Yvette Bova
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Yvette Bova is an American female bodybuilding
champion and pornographic actress, born in Junction City, Kansas
. She won the Lightweight National Bodybuilding Contest in 1997.
but grew up in Denver, Colorado
. At 18 she joined the U.S. Air Force
where she served for 13 and a half years. She now resides in Orlando, Florida
.
She took second in the Women's Lightweight Division at Guam's National Bodybuilding Championship; 1st place winner in the Women's Lightweight Division and 2nd place in the Mixed Pairs Division in the 1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic in Maui, Hawaii. 1997 Hawaii Armed Forces Lightweight Division and Overall Winner also Best Poser on Oahu, Hawaii. 1999 Designer Body Muscle & Physique State Championship; Women's Open Bodybuilding Division, Overall Winner; 3rd place in the Women's Middle Weight at the 1999 Paradise Cup on Oahu, Hawaii. Most recently guest posed at the 2000 Hawaii Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship.
Won numerous contests in Asia including being Ms. Far East 2 years in a row
Female bodybuilding
Female bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions.-Beginnings:...
champion and pornographic actress, born in Junction City, Kansas
Junction City, Kansas
Junction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,353. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby...
. She won the Lightweight National Bodybuilding Contest in 1997.
Early life
Bova was born in Junction City, KansasJunction City, Kansas
Junction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,353. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby...
but grew up in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. At 18 she joined the U.S. Air Force
United States Air Force
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where she served for 13 and a half years. She now resides in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
.
Bodybuilding career
Yvette Bova began competing in bodybuilding at the age of 31 but had been training for 4 years before that her first competition was in 1996.Contest Background
Yvette has won several bodybuilding titles in Seoul Korea; she was Ms. Far East for 2 years in a row, also taking the Best Poser award both times in Okinawa, Japan.She took second in the Women's Lightweight Division at Guam's National Bodybuilding Championship; 1st place winner in the Women's Lightweight Division and 2nd place in the Mixed Pairs Division in the 1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic in Maui, Hawaii. 1997 Hawaii Armed Forces Lightweight Division and Overall Winner also Best Poser on Oahu, Hawaii. 1999 Designer Body Muscle & Physique State Championship; Women's Open Bodybuilding Division, Overall Winner; 3rd place in the Women's Middle Weight at the 1999 Paradise Cup on Oahu, Hawaii. Most recently guest posed at the 2000 Hawaii Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship.
Contest history
- 1996 Guam's National Bodybuilding Championship - 2nd (LW)
- 1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic - 1st (LW), 2nd (Mixed Pairs)
- 1997 Hawaii Armed Forces Championship - 1st (LW), Best Poser (Overall)
- 1999 Designer Body Muscle & Physique State Championship - 1st (LW and Overall)
- 1999 Women's Open - 1st (Overall)
- 1999 Paradise Cup - 3rd (MW)
Won numerous contests in Asia including being Ms. Far East 2 years in a row