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| 1986 || [[Charles Clairmonte]] || [[Lance Dreher]] || [[Monika Steiner]] || [[Heidi Thomas (bodybuilder)|Heidi Thomas]] |
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| 1987 || [[Basil Francis]] || [[Olaf Annus]] || [[Connie McClosky]] || [[Sonia Walker]] |
| 1987 || [[Basil Francis]] || [[Olaf Annus]] || [[Connie McClosky]] || [[Sonia Walker]] |
Revision as of 19:41, 12 October 2010
The Universe Championships are an annual bodybuilding event organised by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA). It has a number of competitions: NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur and professional), Miss Physique, and Miss Figure.
First held in 1948, the contest was initially only for amateur male bodybuilders - but a separate contest for professionals was added in 1952. The NABBA defines amateur as someone who has "never entered and accepted prize money in an advertised professional event". Miss Physique, a women's contest was added in 1966 and Miss Figure was introduced in 1986.
A separate competition called IFBB Mr. Universe was organized by the IFBB. This changed its name to the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships in 1976.
Mr. Universe
Mr. Universe is a bodybuilding contest. The athletes are judged on their symmetry, proportions and the size and clarity of each muscle group. Most of the judging occurs during the day, this is called the pre-judging. Before the distractions of the evening show, the finals.