한국인 of the Day: Mi Hee Yu

The recent BBC News report into Korean female bodybuilding suggests there is going to be a lot more female muscle emerging from the country in the future, but back in 2007 when the gorgeous Mi Hee Yu was crowned national champ, she looked pretty much like the sole bodybuilder on stage with a bunch of figure competitors.



Something of a pioneer, then, I reckon. One of the first really muscular Korean women - or one of the first I came across anyway. And she always seemed to be in great shape. Always lean, always defined, even when she wasn't actually competing. And I also enjoyed (and still do enjoy from time to time) the guest posing routines of hers that are out there. They're always real performances, and she is, in my opinion, an extremely captivating performer: elegant, teasing, poised, and very very sexy.

Here's the first of a couple of clips of Mi Hee Yu that we'll post today. Frustratingly, it's not quite the complete routine, and ends rather abruptly just as it's getting good and the crowd are getting into it, but even so, it's not a bad appetiser!



Apparently, Mi Hee Yu took up bodybuilding in the late '90s in order to lose weight, and a decade later in 2007 she was the cream of South Korean female muscle - quite a success story! She took obvious pride in representing her country in international competition for the following four years, finishing second in her weight class at the Asian Championships in 2007 and 2008, and winning her class in 2011. Unfortunately, I haven't found any evidence to suggest she has competed again since that year.




Still, it's not as though we are short of Mi Hee Yu material to remember her by. As well as the guest posing clips, there are a number of workout clips on YouTube for your viewing pleasure, and the pick of the bunch, unsurprisingly, can be found on the mighty watatiwatatio's channel. Entitled Mi Hee Yu Heavy workout! (exclamation mark included and with good reason). It includes not only the apparently lost (ie. deleted due to third party complaints) appearance of our heroine on a Korean TV show called The Dynamic Gym Show, but also a truly HEAVY workout. The whole thing weighs in at 30 minutes plus. A hardcore watch that leaves you in doubt that that the woman you are watching is a very very sexy and hardcore muscle lady.




And so, to finish, the second guest posing clip of Mi Hee Yu for your enjoyment today. A very revealing posing suit, two feather fans, a pair of boots that wouldn't look out of place on a building site, and a beautiful vision of female muscle.



Enjoy!