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Beauty from the outside. The judges give their verdict on three rounds. First a bikini-round with the obligatory little black one, the swimsuit-round and finally a third round with a bikini of choice - as long as it has color. You loose a lot of…

Beauty from the outside. Up until a few days before the competition everybody fills his or her bodies with water. The competitors drink p to eight liters per day. Two days before, the dehydration period starts ï¾– to show the contours and muscles…

Beauty from the outside. Minutes before Malin gets on stage in her green swimsuit she is lifting some weights.

Beauty from the outside. Backstage the contestants are getting ready to go on stage. The walls are covered in plastic due to the massive use of spraytans and make up

Beauty from the outside. The competition day starts early. Malin has been to a solarium for weeks, but the tan is not enough. Malins coach Yones is putting on some final tanning lotion behind the stage. The darker the skin is - the more of the…

Beauty from the outside. There is no easy way out. Only practice and more practice is what are required. When a person is building up their body they need four to five work outs per week, plus some extra walking. After while it intensifies, with one…

Beauty from the outside. The preparations before a competition in Body Fitness starts early. Many hours of exercise lies beneath, and everything has to be perfect. Malin is waiting to stand in the right position to stretch her muscles. Her coaches,…

Beauty from the outside. In Body Fitness one does not only compete in muscle building. How feminine you look, and what kind of swimsuit you're wearing, matters. Malin Soderqvist spent five thousand Swedish kronor for this custom made swimsuit.

Afghan Abs - Afghan Bodybuilders from the Super Gym pose around the war-ravaged tomb of the former king of Afghanistan on April 19 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the…

Afghan Abs - Competing Afghan bodybuilders strut their muscles during a competition in Jalalabad on April 20 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding…