FBBUK @Arnold Classic Europe 2015

A stunning FORTY British women represented their country at the Arnold Classic Europe in Madrid over the last weekend of September. Thirty of them competed in one of the myriad Bikini classes, but there was British representation in every one of the women's divisions, and among them a Physique class winner to be proud of.

Anyway, time prevents me from introducing all of them today, but along with the featured magnificent seven UK muscle goddesses who finished in the top 5 of their respective classes, we will be name-checking the entire female contingent of Team GB, so you can carry out your own investigations at your leisure.

So, from Bikini on up, here they all are...

KARINA SKOWRONSKA
2nd, Bikini up to 169cm




UKIPs take note, Karina was a multiple Polish fitness champion before doing us Brits the honour of coming to settle on these shores, and become our premier Bikini competitor. In 2014 Karina was runner-up at the IFBB Europeans and Amateur Olympia as well as finishing 3rd at the IFBB Worlds (see FMS passim) and 4th at last year's ACE. And she won the 2014 UKBFF British title as well. Phew!




Karina, you may remeber, not only wears posing suits but also manufactures them - "bespoke bikinis made by a competitor for competitors - each bikini, each stone is made with love and care", apparently. Check out the Sparkle Bikini website for a posing suit for the female competitor in your life, and while you're waiting for that dream to become a reality, drop by Karina's Facebook and/or Instagram (6,000+ followers) and let her know how very glad you are that she's decided to come and stay.

EMMA HOWIE
2nd, Bikini up to 172cm



I used to be one of those girls who starved themselves, thinking it will give you the perfect body, says Emma, who hails from Brighton, home of Britain's IFBB pro Rene Campbell. I was one of those cardio bunnies who turned up to the gym, spent an hour running, cycling or plodding on the x-trainer, expecting to see results overnight. Her PT and now partner changed all that, happily for Emma, and, I dare say, for him, too. Emma won the UKBFF Stars of Tomorrow title in 2013, and it looks very much like this wedding industry creative director and consultant is going to be just that.



Follow Emma on Instagram, where you'll be pleased that this stunningly beautiful woman indulges in a lot more flexing than she's supposed to do when she's on stage.

NICKI CHANDRARAJ
5th, Masters Bikini 163cm+



The last of our top 5 placing British Bikini goddesses also happens to be the one most local to FMS' current premises. Mrs Chandraraj surely then qualifies as the woman most likely to be spotted by old Swell in the course of his daily life and/or inspire the wife when I get her booked in for a session at one of the local gyms this 38-year-old mother of two frequents. How exciting! Nicki won her place in Madrid by taking the Masters Bikini title at the UKBFF English Grand Prix in July, and on the evidence of the package she represented Britain with here, she was well worth the win.

And much much love to all the other UK Bikini babes flying the flag in Madrid...

Junior up to 163cm
Frankie Carter (7th)
Camila Morales (8th)
Joselin Dasilva (12th)

Junior 163cm+
Chelsea Dyson (11th)
Georgia Lewis (13th)
Hannah Kent
Sophie Dungate

Masters up to 163cm
Szilvia Babinszki (14th)

Masters 163cm+
Liz Richardson (7th)
Nyaomi Wright (14th)

Up to 160cm
Nathalie Lewis (8th)
Regina Hunt
Elle Hudson
Agnes Lagare

Up to 163cm
Gabriela Merksz (12th)
Clare Boyle
Charlene Smith
Rhiannon Pontin

Up to 166cm
Joanna Wolosz (9th)
Georgia Lewis (10th)
Chelsea Dyson (13th)
Geane Freitas

Up to 169cm
Chloe Beth Morgan
Zalinka Earle

Up to 172cm
Anastasia Parikos (9th)
Jodie Chiappa
Luciana Del Giudice
Alaura Campbell

172cm+
Agnes Lukaszek (9th)

And so to the Fitness division...

EMMA PAVELEY
5th, Fitness up to 163cm



Just look at her go! I'm so proud of myself for smashing my new routine, said Emma afterwards. And she was even more excited after she'd made the first callout during the "Figure round" - wearing, incidentally, a Karina Skowronska-made posing suit.




Catch Emma (if you can) on FMS passim and on Instagram and Facebook.



Fellow UK competitor Vicky Cale finished 8th in the same class. So much fun competing together, Emma told her Facebook followers. True friends and always here to support each other. We have so much passion for fitness and love performing on the stage. And hanging backstage it seems - what a couple of stunners!

And up we go again, this time to find yet more stunners in Bodyfitness...

CONNIE SLYZIUT
2nd, Junior Bodyfitness



Just 19 years of age, Connie (mysteriously listed as Lonie on the official scorecards from the show), not only finished runner-up in the Junior Bodyfitness class, but also placed a very creditable 10th in the 168cm+ Bodyfitness class. Check Connie out on her Instagram, you won't regret it. She receives comments telling her she shouldn't "flex too much" and should upload "more girly pictures" which is good news for me and you because she ignores them and does quite the opposite. She plays and teaches the viola professionally. Clearly, Connie is a very talented young lady.

MICHELLE MORRIS
3rd, Bodyfitness 168cm+



My main goal in my bodybuilding career is to be competitive on an international stage and eventually attain my pro card, said Scotland's Michelle Morris - aka "Mimo" - before the ACE. Having placed 3rd in her class in the very competitive Bodyfitness (the equivalent of the IFBB's Figure) division, and then going on to win her second successive British title in Nottingham last weekend, I think it's fair to say she's definitely looking likely to achieve the last of her stated goals and join fellow Brits Louise Rogers and Maria Scotland in the IFBB Pro Figure ranks before long.



Follow the further adventures of this truly jaw-dropping beauty on her Instagram.

And also starring for the UK in the Bodyfitness division...

Masters
Claire Barks (13th)
Sara Logan
Nikki Chick (real name, apparently)
Lisa Brown

Up to 158cm
Sara Logan (14th)

Up to 163cm
Claire Barks (8th)
Nikki Chick

168cm+
Connie Slyziut (10th)
Lisa Kelly (14th)

And last, but by no means least, our new Physique champ...

CARLY THORNTON
Winner, Physique 163cm+




Britain's only Physique woman at the ACE was also our only winner, but today, I'm afraid, is just going to be a tiny taste of Carly Thornton. But you won't have to wait long for more, there's a whole post devoted to nothing but Carly coming tomorrow.




I know, I can be such a tease...

Rolling Thunder 089-100

QUEEN OF QUADS

The last day of Rolling Thunder, and yes, the Queen has some treats for you...

1. ALEKSANDRA RUDENKO

NEW LEGS ON THE BLOCK



Despite the name, "Sasha" is from Norway, the 2014 Norwegian Masters Physique champion, most recently in action at the Arnold Europe in Madrid, where her incredible legs weren't quite enough to get her into the top 10 in her (up to 163cm) class. Fear not, though, because she and they feature in Muscle Appeal's new preview of Beautiful Muscular Women from Europe - Sasha is on after sexy Susanna Tirpak, and, yes, there is up close quad flexing included. Short but very very sweet.

2. LAURA CAROLAN

SHOCK & AWE



In Tampa this year, and at her first pro show since 2012 (and only her second since 1995!) Canada's Laura Carolan certainly had the kind of conditioning that catches the eye. But it was her work with Awefilms after the show that is likely to live longest in the memory, and it's a screen cap from this that we present today.

It's the kind of look (and you can see a few more caps from the video here) that can make the non-female muscle headed community panic and run for cover, and can even divide female muscle lovin' opinion like an "in/out" European referendum.

I'm in. Very in. *SWOOOON*IN



The Queen approves.

3. CYNTHIA COLON

THUNDER THIGHS



She started in Figure, would you believe, but after some initial success was told she was "too big", had "too much muscle". This was back in 2009, long before the Physique division had been created, so Cynthia went straight up to Bodybuilding, first as a Middleweight and then as a Heavyweight - despite being only 5'2" (1.57m). She earned her pro card in 2011, and was next seen in the Physique division at the New York Pro in 2013, where she finished 14th and which was the last we saw of her on stage.



She doesn't seem to have any concrete plan to compete again as yet, or if she does, she isn't letting on, but that hasn't stopped her magnificent legs becoming the stuff of female muscle lovin' legend. She owns some [!} of the most gorgeous, super pumped up dancer's legs ever on an FBB, says one forum poster, clearly too overcome by Cynthia's thunder to count to two. And the rest of her is damn nice too, he adds.

Follow Cynthia to "whichever contest is next" on Facebook and Instagram.

4. LOANA MUTTONI

ALL IN THE DETAIL



Our last pair of Brazilian thighs this week turns the freakometer all the way up to 11. We've posted this picture before, and swooned all over it on too many occasions to remember. And if I'm not mistaken, I feel another one coming on right now!

5. ROBIN DEE

RIVERS OF BLOOD



Who would have thunk it? It turns out the freakometer goes up to 12.

Imagine the incomprehension on the faces of your friends as you try to explain how unbelievably erotic you find pictures like the ones of Loana and Robin above...



The Queen understands though.

6. ALINA

ALL OF THE ABOVE



Rather ironically at this stage, it occurs to me now that just about everything I've been enjoying about the other 98 thighs we've featured this week could have been summed up with just two. And both of them belong to Alina Popa. Thickness, curvaceous aesthetic sweeping lines, ripped and rippling quads. She has it all. In spades.



And with Iris having announced her retirement over, I can't help thinking that female bodybuilding needs Alina to get back to her swoonworthy best in 2016, because as much as I can admire Iris for her achievements, the last thing the sport needs is for her to monopolise the Rising Phoenix as she did the Ms Olympia. And with all due respect to the Queen of Quads, Alina is still the best chance there is to stop that happening.



Turns out it is no easy thing to choose your favourite Alina quad shots, no easy thing at all. I'm exhausted I tell you, it's been swoon after swoon after swoon. Seems I really like how Chris Zimmerman frames those prime pieces of female muscle meat.



And I even set myself the thankless task of picking a favourite Alina quad gif as well. I have to admit ths isn't the highest definition example I could find, but there's something about the way all those different peaks of quad muscle start popping (Popa-ing!) up as she jiggles her feet up and down that I find absolutely irresistible.

You are probably expecting Alina to be the "big finish", but cool your, er, thing there fella. The Queen has one last beautiful treat for your viewing pleasure, so I hope you have just a little left for our final pair of thunder thighs...



7. KASHMA

THIGH FANTASY IN MOTION



She basks in the sunshine and beckons you over. You obey, and let her direct you into exactly the position she wants you. Are they big enough for you? she asks rhetorically, stretching out one, and then the other leg. You are hypnotised by her rippling quads, in awe of the muscle. You can feel your heart pound and your cock hardening.

Don't just look at them! she snaps, the sudden firmness in her voice jolting you out of your reverie, and then, more softly, coquettishly even: Don't you want to put your lips on them? Again, the question needs no answer, and you don't answer, you just DO...



Enjoy!