2008 NPC Illinois State Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness Championships

[Femphysiquefan]

May 24th, 2008
Illinois State Bodybuilding, Figure, and Fitness Championships
The Gateway Theater
5216 W. Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, IL
Guest Poser: TBD
Schedule: Pre-judging 11 AM, Evening show at 7 PM.
Special prizes for open and overall winners
For more info visit www.npcillinoisbodybuilding.com

[Siouxcountry]

Last I heard Tami Bellon will be competing in this show...

http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=674

[Femphysiquefan]

Last I heard Tami Bellon will be competing in this show...

http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=674

Yep, you heard right!! Shawn, her husband, told me over on MySpace that she's looking TERRIFIC, and that he believes she will do very well both at this show AND Jr. Nationals!!

[Femphysiquefan]

Show is this weekend!! Hope to see many of you at the Gateway!! :D :D

[Siouxcountry]

Show is this weekend!! Hope to see many of you at the Gateway!! :D :D

Take some :camera:

[Femphysiquefan]

Definitely will, Sioux. Guest poser BTW is Phil Heath, and if I'm not mistaken, 2008 Jr. USAs overall bodybuilding champ Jennifer Cowan will be there as well manning the Pride Nutrition booth!!

[Femphysiquefan]

Just got back from the show: it was a marvelous time, and I got to meet up with several competitors. Thanks to everyone that I got to meet for making this a great show to attend!! I will post pics as soon as I can.

[Siouxcountry]

Let's see some photos. :)

[Femphysiquefan]

Let's see some photos. :)

OK, here you go:

Kim Currie and her good friend and fellow figure competitor Maleah Bataoel looking fabulous!!

http://a337.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_7fb61f10b16591d9af2ad269790df3d8.jpg

Another great shot of Kim

http://a65.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/10/l_a591cba35b244995df62b195b3bebdc0.jpg

Jennifer Cowan, Overall winner in FBB at Jr. USAs, hard at work marketing her Muscle and Curves line!!

http://a275.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/113/l_4a38fac57ad0e4df5b5818cb686c8762.jpg

HW NPC bodybuilder Robyn Mentgen

http://a288.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_f20cfc160b6bbbc5947bfcd2afbe3f4f.jpg

LW NPC bodybuilder and judge Kirsten Haratyk--she had two girls she was coaching in this show, one in Short and one in Tall class. BOTH her girls won their classes: cute Kirsten was beside herself!!

http://a186.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/112/l_9fc9d5a81492d2282f6404a1c0294ef1.jpg

Bodybuilder Anita Nikolich (also known as "Roxygrrl" on other forums) in a beautiful Chinese dress

http://a7.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_bd5e13c6034bd5c6ee5e218ffbc1337e.jpg

LW bodybuilder Gail Auerbach. This lady, in her 1st EVER bodybuilding show, totally swept the Midwest Ironman last year, winning every class she was in and the Overall.

http://a379.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_2d19dae683dfd84a78a15bdcfc08b5a2.jpg

WNBF pro figure competitor Jenifer Digiovanni working the ON/ABB booth

http://a761.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/125/l_881a672fe6bbd623fd5d1a59f5afce90.jpg

Hope you liked them, everyone!!

[Siouxcountry]

Love the photos, Jeremy! Thanks for sharing! :)

[dvsness]

Thanks Jeremy!!

[KP DIVA]

Thanks Jeremy!! Great pics!!

[STL Joe]

Good photos, Jeremy. Wish I could've made this show this year.

[ambydawn]

Great pics! I love Kirsten's outfit, what a cutie!