then both came out of nowhere to win big at the 1987 Nationals. We had two sessions with each, when they were in top contest shape, then tandem when off-season. At the time of all the sessions, Charla was still a young 27 years of age (5’1” and 115 pounds in ripped contest shape) and the 5’6” 140 pound Janice was in her early 30’s. Both were known for their complete physiques though their upper bodies, particularly their biceps, were among the best of their time. Both women pose in bikinis and dresses in contest shape, then when they were off-season, we took our camcorder into the NJ Meadowlands for some more fun posing, then an interview. Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

We met Susan Myers in 1988 at the DC Grand Prix contest, a show held mainly for residents of that area – Susan was from Maryland. At that time it was difficult to meet a newcomer that good even at the top national shows, so it was astonishing to meet a “state of the art” physique at a local show. It is also hard to believe she was only 26 years old at this time, as the 5’2” 120 pounder was dense with muscle and ripped. At that time many women had chiseled upper bodies, but there were very few who had this kind of muscle shape and definition in the thighs. We had three video sessions with her in 1988 – one was the day after the show when she was in fabulous shape, then some at the 1988 Junior Nationals and finally we had a tandem camcorder session with Sharon Marvel, at a river setting (when both were off-season) – all are included on this DVD. Susan quickly won the National Shows and competed as a pro for a few years into the early 1990’s, before fading from the scene. In the late 80’s, it would be hard to point to another woman who had Susan’s combination of unreal physique and very cute looks. DVD/Video runs 120 minutes.

Marissa Brown had been competing successfully in local northwestern US contests and in 1988 she started hitting the national contests. She is very strong, so in 1987 she was invited to compete in the first Women’s Extravaganza Strength Contest, and we did our first video session with her at that time – a year later, we did more work with her at the time of the 1988 Nationals, and both sessions are on this DVD. You think Bethany Howlett was good as a 20 year old? Well,,, check out Marissa’s physique – at 5’6” and 160 pounds, she was way ahead of her time for someone who was 20-21 years old for these video sessions. She was known for her awesome biceps, triceps, back, chest, abs and calve shots…her thighs were very muscular and hard, and it was all topped off by remarkable facial beauty and glamorous hair. Marissa had some high placings in the top shows, though never won so she never had a pro career, and faded from the scene nearly as quickly as she entered it.

Lisa Lorio grew up in Louisiana and competed in the Texas area before entering the national scene in 1987, when we had our first video session with her. This was followed by sessions in 1988 and 1990 and she was in top contest shape for all three shootings, and all three are included here. As a 26 year old, she won her Middleweight Class at the 1988 Nationals and had a brief career as a pro before calling it quits in the early 90’s. At 5’2” and 120 pounds (she looks much larger than that) she had it all – the muscle shapes, good size and the perfect amount of definition – an overall look that the contest judges of today would fawn over. Every body part was dialed in and more than any other model she really dwelled on her makeup and hair, making for one of the most beautiful women bodybuilders of all time. Video/DVD runs 120 minutes.

Though Joanne’s physique is complete, she will always be known for having the best calves in bodybuilding. We taped her many times from 1987 through 1989 and all the best material is here, most of it in top contest shape, with some “off-season”. At either look, she was one of the best 5 or so women of her time, with dense, defined muscularity all over. She poses in many outfits, but we are betting you will like best the footage of her showing off her huge calves in the miniskirts with high heels. Video runs 2 ¾ hours.

These six women were taped in 1986/1987 when they were all in contest shape at the time of their shows. It seems odd now, but it appears that we had 1-2 hour sessions with each of them- posing in one swimsuit and 1-2 dresses, but with no interview. Anyway, this video has not been in catalogue for a long time but we are now offering it on DVD only as it gives the viewer an interesting idea of what most of the top women of  the time looked like- good level of muscularity with good definition (but not massive) with terrific grooming. Tonya Knight is by far the most famous of the six, as she had a short career as an IFBB pro, but the others competed for a few years, then dropped out. As a side note, Valerie Basilone is Julie McNew's (early-mid 80's...) sister.   DVD (only) runs 2 hours.

Many great names from the past were in this show, including Debbie McKnight, Donna Barrentine, Drorit Kernes, Betsey Hoffman, Kim King, Virginia Brady, Julia Kover, Crystal Pember, Annie Riviecchio, Michele Ivers and MANY more. DVD runs about 2 hours.

Many great names from the past were in this show, including Debbie McKnight, Donna Barrentine, Drorit Kernes, Betsey Hoffman, Kim King, Virginia Brady, Julia Kover, Crystal Pember, Annie Riviecchio, Michele Ivers and MANY more. DVD runs about 2 hours.

For long time fans of the sport, Cory Everson does not need much of an introduction, as she is one of the two most distinguished women in the history of the sport, the other being Lenda Murray (WPW-196). We had photo sessions with her every year from 1982 through 1986 and it is all here on this 2 hour release. Note that the early footage was taken with Super 8 film (she was knows as Cory Kneuer then) so that footage is not of equal quality to the video taken of her 1984-86, but it is included for historical reasons, and you can see the unreal strides she made in her physique from her first session, when she was in her early 20’s to her incredible look of 1985 and 1986. Cory hits the shots in many outfits and we have one interview with her.

Tara was a top national competitor during the late 90's, and we had several photo/video session with her in contest shape and off season. This was released as a 'Tara Compilation' video, as it took the best footage from her two earlier released videos. Tara placed high in a few national contests, and was a photographer-favorite based on her high quality physique and wholesome good looks (she was a kindergarten teacher!!). Footage includes posing in many outfits during our 1986, 1987 and 1988 sessions, and an interview. In addition to being a most attractive physique model, she was also very strong, competing in the 1987, 1988 and 1989 Extravaganza Strength contests. The 1989 Strength Contest is available as DVD 154 (4 hours), and we will have all other strength contests on DVD in the future. Video/DVD 144 runs 2 hours.

Along with Rachel McLish, Cory Everson and Lenda Murray, Raye has been one of the most well-known and popular women bodybuilders ever. Some of that was a result of her bodybuilding career and success in the Extravaganza Strength Contests, but she gained even more fame as the Gladiator 'ZAP' as well as for a few roles in feature movies. We met her as a very young amateur in the early 80's, then she started to really put some size on a few years later. This title features the best of our tapings with her from 1985 through 1987 where she was usually in big off season condition, but was in great contest shape for the last of three sessions in 1987. There is gymwork, posing in many outfits, interview and her bodybuilding routine and her strength lifting in the strength show, now on DVD for the first time.  WPW Video/DVD 150 runs 2 3/4 hours.

We had several photo/video sessions with Doughee from 1984 through 1986, and the best footage from those years is here. She was a famous stunt skater during the 70's and turned to bodybuilding in the early 80's. We met her in 1984 when she was watching that year's Nationals and we have about 5 minutes of Super 8 film transfer from then before moving into the 1984, 1985 and 1986 video work. For these sessions her weight varied between 140 and 160 pounds (at 5'2"), though most of the footage was at the off-season weight. She competed only twice and we do have contest shape material here also, along with two different gym sessions (some reps, some heavy, including four one-arm chins!), two interviews and lots of posing in many outfits. Wehave a total of four videos available for Doughdee- two (this and WPW 189) are now available on DVD and the other two will be transferred to DVD in the future. Women bodybuilders have come and gone, but there will never be another Doughdee Marie.  Video/DVD runs 2 3/4 hours.

Sharon was one of our most popular physique models for about 10 years, from 1987 into the mid-90s, and this is her third video now available also on DVD (the others are WPW 74 and 99). Her other two videos from that era (WPW 246 and 283) will be on DVD in the future. Many of her fans point to the sessions on this tape as her best 'look', particularly the September 1989 posing on the wood deck, which shows her in perfect contest shape and maybe the best looks ever for a woman bodybuilder. The May 1990 session shows her in huge off-season shape (with very heavy gymwork), and also included is the best footage from her video 120, which was from April 1989, when she had a softer, but very glamorous 'inbetween' look. For all three sessions, Sharon poses her legendary physique in many bikini/dress outfits, there is gymwork and two interviews. Three different 'looks' for one of the best women ever.  Video 161 runs 2 1/2 hours.

We first met Debbie Muggli at the 1990 Junior Nationals, which she won, and did some photo/video work with her on the spot. A month later, knowin she would be a spectator at the 1990 Championships, we did additional work with her (after doing work with those in the show), including a nice session with our camcorder at the Rappahannock River in Fredricksburg, Virginia. So, at 5’5” and 140 pounds, she was in top contest shape both times, featuring an awesome physique for the time period, including drop dead blonde looks (she was a kindergarden teacher – did any of yours look like her??). Plus, she was only 26 years old at the time, so she was just getting started!! Debbie hits the shots in many different swimsuits and dress items for both sessions, and you will see footage of her in the river taken at the time of her WPW magazine cover photo. Lots of posing and an interview. Video/DVD runs 2 ¾ hours.

Our earliest material of Joanne is on WPW Video/DVD 119, and our second and last video of the British star was taped in 1990, when she was in her best overall shape ever- including size, shape and good looks. Lots of posing in dresses showing off the best calves ever in women's bodybuilding, and this video contains some fun 'camcorder' footage taken at an old railroad tunnel, as she hits the shots in swimsuits and dresses.  Video/DVD runs 2 1/2 hours.

Janice competed from the early 80’s through the early 90’s and we had many photo/video sessions with her. The earlier Super 8 material we did with her in on film on our shelf somewhere, but we started shooting real video with her around 1990, and this title has our full 1990, 1991 and 1992 sessions with her, which was at the end of her stage career but still looked in unreal shape. Many at that time considered her the most appealing of all the women – at about 5’3” 140 pounds she had the muscularity, the shapes, and the definition (known best for terrific arms), topped off by incredible facial beauty and beautiful brown hairstyles – facially she was often compared with Mary Tyler Moore and Sally Field when those actresses were younger. Janice poses in many swimsuits and dress outfits (and many have said she looked the best ever in the cinnamon bodydress) and is interviewed. We may have some other video footage of her from the late 80’s and someday we will package that with ther Super 8 material, but here, you have her at her best and on the best quality video. Video/DVD runs 2 ¾ hours.

Shelley competed successfully in the northwest (she was for Oregon), winning such shows as the Emerald Cup in the late 80’s. In 1990, she went “big time” competing in her first national show, and winning the 1990 US Championships, where we did her contest shape (5’7” 155 pounds) video footage. Sandwiched around that, we had two off-season sessions with her (at 162 pounds). The first was in early 1990, when she did some awesome gymwork (benching 315 for two, etc) with Kris Luebke as a spotter, then again in late 1990 for more off-season footage. In all, Shelley hits the shots in many, many swimsuits and dresses, and is interviewed. Obviously, winning the overall at the USA confirmed her as one of the best physiques of the time, terrific muscle size and definition everywhere, with great looks. Shelley competed as a pro for a couple of years before retiring from the sport for good in the early 90’s, but we have all of her dynamite 1990 work here on one release. Video/DVD runs 2 ¾ hours.

We met Tazzie at the 1988 US Championships when she had just turned 20, putting her in a very small league with Athena and Bethany Howlett as the best physiques ever at such a young age. Tazzie became one of our favorite WPW models since that time, and is still going strong today, competing recently at about 180 pounds at 5'7". We have many other WPW (and Ray Martin) titles to be put on DVD during the next year or so.This tape features the best footage taken from four sessions-  contest shape and off-season for both years, featuring lots of posing in many outfits and interviews. With her supreme physique, great looks and friendly personality, Tazzie has been a fan favorite for a long time, and we are planning now to do a 20th Anniversary session with her soon.  Video/DVD runs 2 hours.

We first met Rhonda at the 1985 Nationals held in Detroit and had a small photo/video session with her on the spot – little did we know she would become one of our – and your- favorites over her competitive career – which ran through the very early 90’s. She was 30 years old and already the mother of four when we met her, and although we tried to get her bulked up for the off-season sessions, she never varied that much from her contest weight of about 135 pounds at 5’6”. This release features the “best of” from her five photo/video sessions over the years, and the footage is in chronological order so you can see her progress to being one of the top amateurs at the time of her retirement. For all footage, she was either in top contest shape or near it and she poses in may different bikinis and dress items over the years. In addition, she was very strong and did very well in a few of the Strength shows – and some of that footage is included her as well. Two interviews are also included for this fabulous physique model. Video/DVD runs 2 ¾ hours.

Video/DVD 189- DOUGHDEE MARIE: This was our second video title for Doughdee Marie, covering the years 1990 and 1991. Our first video with her had footage from 1984 through 1986, but after that was released we obtained more footage from that era which is now on this tape. During this time, Doughdee started gaining alot of muscular size and strength for an an adagio/martial arts act she was working on, so at 5'2" she was in the area of 165-180 pounds here, featuring 17" arms and 27" thighs. We had a very brief session with her in 1990 when she was still a brunette, but from 1991 onwards she was a blonde. Doughdee poses in many outftits and is interviewed, but her 'work session' for her act might be the most interesting to watch as she does martial arts moves, lifts 240 pound men overhead, does rapid flips and other gymnastic moves, etc, and this is in addition to some very heavy regular gymwork. In the last footage we return to 1985-1987 when the Cohen Brothers did some camcorder free-lance work with her, again posing in many outfits. Video/DVD runs 2 3/4 hours.

Denise was one of the most popular women in the sport from about 1988 into the early 90’s. We had four photo/video sessions with her over that span of time, and the “best of” all that footage has been available on video ever since. We now are offering this video on DVD, featuring Denise’s session as a newcomer on the national scene in 1988, then sessions from 1990 and two from 1991 – two sessions each for contest shape and off-season. When in contest shape, the 5’4” Deinse hits the shots at about 140 pounds, and she is about 15 pounds heavier when off-season. Lots of posing, and an interview, with one of the sports most popular legends. Video/DVD runs 2 ½ hours.

What can be said about the multi-time Ms. Olympia champ? Well, most fans and officials would consider her and Cory Everson the best two women ever. We had three different session with Lenda – one in 1989 and two in 1991, and it is all here – the 1989 material was taken in top contest shape at the time of her big win in that year’s Junior Nationals (5’5” 140 pounds). In 1991 we did work with her in off-season shape, then in top contest shape again at the time of the ’91 Ms. Olympia, one of her many victories in that show. For all three sessions, Lenda hits the shots in many different bikini/leotards and dresses, she does gymwork when off-season and is interviewed twice. Again probably the best physique of all time, period!! Video/DVD runs 2 ½ hours.

We met Annie in 1988 when she competed in one of her first contests, and had a full photo/video with her then. Three years later she went from a decent local competitor to a national quality physique, which is clearly seen here in this July 1991 session, where the 5’5” 150 pound Annie was off-season, but in very impressive defined shape. Annie works out in the gym, posses in her bikini and several dress items (including some footage of her in contest shape at that November’s Nationals) and is interviewed. Her stage routine at that show is also included. We met Skye a few years before this session as well (video is out of catalogue for now), but she made fabulous gains also, and we have her in contest shape and off-season here – lots of posing and her 1991 Nationals routine also. Both women still compete now (2006) – Annie is a top IFBB pro and Skye competes in the IFBB pro figure shows. Video/DVD runs 2 ¾ hours.