Marthe in the USA: Prejudging

After arriving in Atlantic City, our heroine checked in for her pro debut (#78 - nice necklace) and dressed down for dinner! Just imagine how many unsuspecting punters were left gasping by her presence that night - and how many suspecting female muscle heads were consumed by "The Madness" when Marthe walked by in that dress!



Wonder if that taxi driver was of the unsuspecting or suspecting variety...

Friday, August 28th



Here she is, pumped up and ready to go backstage. True beauty is how one forum poster described her, and I know I'm biased and all, but I think they have got it bang on. Bronzed and beaming, she looks resplendent in her pink (of course!) posing suit.

And so to the compulsories, related to the waiting world (well, to FMS and at least ten or so other people who were following their excellent live from Atlantic City play-by-play commentary on the RxMuscle forum) by Dave Palumbo and Chris Aceto...



And the first thing they noticed was... Huge quads!



Great arms, freaky hamstrings and glutes. And remember, these are guys who have seen A LOT of female muscle in their time - they are not easily overawed. "Huge" and "freaky" are not words they use very often to describe female physique competitors.



But as impressed as they undoubtedly were with her package, they had reservations. Too much muscle? they wondered. Be interesting to see what the judges do with her...

Or in other words, "if we were judging this show, she'd be in the first callout, but knowing the IFBB judges as we do etc. etc." Or at least, that's what I understood!



Anyway, seeing Marthe in relaxed pose next to (the eventual winner) Mikaila Soto in comparison and you can really appreciate the fine margins involved between taking home some (of the not exactly bonanza) prize money or, as it turned out, not.



As long as you can take your eyes off Marthe's bum for a sec. *SWOOOON!*

In the end, Marthe was front and centre in her callout. The 3rd callout.



And yes, that is indeed Anne "Not So Freaky Now" Freitas to Marthe's right.



Guess the judges had made up their minds what to do with the both of them.

But even if I was disappointed that it didn't look as though she were going to keep her US winning streak going, Marthe told her Instagram followers that she was "enjoying every minute" of her experience as she headed for the beach before the finals.



We will see how she got on tomorrow.

Enjoy!