Abs Queens

Last month, FMS began our third annual Abs Week with a question for the readers: Who's the Best?

A question, and, it seems, a challenge. No one has a six-pack by chance, it is one of the most obvious differences between muscle women and the 'norms', so it is hardly surprising that most of us have a 'thing' for ripped abdominals: "My favourite body part, a six pack is so sexy. I love abs!" says Cockpuncher, in a comment typical of many, and I myself have written at length about my 'Absession'.

Consequently, no one has found it easy deciding who their 'Queen of Abs' is! Even if you make the task less than impossible by creating a list of favourites rather than choosing just one, at what point do you stop? 10 can quickly become 20 then you realise you've 'forgotten' someone and suddenly you have 30 names. Then you find an old 'Abs' folder and your list grows even longer. As one reader commented, "It’s hard to know who to leave out as abs excite me so much I could probably add endlessly to the list." Nevertheless, many of you have gallantly attempted to select a handful of your favourites, and it's these women who have made our list, along with one or two FMS choices.


Our first Abs Queen this week takes us back to before the millennium and will probably be most familiar to you from one iconic WPW image in particular. Do you remember where you were and what you were doing the first time you saw this?

Reader Request:
MELINDA McNABB














Every move that she takes you can see muscle...
(Lenda Murray, 1997)




I must confess that I know very little about this magnificent specimen beyond the information I've gleaned from the commentary by Lenda Murray (which includes the above quotation) and her co-commentator on the clip of Melinda's routine at the 1997 NPC Nationals below. They tell us she's a Texan, and a mother.



But my lack of knowledge was never a hindrance in my appreciation of Melinda's stunning physique. Nor has it been for others it seems. One of the readers who nominated her pointed out that especially in the red bikini pic that we started with, she looked inhuman, and another described her as 'abs clad', as though her muscularity was some kind of manufactured outfit she put on for photographers.




I know what they mean. In photos, Melinda's muscles do seem to have a life of their own. You can imagine each of them breathing independently, creating a pulsating mass. It's almost as if she had been dreamed up by a special effects department on a sci-fi movie. And her abs are no different. They're ripped, but then again lots of women over the years have been ripped. Few, however, have the kind of development and thickness Melinda had. A set of abdominals worthy of opening our week of best-evers.



Enjoy!