Here is my story. A good friend of mine has wanted to do one of those bikini fitness shows (she works out everyday and looks awesome). She talked about it for a good decade or so, we are both in our late 40's. Sort of figured it wouldn't ever happen, as she is pretty conservative about her body. Doesn't help that her family is very conservative too, and would go out of their way to discourage her from doing something like that.
But in early spring 2019, she posts on facebook that she is doing one finally, and signed up for a show (OCB) in November. She asked for donations to help pay for it (it's pretty expensive to compete), and I was the first (ha ha) to donate. She was happy about that since she got very little encouragement (why are people like that?). She asks if I would come to the show? Hell, yeah!
I had gotten a new "real" (not phone) camera a few weeks before the show. I ask her if she would like it if I would take some photos. Of course, bring it, it would be great to have more photos (besides the ones the show organizers would take). So she is telling me about the bikini she was thinking about (very important consideration for those shows). She was thinking a dark green one. I figured she would go for the most conservative cut (she didn't say anything about that, and I hadn't learned about the show bikinis yet). After some "research" there seems to be about four different general cuts (Moderate, Brazilian, Pro (near thong) and Micro-pro (definitely thong).
So i go to the show, it's an all day event in a theatre. It was actually really fun. It turned out that only I and her trainer had shown up for her, so that was disappointing. It took a while before it got to her division of the show. So her division starts and she finally comes out on stage. Not only had she not picked the dark green bikini, she had gone with a red one that really popped. And she didn't pick the moderate cut bikini, but the Brazilian! Amazing!!
So I took some shots during the show, which are ok, but far off. She actually did pretty well, coming in 5th in her division (good showing for a first timer). As the show came to an end we are texting, and I ask if she would come out in the theatre so I could take some pics! She says yes! She was like on a high from the show, it was so amazing! So we got a few pics up close before we left. Let me tell you, when you standing next to a competitor (doesn't seem so much from afar) those show bikinis are TINY! Even the moderate cut!
She hasn't done another show yet (thanks for nothing covid) but she would like to do another show someday. I hope she does! Have to think of a good way to see if she would consider the pro cut next time (ok I am dreaming). So here is a few pics. Sorry i have to censor her face. Hopefully someday I will have a second story about her.
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