I would love to see her stage a comeback. I think even at her age she'd wipe the floor with some of today's competitors.

Bev's physique is gorgeous. Beautiful flowing lines and big round muscle bellies. She was one of the best female bodybuilders in the sport. For me the pioneer of female bodybuilding.

In her peak physical condition she would blow away todays bodybuilders. She almost doesn't look real its more comic like

Winner at the 1987 IFBB World Pro

               


     

OdoHerr

Bev was ahead of her time...women weren't supposed to be that muscular and so she shocked the judges and was down graded her for it!  I wonder how she would do today as more and more women 'bulk up' and look sexier than ever... 

Thanks for all these great pictures!   
I remember my first National competition having hooked up with Bill Jentz and Steve Wennerstrom. for my first photo shoot.    What an adventure !   They were soooo enthusiastic.   I remember Bill saying..." Geez, if a woman can look like this today...what will the sport be like in 10 years?"   ( today I'd not eeven place in a figure contest...ha!)  There was Kay Baxter, Pillow, Laura Combes.  Corrie had yet to put on some size but won the doubles with Jeff.   Anyway getting back to Bill Jentz's comment I remember saying..."You just wait, mark my words, you'll see Bev Frances in a posing suit"  They doubled over laughing. 

Everytime I see the transformaiton of Bev Frances when she left power lifting and assumed center stage in bodybuilding, I just smile to remember Bill Jentz's reaction to my comment.

She sure did make a statement back then didn't she?

No I never met her.  She was that shining star we all viewed in a distant galaxy from where we all were at the time.  She was way ahead of her time.   No holds barred...full most muscular pose.  Me? I was wearing posies in my hair to feminize...LOL  She had moxie ( as my grandma would say)...guts.   This is a bodybuilding contest?...Ok I'll show you some muscle...and boy did she. There was as well this beautiful transformation of a female powerlifter to a most attractive gal...I thought.  Bev Frances ...a name that won't be forgotten in female bb history although her time was short and she never stayed in the glory zone long..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-axJwW5TYg&NR=1&feature=endscreen

This is my first attempt at a YouTube copy...hope it goes.  Posing at the 86 Olympia: Bev Frances, Carla Dunlop and Cory Everson.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm BeV.


 
     

Transformation....
I had said earlier that I am so pleased to see such a transformation from her appearance as a powerlifter to that  of this beautiful female bodybuilder.  I failed to mention her as a track and field champion, as well as a power lifter champ so I edited my post here.   Bev was a mega athlete ...she mastered it all.   I am so pleased that she made it into popular magazines  and did make a mark in BB when profound muscularity in women was not embraced 100% as a marketable product.  She is my hero, no question about it.   Thanks for keeping her alive here on Saradas.
Alison

         
     

OdoHerr

More of big Bev!!!  Workin' the back...ENJOY!!!! 

 




     
     

One Bad ASS Woman!!!  ENJOY

 





     

more Bev...ENJOY!!!