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Nick's Strength and Power I knew Denise and was competing at the same time back in the late eights and early nintys at a middleweight level. She was focused and brought a lot of positive attention to the world of female bodybuilding as a sport. It's heartbreaking to see how this has all turned out for her. Wish there was someway to reach out and offer a hand.
Muscles swollen by chemicals, are not "strong bodies". Body builders are lab rats, frogs. They sign their bodies off to corporations, who proceed to inject stuff into them. They don't tell you this on tv. After the contract is terminated, there's no more chemicals to inject, and so there's no more "strong body"
Pascal Illustration I believe he's referencing the corporations whose supplements they use. The ones with the sponsorships where they have to "stack" that company's supplements to get ripped and huge, and tan until they look like they're burned, and where the women start looking like men with the angular jawline.....
its because it is a man ....come on you people are brainwashed look at "her" bone structure ...hormones dont give you a jaw and a man chin it will make changes in cartilage but not your bone structure .....
I don't think it's really her. There's no resemblance whatsoever (except for the one people will see when they're already assuming that it's the former bodybuilder).
This is so sad but I've experienced a few people who dabble in body building and messing with your hormones can have a huge negative effect, I feel for this woman sometimes people just take it to far .
I wish her the best! I competed with her in 1991 at the USA's. I was a lightweight and she was a heavyweight. We each won our own divisions, but I think it was Nancy Lewis that took the overall. I can really relate to the whole bodybuilding thing and it's REALLY hard to come out of it. It can really mess with your mind. Bodybuilding IS NOT LIFE... LIFE happens when you stop BODYBUILDING. I found Jesus too... in 2002... I love my life now... and I hope Jesus helps her to where she needs to be in her life. 😍💜 Love you , Denise.... from Clifta Coulter Perez
Hey Clifta, you are correct it was Nancy Lewis that took the middle weight and overall titles at the 91 USA in Santa Monica. You and Denise did the 92 Nationals also. Denise did find Jesus after the Ms.O but even that wasn't enough keep her demons at bay permanently. Glad to hear you're doing well (and you totally should have taken the lightweight title at the 92 Nationals in Orlando).
Life With Horses TV i had the opportunity to go out with Shelley Beattie. Instead, my dumb ass went back to my ex-wife which i ended up divorcing anyway. The funny part is i used to watch American Gladiators JUST to see her. May she R.I.P.
So this woman had a bad drug habit and she’s paid a high price for her addiction. Absolutely pitiful and heartbreaking to see the before and after images. My heart bleeds for everyone with a similar addiction. 😢
I wish her the very, very, best in the world. I was absolutely in love with her, back in the 90's. B-Polar disorder is one helluva harsh mental disorder. People seem to try and down play it, but trust me, a person who was raised by a Bi-Polar father, it is torture on both the one who suffers from it, and those who love them. I hope she can get the help she needs and make a come back!
Dad had all the body building mags, and he him self was work in out all the time and was in great shape. I remember Denise, I would look at those mags wishing I wasn't a skinny little wimpy girl, and being inspired to gain and get strong by having an awesome supportive Dad with real experience. It's nice that u posted this tribute to her as a strong, and healthy athlete. Respect!
Patrick Murphy and you know EVERY bodybuilder, ever? There are people from all walks of life who make a mess of things be it drugs, financials, alcohol. But because these individuals have at some point been bodybuilders, suddenly it all bodybuildings fault. There will be hundreds of thousands of people who bodybuild to compete or just for recreation who have also taken steroids and other chemicals etc who will have 'retired' perfectly fine and are now leading normal everyday lives. Making such a broad, sweeping statement like yours is naive and ignorant.
not really- im talking about top level pros/ Look at Flex, Dillett, Nasser, Bertil Fox, Sonny Schmidt just to name a few who either fucked up or end up fucked up. The only other sport i can think of where this is so prevalent is boxing , but not with so much premature death. Btw i got out of BBing in 1996 after I met Dorian Yates, i realised i could never be as big as him.
Patrick Murphy , Your comment suggest that you don't know much about bodybuilding, the greatest of all times, Lee Haney retire young, healthy, and has a net worth of 55 million dollars. Arnold and Ronnie Coleman have both publicly stated that Lee Haney was the best.
I don't mind if a woman is all buff from lifting weights but the steroid look is not attractive at all, their face starts looking like a man's and even their body. As you see by the after pictures she really looks like crap with facial hair (and the drugs didn't help) So ladies lift weights but stay off of the juice.
A lot of times they look drawn up due to getting ready for a competitive event, they get rid of as much fat and water as possible. In off season after an event they look normal just bigger...but still buff.
I agree, HOWEVER most girls will say they dont like the male bodybuilding look. And they could point out palumboism and other side effects just like you mentioned facial hair.
This is by far the best bodybuilding channel on youtube. No one makes such short and on point videos like you nick. More videos about female bodybuilding nick, great work. Greetings from Germany
She's still a champion in my eyes. ..she was one of the best in her time. God Bless her and hope things work out better for her things can always turn around with time.
I used to see her at a chiropractic office and in 'golds gym in the early nineties. She was a nice person. The fact is all of the pro bodybuilding world is tremendously warped and sick. It is a short step from sticking a needle full of hormones in your body to putting a little pick me up in the needle instead. I have trained for 32 years and am reevaluating my life at this point. I stayed natural but beating the shit out of yourself with weights is a hard way to live. I will probably always train but the self flagellation is over for me. Content of character is far more important than superficial appearances. I hope Denise finds sobriety and some kind of peace. She has obviously had a hard road. Also many people I saw in Gold's are dead now.
If you had close contact with her during that time do you remember when she just dissapeared from sight? It must have been when she left California to go back home to Texas. Did you get any hint of why she would just quit bodybuilding? Something changed in her, or perhaps the mental disorder (bipolar) that is rumored crept in, but no one just drops out after having so much success like that unless something happened. Then she went straight into a bible college. Then from that to drugs. Makes no sense.
My Question is can we Save her. If I lived near this Woman I would help her fix her self up get her off drugs and back onto female hormones and get her back in the gym. It's sad that she is just tossed aside like this.
Conan Richard , if she is truly bipolar, you could help her get back on track from addiction but, with the bipolar disorder added in.... it would just be downhill again during a hightened phase of mania or depression that would probably lead back to drug addiction again as well. Only those who can truly know theirself and manage the in-and-out nuances of their own bipolar particulars while at either extreme end of it can be helped by others without a great chance of relapse. Add in the drugs and it is almost impossible to do more than stabilize from further deterioration let alone be close to the former self pre-onset. A whole different lifestyle from what the original contributing one must be adopted to control negative effects. Perhaps if she never was a bodybuilder and decided to start using enhancement drugs to advance it, her bipolar disorder would not have surfaced in such an aggressive manner to have led her down such a destructive road to begin with.
This is so sad! I hope she's getting help and heals from whatever is troubling her. It's like she's trying to be perfect, which you don't have to be. Just try to get healthy and happy. Wishing you all the best xxx
Essentially ALL female body builders look like nasty-ass dudes, but like Nick mentioned in the video, she was certainly one of the better looking ones. That being said, this chick had an ass that could give a blind man a boner, and that pic of her in a white thong at 4:01 is enough to confirm that I would've certainly hit that from behind back in the day, providing I never had to catch a glimpse of her unsightly, ripped, man arms. I mean her ass is absolutely PERFECT. The difference between her pics from back then and her booking photos from present-day are absolutely *Earth shattering* . I actually think it's sad to see the way she looks now. She's so nasty looking with that facial hair that I'm assuming the cops were forced to check and make sure she didn't have a dick and balls when they had to write down her gender on the booking form and she claimed to be a female...goddamn is she grotesque.
Good video but what a sad story :-( Mike Mentzer was one of the greats from the 1980's. I heard at the time, that he died from kidney failure which I'd associated with steriod use. Prior to watching this video, I did not know he used heroin. Strangely his bro and training partner Ray died soon after Mike.
Why do a lot of female bodybuilders seem to have manly faces? I know that steroids increase testosterone levels which is the male sex hormone but can it change bone or muscle structure?
Andefir She grew facial hair and developed masculine features from the androgenic side effect of testosterone. That is why its not safe for a woman to take any anabolic steroid that has androgenic side effects.
People: I was at Gold's Venice when Denise was doing this 'far-out' photo shoot, with the leather and the guns. She was so hot, and friendly. It was impossible not to like her. Back then, I got a picture from the shoot as well as one of Laura Cravelle ... I have Laura's but can't find the photo of Denise. What a loss ... in more ways than one! The last I hear of Denise, she was working with disadvantaged kids in the Venice area.
This is heart breaking. I have watched it before and I just came apon it again. I have Bi Polar 1 and I know the struggle with drugs, because you try to calm the noise. With therapy and medicine I have got my life back on track. It makes me sad to think that these people dont have enough love or support in their corner to know they are worth saving. I wish her and anyone struggling the strength to find your way home.
I was just on youtube came across your story. Thank you for adding about the fact that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder which most try to fix with drug addiction. I did not agree with some comments she did this to herself. I think you really need to understand drug addiction and mental disorders. I really appreciate your time and research with this story.
I remember when Denise won the 1993 NPC Nationals - she wasn't as bulky - she was sleek and swoopy and her posing routine made exceptional use of her "assets" - she was *smokin'* hot. Smokin'! She really stood out in that she was big and ripped, but still looked very feminine and well-balanced. I can still remember that posing routine - it had that much of an affect on me (and I'm sure others as well). When Denise went pro she got a lot bigger - and unfortunately as happens when androgens get involved - her features became more and more masculine. Toward the end she was getting kind of scary-looking ... same thing happened with Tonya Knight and Dorit Kinset (not sure those are spelled correctly). IMO female body-building has gone astray - they're getting ridiculously big and have lost their feminine appeal. Cory Everson was amazing in that even though she was BIG, she still looked very feminine. I guess maybe I'm a bit too old-skool ;)
shredded tunal If heroin gave you massive gains as well, would we be saying good work to those who use? Drugs are drugs. Look at all the deaths due to steroids... Just as dangerous.
+panatha tube +1, dude. She went from something I'd bet was a fairly attractive woman to a ridiculously unattractive half man/half woman/beast, and now what's left is more fit to the circus sideshow freaks tour than anything.
***** yea either way it's bad but she looked waay better before heroine and she worked really hard soo that's why I said we should respect her achievements
I was serious about weightlifting for about 3 years. I never took steroids so i was dissapointed that after 3 years i didn't have that head turning physique. But when i stopped lifting i soon went into depression, started drinking and soon after drugs. I look back and i was natrually high when i lifted weights because it kept you fit and it releases chemicals that can perk you up. So i can only imagine the high you get when you lift taking steroids and being able to go way farther than you ccould ever go if you were natruual. Then getting off the juice and losing most of your gains has got to be so depressing.
Good thing you've done here. Maybe she'll see it one day during a time of clarity and your positive attitude will help her. Sometimes we affect people's lives without even knowing it.
This was enlightening. I used to follow body building way back in the day and was shocked to hear about Mike Mentzer. Man, he was so cool when he competed. I hope Ms. Rutkowski gets well and does not end up as a statistic.
The biggest mistake so many muscle-heads make lies in the matter of priorities. They think that BB can be a vocation for them, and it's not. At the very best, it's an avocation, and those who think they can make it a vocation are very tragically deluding themselves. The women have been some of the most tragic examples of this failure of perception. They go to the gym, achieve a 'look' over time, and figure that's enough. It's not. A 'look' doesn't pay the bills or put food on the table. It never has, and never will. And those girls who aren't lucky enough to snag a non-demanding, supportive husband (i.e. the vast and overwhelming majority!) ultimately find this out the hard way. The bills come due, they have no money, so they start doing "sessions", they get into porn, wind up in prostitution because they don't know and have never learned how to do anything else. To me, one of the greatest BB successes is . . . no, not Arnold, but Franco. Yes, the little Sicilian. Shortly after he got to this country, he met a woman named Anita, and she was the best thing that ever happened to him. At the time he and Arnold were going to the gym, lying on the beach and working the little construction business they shared. Anita told Franco, "That's not enough." Franco listened, and he went to school determined to make something of himself, and he did. He became a doctor of chiropractic, and had a respectable career. He even inspired Arnold, who went to school and took business administration, going on to become the legend that he is. The point is; even in the very best of circumstances, BB is not something you can make any kind of a decent, consistent living at. It just isn't, and no amount of denial or wishful thinking will alter that harsh reality fact of life. So, go to the gym, pump your brains out, love every rep and every set, but keep it in a proper, realistic perspective particular to your own life, and your own future.
Look, Robert, I'm forty and I grew up with MuscleMag and the mass monsters of the IFBB, as well as the dark underbelly of bodybuilding best explained by guys like Dan Duchaine. Even though I loved lifting, I never thought it was a profession. It was a hobby. Most rational people don't think it can be a career, but think about the types of personalities that go into professional bodybuilding and you will understand why. It's not rational or logical.
First of all; congratulations on your mature, realistic attitude! I understand what you're saying with regard to the 'type' of personality bodybuilding seems to attract. It's not for nothing that BB is called "the disease". Dan was a mixed bag. Like him or loath him, you had to respect him because he was honest at a time when the whole sport was in deep denial. On the other hand, I saw him in the gym a few times, and the guy definitely had problems. Hope you're still lifting and lovin' it. All the best to you!
Amen, Rob Smith. I'm from the era of Samir Bannout and Chris Dickerson. I read all the magazines> Muscle and Fitness, Ironman,. I remember when Monica Brant first hit the scene. Wow. She was thicker than her latter years because she was probably juicing a little. She was THE blonde that followed Denise. I've had the "honor" of meeting both women. Denise used to work out at Lone Star Gym in Mesquite, Texas back in the late 80's. I'd just graduated college in Commerce, Texas, worked at UPS in Mesquite, and moved to Garland with my baby mama. I wanted to still lift, so I joined the closest gym I could find and that was Lone Star run by Rick and JB Addams. Didn't know them well, but they seemed nice. I think I worked out there for maybe a month, 2 at best. I recall seeing Denise and, WOW, she was awesome. Young, free, and seemingly happy. I think she made fun of me once, but it's all good. Last time I saw her she was wearing tight lycra shorts and a criss-cross tank top. She used to hang out with this blonde dude in his RX-7. I followed her for years and couldn't believe she made it all the way to second place in the Ms. O. Then as quickly as she rose, she fell. Think I read where she would train and then go and sleep in her car. That was her home. That was the typical bodybuilding story back in the day. The Mr. O purse was growing at the time, maybe 50K by then, but everything else was still small change. If "Uncle" Joe Weider didn't "sponsor" you, you really didn't make much of a living. Hundreds of young bodies comprise the bodybuilding landscape. They read the mags, make their way West to Cali, get hooked up with trainers, then the drugs, and then the spiral happens. They all thought they could be the next Arnold or Corrina Everson. Denise was gorgeous, but had a little tom-boy about her. She had the "look" though. Didn't know she'd make it that far that fast, but you knew somebody was looking at her, especially with the connections that the Addams family had in the iron game. God bless her. Monica Brant. Met her one night at the airport. Picked her up in a shuttle as her flight had been cancelled due to bad weather. Asked if she were hungry. She said yes and I took her to dinner. LOL, no, I didn't "take" her to dinner. I drove the shuttle. Picked her up, brought her back to my hotel and wished her good night. She showed her gratitude by asking for my name and address and said she'd send me a photo. So, I gave it to her and thought, "Yeah, right. She ain't gon' send me nuthin." I still have that photo, 8X10 B&W. personally autographed, thanking me for "taking care of her in DFW." I went from ogling her photos in Ironman Magazine to actually meeting her and I wasn't disappointed. Classy lady. I wonder if she and Denise ever met.
It's unfortunate that this happened. I hope things turn around for her and her family. The best part of this story is the fact that you told us about it in non-judgmental manner. Kudos to you brother👍🏽👍🏽
In her prime she maintained her looks while getting jacked. She inevitably went too far...then when she quit taking care of herself and strung out on drugs...quit lasering...quit training...no makeup. Bummer. Poor girl is so lost and paying dearly.
msbmsbus naw!!!! Lady is a dude..... don't be rude?!!?!! Wouldn't wish this on anybody! Your body's not designed to take on opposite hormones & not have an after effect(s)!!!! Guess these folks never heard of the I'll let others try it 1st!!! & 5-10 year testing approved!? But from as much as we've seen & heard now I wouldn't go past protein bars & drinks! Pray for them!
When women start having babies, that's when their jaws really drop. Such a freaky creepy metamorphosis. I see this woman working the local hardware store, age maybe 58-62 who has the strong facial hair growing, not peach fuzz. I want to hand her a bottle of estrogen. Swedish women are notorious for dramatically changing after age 26. I don't understand how someone's genes can suddenly start to create an entire new facial structure.
KickDownDoors: they mature and get older. It's genetic. Men often begin to look like ladies as they age...but it's individual. Each person ages at their own rate depending on their genetics and lifestyle. But genetics makes all of us age sooner or later. That's why young women are referred to as "nubile." 1.(of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable. 2. (of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive: Once you pass that youth, you lose that marriageable attractiveness. You have to use things like character, brains, energy, diligence, humor, etc. to be attractive then. Used to be called "old maids" when no longer "nubile." Not a mystery. But sad in a way. And good in other ways.
Wow, this is SO sad... I used to do the Arnold fitness expo with my Manta Ray device and she stopped by my booth several times. I'm glad you showed the good pics too. Of course she did drugs to get that physique, but everyone did back then (and now). Look at bone growth on Dorian Yates, but he's a really good person and has a balanced life now...
One of the best looking female body builders is Christi Wolfe. She was also a WCW wrestler. Christi is 5-4 and competed at 140-150lbs. She was also an Army Sargent. When I first saw her in 1998 in a gym I belong to, it was surreal how much muscle she had. She deserves a look and a video.....
There’s no way you can convince me that the mugshot photo is of Denise. The real Denise has brown eyes and a wider nose. That mugshot photo is of a person with blue eyes and a skinny nose. They’re clearly different people. My guess is that it’s a different Denise that happens to have the same name.
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Nick's Strength and Power I knew Denise and was competing at the same time back in the late eights and early nintys at a middleweight level. She was focused and brought a lot of positive attention to the world of female bodybuilding as a sport. It's heartbreaking to see how this has all turned out for her. Wish there was someway to reach out and offer a hand.
Thanks for being compassionate towards Denis, instead of defaming her, you gave her respect, and spoke the truth about what drugs do.
Proof that a strong body , without a strong mind... is worthless .
Muscles swollen by chemicals, are not "strong bodies".
Body builders are lab rats, frogs. They sign their bodies off to corporations, who proceed to inject stuff into them. They don't tell you this on tv.
After the contract is terminated, there's no more chemicals to inject, and so there's no more "strong body"
criztu if they don’t show this on tv then how do you know?
@criztu Interesting comment. But it's not entirely clear to me. What kind of corporations are you talking about? Can you give an example?
Adrian A Tru as fuck
Pascal Illustration I believe he's referencing the corporations whose supplements they use. The ones with the sponsorships where they have to "stack" that company's supplements to get ripped and huge, and tan until they look like they're burned, and where the women start looking like men with the angular jawline.....
U barely can tell thats the same woman hell looks like a little man in the after photos
Yep she looks like tweaker at the end of the line
It looks like man in the before photos as well
its because it is a man ....come on you people are brainwashed look at "her" bone structure ...hormones dont give you a jaw and a man chin it will make changes in cartilage but not your bone structure .....
Nice pic. Obvious you're not a man
You should see her in person. It’s pretty sad and pathetic. She looks like golem from lord of the ring.
That has to be the most extreme change I've seen.
I don't think it's really her. There's no resemblance whatsoever (except for the one people will see when they're already assuming that it's the former bodybuilder).
Steroids and bipolar disorder isn't exactly a great mix
Apparently. 😫
Why?
This is so sad but I've experienced a few people who dabble in body building and messing with your hormones can have a huge negative effect, I feel for this woman sometimes people just take it to far .
@@RubyOpheliaQuinn you kidding me? look at that thing...
@@RubyOpheliaQuinn because you'll turn into a duck...
The fact she has more facial hair then me grinds my gears
Apparently, if you stop taking steroids, you turn into Steve Buscemi.
Hey don't diss Steve Buscemi.
Pariah Carey lol
OMFG LOL
Pariah Carey that's the worse thing you can turn into 😟
Ha ha
I hope she gets well again. God Bless Her❤️
I hope and pray for this lady, it's so sad.
Wish her well anyway. Hope the future gets so much better for her .
Paul Walker won't happen... it's good to be hopeful, but it's even better to be sensible
It won't.
I wish her the best! I competed with her in 1991 at the USA's. I was a lightweight and she was a heavyweight. We each won our own divisions, but I think it was Nancy Lewis that took the overall. I can really relate to the whole bodybuilding thing and it's REALLY hard to come out of it. It can really mess with your mind. Bodybuilding IS NOT LIFE... LIFE happens when you stop BODYBUILDING. I found Jesus too... in 2002... I love my life now... and I hope Jesus helps her to where she needs to be in her life. 😍💜 Love you , Denise.... from Clifta Coulter Perez
JESUS HELP US!!!!!!!
Hey Clifta, you are correct it was Nancy Lewis that took the middle weight and overall titles at the 91 USA in Santa Monica. You and Denise did the 92 Nationals also. Denise did find Jesus after the Ms.O but even that wasn't enough keep her demons at bay permanently. Glad to hear you're doing well (and you totally should have taken the lightweight title at the 92 Nationals in Orlando).
Jesus is everything 🙏💖 God bless you sis.
Life With Horses TV i had the opportunity to go out with Shelley Beattie. Instead, my dumb ass went back to my ex-wife which i ended up divorcing anyway. The funny part is i used to watch American Gladiators JUST to see her. May she R.I.P.
So this woman had a bad drug habit and she’s paid a high price for her addiction. Absolutely pitiful and heartbreaking to see the before and after images. My heart bleeds for everyone with a similar addiction. 😢
Wtf happened? She looks like Master Splinter in her mug shot
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I've come too far to judge people like her,how tragic,I hope she finds peace
Yeah me too. I've come too far
I can't judge no more.
Well said.
You're a better person than me. Im learning though.
Don't worry, I'll judge her
I wish her the very, very, best in the world. I was absolutely in love with her, back in the 90's. B-Polar disorder is one helluva harsh mental disorder. People seem to try and down play it, but trust me, a person who was raised by a Bi-Polar father, it is torture on both the one who suffers from it, and those who love them. I hope she can get the help she needs and make a come back!
Amen to that. My mum has it and growing up was a nightmare for both me and my siblings aswell as her.
Dad had all the body building mags, and he him self was work in out all the time and was in great shape. I remember Denise, I would look at those mags wishing I wasn't a skinny little wimpy girl, and being inspired to gain and get strong by having an awesome supportive Dad with real experience. It's nice that u posted this tribute to her as a strong, and healthy athlete. Respect!
All those hormones she took made her grow facial hair
she lost all her gains but the facial hair stayed, fucked up :)
yea but its like she is maintaining it!?
laser hair removal ?
She also looks a man in drag>
She STILL looks like a man in drag-----female body builders should be called female body wreckers. Most of them over time look veeeerrrry creepy.
virtually no bodybuilder i can think of has retired healthy or ended up rich except Arnold. Disaster stories left right and centre.
Patrick Murphy and you know EVERY bodybuilder, ever? There are people from all walks of life who make a mess of things be it drugs, financials, alcohol. But because these individuals have at some point been bodybuilders, suddenly it all bodybuildings fault.
There will be hundreds of thousands of people who bodybuild to compete or just for recreation who have also taken steroids and other chemicals etc who will have 'retired' perfectly fine and are now leading normal everyday lives.
Making such a broad, sweeping statement like yours is naive and ignorant.
not really- im talking about top level pros/ Look at Flex, Dillett, Nasser, Bertil Fox, Sonny Schmidt just to name a few who either fucked up or end up fucked up. The only other sport i can think of where this is so prevalent is boxing , but not with so much premature death. Btw i got out of BBing in 1996 after I met Dorian Yates, i realised i could never be as big as him.
Jay Cutler is doing fine
Patrick Murphy Franco and frank zane still have wealth
Patrick Murphy , Your comment suggest that you don't know much about bodybuilding, the greatest of all times, Lee Haney retire young, healthy, and has a net worth of 55 million dollars. Arnold and Ronnie Coleman have both publicly stated that Lee Haney was the best.
Thank you for your fair and balanced coverage, for highlighting her glory as opposed to a focus on her fall.
I don't mind if a woman is all buff from lifting weights but the steroid look is not attractive at all, their face starts looking like a man's and even their body. As you see by the after pictures she really looks like crap with facial hair (and the drugs didn't help) So ladies lift weights but stay off of the juice.
A lot of times they look drawn up due to getting ready for a competitive event, they get rid of as much fat and water as possible. In off season after an event they look normal just bigger...but still buff.
I agree, HOWEVER most girls will say they dont like the male bodybuilding look. And they could point out palumboism and other side effects just like you mentioned facial hair.
Thanks for the permission.. not
I don't agree. Defined muscles on a female looks extremely ugly to me
@@nicklausss cause you don't have any 🤣😂🤣😂
I'm almost 25 and she can grow a better beard than me
Down side to females taking steroids
Lmao
Lol🤣
George Sorry to hear that... sad.
Man you beat me to the exact same comment. 24 and the best I can manage is mutton chops, a pedo stache and chin scruff
Very sad but as I'm battling addiction myself, I know how easily it is to fall into a trap
That look like a straight up man!!
This is by far the best bodybuilding channel on youtube. No one makes such short and on point videos like you nick.
More videos about female bodybuilding nick, great work.
Greetings from Germany
She's still a champion in my eyes. ..she was one of the best in her time. God Bless her and hope things work out better for her things can always turn around with time.
What, taking testosterone gives you a beard! Who'd have ever thought...
it grow every single shit on your body
Aitch Mere
NoisyPl@net shrinks the balls tho
its a dude
snipers dream
Right
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3Runner95SRB WHATEVER IT TAKES GOD DAMMIT !!
Spit my water out reading this comment!
3Runner95SRB that made my day. Great comment
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"breath"
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Of course they become drug addicts. They already are. Its just different drugs while they're bodybuilding.
its trying to fix what we believe is broken by any means necessary
Yes because anyone who uses a drug is addicted to it.
Maybe not yet, but give it time. Drug use is idiotic and harmful. No question about it.
I used to see her at a chiropractic office and in 'golds gym in the early nineties.
She was a nice person. The fact is all of the pro bodybuilding world is tremendously warped and sick.
It is a short step from sticking a needle full of hormones in your body to putting a little pick me up in the needle instead.
I have trained for 32 years and am reevaluating my life at this point. I stayed natural but beating the shit out of yourself with weights is a hard way to live. I will probably always train but the self flagellation is over for me. Content of character is far more important than superficial appearances.
I hope Denise finds sobriety and some kind of peace. She has obviously had a hard road. Also many people I saw in Gold's are dead now.
If you had close contact with her during that time do you remember when she just dissapeared from sight?
It must have been when she left California to go back home to Texas. Did you get any hint of why she would just quit bodybuilding?
Something changed in her, or perhaps the mental disorder (bipolar) that is rumored crept in, but no one just drops out after having so much success like that unless something happened.
Then she went straight into a bible college.
Then from that to drugs.
Makes no sense.
Denise was truly amazing. Age is not always kind as shit happens...to any one of us.
May GOD BLESS Her with Peace and Restoration👊
Christopher Smith Yes
Let's pray for her
Christopher Smith amen
Lmao...
you mean testoteration?
My Question is can we Save her. If I lived near this Woman I would help her fix her self up get her off drugs and back onto female hormones and get her back in the gym. It's sad that she is just tossed aside like this.
Conan Richard , if she is truly bipolar, you could help her get back on track from addiction but, with the bipolar disorder added in.... it would just be downhill again during a hightened phase of mania or depression that would probably lead back to drug addiction again as well.
Only those who can truly know theirself and manage the in-and-out nuances of their own bipolar particulars while at either extreme end of it can be helped by others without a great chance of relapse. Add in the drugs and it is almost impossible to do more than stabilize from further deterioration let alone be close to the former self pre-onset. A whole different lifestyle from what the original contributing one must be adopted to control negative effects.
Perhaps if she never was a bodybuilder and decided to start using enhancement drugs to advance it, her bipolar disorder would not have surfaced in such an aggressive manner to have led her down such a destructive road to begin with.
Must have a lot of free time huh?
What a life you must live, needing to save other people
She's 56 now. You can do better.
Lol
Damn,that's sad. I hope she's ok now. Didn't know of her. Dope vid,man. Your perspective/commentary is solid. See you on the next video
Nick, kudos to u for posting some nice pics of her instead of just dragging her thru the mud as many already have 👍
This is so sad! I hope she's getting help and heals from whatever is troubling her. It's like she's trying to be perfect, which you don't have to be. Just try to get healthy and happy. Wishing you all the best xxx
Naw... y'all trippin. She looked like a dude from day 1.
YoureProbablyTheWorst yeah 😂😂😂
YoureProbablyTheWorst church
YoureProbablyTheWorst bet you wouldn't say it to her back then she'd chew you up
Essentially ALL female body builders look like nasty-ass dudes, but like Nick mentioned in the video, she was certainly one of the better looking ones. That being said, this chick had an ass that could give a blind man a boner, and that pic of her in a white thong at 4:01 is enough to confirm that I would've certainly hit that from behind back in the day, providing I never had to catch a glimpse of her unsightly, ripped, man arms. I mean her ass is absolutely PERFECT.
The difference between her pics from back then and her booking photos from present-day are absolutely *Earth shattering* . I actually think it's sad to see the way she looks now. She's so nasty looking with that facial hair that I'm assuming the cops were forced to check and make sure she didn't have a dick and balls when they had to write down her gender on the booking form and she claimed to be a female...goddamn is she grotesque.
Alex S in all fairness, sex changes were being performed back then. She looked like a dude back in the day.
She looks like Smeagle from LOTR in the after photos
It's just proof of how unhealthy it is for women to be body builders. They are not the same as men.
My precious.
LMAO!!!
Bro she looks like a dirty Hillary Clinton
But in the early photos she looked magnificient! Especially the first photo.
Good video but what a sad story :-(
Mike Mentzer was one of the greats from the 1980's. I heard at the time, that he died from kidney failure which I'd associated with steriod use. Prior to watching this video, I did not know he used heroin. Strangely his bro and training partner Ray died soon after Mike.
😢 that's just depressing.
This makes me want to cry.
Dude! Check out an anatomy book and you'll figure it out very quickly!!!
Why do a lot of female bodybuilders seem to have manly faces? I know that steroids increase testosterone levels which is the male sex hormone but can it change bone or muscle structure?
Hormones change everything brah
Andefir GH and DHT can change jaw line, brow ridge, voice and facial feature
In some cases it does, they grow also big clits
GayRainbow Unicorn Dats a fact!
Andefir
She grew facial hair and developed masculine features from the androgenic side effect of testosterone. That is why its not safe for a woman to take any anabolic steroid that has androgenic side effects.
Why did Steve Buscemi get arrested though hes such a nice guy
The crimes in Fargo caught up to him...
I remember Denise from the 90's. It's a real shame that she has ended up in this situation.
My prayers are with her, this is indeed a tragic story about her. May God help her.
daaamn she weighed more than you on stage fam fam
Political Muscle lol
People: I was at Gold's Venice when Denise was doing this 'far-out' photo shoot, with the leather and the guns. She was so hot, and friendly. It was impossible not to like her.
Back then, I got a picture from the shoot as well as one of Laura Cravelle ... I have Laura's but can't find the photo of Denise. What a loss ... in more ways than one!
The last I hear of Denise, she was working with disadvantaged kids in the Venice area.
Facial hair not saluted
bigbobbybrown hairy on a dailyyy!
those gains were not loyal
We're just having some fun bro
jeffmack57 Because you sound like knobs.
bigbobbybrown PROPPPAAAHHHHH
I hope and pray that things work out for this poor soul. I feel terrible for her.
Manuel Driggs she’s a nutcase. You can fix stupid and you can’t feel bad for someone who doesn’t feel bad about their own mistakes
Manuel Driggs: don't pray, send flowers. It'd mean a whole lot more to her and you'd actually be doing something.
Brantson W: I agree with you. Can't fix stupid. CAN fix ignorant, but I doubt that's all that's going on with her.
This is heart breaking. I have watched it before and I just came apon it again. I have Bi Polar 1 and I know the struggle with drugs, because you try to calm the noise. With therapy and medicine I have got my life back on track. It makes me sad to think that these people dont have enough love or support in their corner to know they are worth saving. I wish her and anyone struggling the strength to find your way home.
She looked bad af back in the day.
Goes to show the magnificence and frailty of the human mind.
Good on you for being so kind. God bless her. 💕💖💕.
I was just on youtube came across your story. Thank you for adding about the fact that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder which most try to fix with drug addiction. I did not agree with some comments she did this to herself. I think you really need to understand drug addiction and mental disorders. I really appreciate your time and research with this story.
Denise? More like Dennis with that beard and mustache.
Did she simply de-transition back to her born gender here?
She was so gorgeous and so pretty she was the most beautiful woman out there in bodybuilding
Sad to know about Denise ,God bless her...... (thanks for the information Mr.Nick)
You're welcome bro
these comments got me crying
I dont know you or your channel but props to you for translating into metric!
I remember when Denise won the 1993 NPC Nationals - she wasn't as bulky - she was sleek and swoopy and her posing routine made exceptional use of her "assets" - she was *smokin'* hot. Smokin'! She really stood out in that she was big and ripped, but still looked very feminine and well-balanced. I can still remember that posing routine - it had that much of an affect on me (and I'm sure others as well).
When Denise went pro she got a lot bigger - and unfortunately as happens when androgens get involved - her features became more and more masculine. Toward the end she was getting kind of scary-looking ... same thing happened with Tonya Knight and Dorit Kinset (not sure those are spelled correctly). IMO female body-building has gone astray - they're getting ridiculously big and have lost their feminine appeal. Cory Everson was amazing in that even though she was BIG, she still looked very feminine. I guess maybe I'm a bit too old-skool ;)
Exactly right. I like women who are defined, not big.
Tan Ler no one asked what you like. keep you shitty opinions to yourself
well even if she is a drug addict we still have to respect her hardwork and achievements
Yep, she achieved becoming a man. Congrats.
shredded tunal It's sad though she lost it all to drugs. And it's not to gear, but to something like meth. Sad way to lose all that you gained.
shredded tunal If heroin gave you massive gains as well, would we be saying good work to those who use?
Drugs are drugs. Look at all the deaths due to steroids... Just as dangerous.
+panatha tube +1, dude. She went from something I'd bet was a fairly attractive woman to a ridiculously unattractive half man/half woman/beast, and now what's left is more fit to the circus sideshow freaks tour than anything.
***** yea either way it's bad but she looked waay better before heroine and she worked really hard soo that's why I said we should respect her achievements
I was serious about weightlifting for about 3 years. I never took steroids so i was dissapointed that after 3 years i didn't have that head turning physique. But when i stopped lifting i soon went into depression, started drinking and soon after drugs. I look back and i was natrually high when i lifted weights because it kept you fit and it releases chemicals that can perk you up. So i can only imagine the high you get when you lift taking steroids and being able to go way farther than you ccould ever go if you were natruual. Then getting off the juice and losing most of your gains has got to be so depressing.
Good thing you've done here. Maybe she'll see it one day during a time of clarity and your positive attitude will help her. Sometimes we affect people's lives without even knowing it.
That's a man baby
John Donahue it sure is!
That's scrappy from scooby doo!
Scrappy is scooby's nephew. I think you meant Shaggy...
John Donahue so easy to see lol
Nathan Meunier Did it also change the skeletal structure? That is a man.
This was enlightening. I used to follow body building way back in the day and was shocked to hear about Mike Mentzer. Man, he was so cool when he competed. I hope Ms. Rutkowski gets well and does not end up as a statistic.
Bc they are already used to needles, its just the drug in the vial that changes
mony and fame may cuse a curse...but the peace of mind, family , and contentment are the real blessing.
Well Nick, my major female body builder crush was , Rachel Mclish, and Corrina (Cory)Everson!!!
The biggest mistake so many muscle-heads make lies in the matter of priorities. They think that BB can be a vocation for them, and it's not. At the very best, it's an avocation, and those who think they can make it a vocation are very tragically deluding themselves. The women have been some of the most tragic examples of this failure of perception. They go to the gym, achieve a 'look' over time, and figure that's enough. It's not. A 'look' doesn't pay the bills or put food on the table. It never has, and never will. And those girls who aren't lucky enough to snag a non-demanding, supportive husband (i.e. the vast and overwhelming majority!) ultimately find this out the hard way. The bills come due, they have no money, so they start doing "sessions", they get into porn, wind up in prostitution because they don't know and have never learned how to do anything else.
To me, one of the greatest BB successes is . . . no, not Arnold, but Franco. Yes, the little Sicilian. Shortly after he got to this country, he met a woman named Anita, and she was the best thing that ever happened to him. At the time he and Arnold were going to the gym, lying on the beach and working the little construction business they shared. Anita told Franco, "That's not enough." Franco listened, and he went to school determined to make something of himself, and he did. He became a doctor of chiropractic, and had a respectable career. He even inspired Arnold, who went to school and took business administration, going on to become the legend that he is.
The point is; even in the very best of circumstances, BB is not something you can make any kind of a decent, consistent living at. It just isn't, and no amount of denial or wishful thinking will alter that harsh reality fact of life. So, go to the gym, pump your brains out, love every rep and every set, but keep it in a proper, realistic perspective particular to your own life, and your own future.
Look, Robert, I'm forty and I grew up with MuscleMag and the mass monsters of the IFBB, as well as the dark underbelly of bodybuilding best explained by guys like Dan Duchaine.
Even though I loved lifting, I never thought it was a profession.
It was a hobby.
Most rational people don't think it can be a career, but think about the types of personalities that go into professional bodybuilding and you will understand why.
It's not rational or logical.
First of all; congratulations on your mature, realistic attitude! I understand what you're saying with regard to the 'type' of personality bodybuilding seems to attract. It's not for nothing that BB is called "the disease". Dan was a mixed bag. Like him or loath him, you had to respect him because he was honest at a time when the whole sport was in deep denial. On the other hand, I saw him in the gym a few times, and the guy definitely had problems.
Hope you're still lifting and lovin' it. All the best to you!
Amen, Rob Smith. I'm from the era of Samir Bannout and Chris Dickerson. I read all the magazines> Muscle and Fitness, Ironman,. I remember when Monica Brant first hit the scene. Wow. She was thicker than her latter years because she was probably juicing a little. She was THE blonde that followed Denise. I've had the "honor" of meeting both women. Denise used to work out at Lone Star Gym in Mesquite, Texas back in the late 80's. I'd just graduated college in Commerce, Texas, worked at UPS in Mesquite, and moved to Garland with my baby mama. I wanted to still lift, so I joined the closest gym I could find and that was Lone Star run by Rick and JB Addams. Didn't know them well, but they seemed nice. I think I worked out there for maybe a month, 2 at best. I recall seeing Denise and, WOW, she was awesome. Young, free, and seemingly happy. I think she made fun of me once, but it's all good. Last time I saw her she was wearing tight lycra shorts and a criss-cross tank top. She used to hang out with this blonde dude in his RX-7. I followed her for years and couldn't believe she made it all the way to second place in the Ms. O. Then as quickly as she rose, she fell. Think I read where she would train and then go and sleep in her car. That was her home. That was the typical bodybuilding story back in the day. The Mr. O purse was growing at the time, maybe 50K by then, but everything else was still small change. If "Uncle" Joe Weider didn't "sponsor" you, you really didn't make much of a living. Hundreds of young bodies comprise the bodybuilding landscape. They read the mags, make their way West to Cali, get hooked up with trainers, then the drugs, and then the spiral happens. They all thought they could be the next Arnold or Corrina Everson. Denise was gorgeous, but had a little tom-boy about her. She had the "look" though. Didn't know she'd make it that far that fast, but you knew somebody was looking at her, especially with the connections that the Addams family had in the iron game. God bless her.
Monica Brant. Met her one night at the airport. Picked her up in a shuttle as her flight had been cancelled due to bad weather. Asked if she were hungry. She said yes and I took her to dinner. LOL, no, I didn't "take" her to dinner. I drove the shuttle. Picked her up, brought her back to my hotel and wished her good night. She showed her gratitude by asking for my name and address and said she'd send me a photo. So, I gave it to her and thought, "Yeah, right. She ain't gon' send me nuthin." I still have that photo, 8X10 B&W. personally autographed, thanking me for "taking care of her in DFW." I went from ogling her photos in Ironman Magazine to actually meeting her and I wasn't disappointed. Classy lady. I wonder if she and Denise ever met.
Rob, wise words. Thank you.
Maybe before but UA-cam has open door and made few non bodybuilders rich. Shit look all those girls on IG donkey kicks all day and cashing in.
She has a beard now wtf
It's unfortunate that this happened. I hope things turn around for her and her family.
The best part of this story is the fact that you told us about it in non-judgmental manner. Kudos to you brother👍🏽👍🏽
Personally I think she was fine as hell. Even with the muscles. I'm weird. Such a shame that she fell so hard.
What's more sexy? The facial hair, deepened voice or the enlarged clit?
you aren't weird, just gay.
You’re not weird, just gay. Come on out of the closet. It’s 2018
ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS IF THE CLIT HANGS LOWER THAN THE WALLS GOD DAMNIT
You know they all have giant clits. Go to pornhub and search “big clit”.
In her prime she maintained her looks while getting jacked. She inevitably went too far...then when she quit taking care of herself and strung out on drugs...quit lasering...quit training...no makeup. Bummer. Poor girl is so lost and paying dearly.
Remember those pics from back in the day. It's downright sad seeing her now. Hopefully she can climb out of the pit that she fell into.
Dude look like a lady!!!
msbmsbus naw!!!! Lady is a dude..... don't be rude?!!?!!
Wouldn't wish this on anybody! Your body's not designed to take on opposite hormones & not have an after effect(s)!!!!
Guess these folks never heard of the I'll let others try it 1st!!! & 5-10 year testing approved!?
But from as much as we've seen & heard now I wouldn't go past protein bars & drinks!
Pray for them!
Lady look like a dude!!!
Never mind her ponytail and eyes, what about the beard? Is that from steroids?
Good to see you showing female bodybuilders some love
What was good in that video? It'd looked like an abomination.
Her jaw started to grow a little bit but before that she was pretty hot
When women start having babies, that's when their jaws really drop. Such a freaky creepy metamorphosis. I see this woman working the local hardware store, age maybe 58-62 who has the strong facial hair growing, not peach fuzz. I want to hand her a bottle of estrogen. Swedish women are notorious for dramatically changing after age 26. I don't understand how someone's genes can suddenly start to create an entire new facial structure.
KickDownDoors: they mature and get older. It's genetic. Men often begin to look like ladies as they age...but it's individual. Each person ages at their own rate depending on their genetics and lifestyle. But genetics makes all of us age sooner or later. That's why young women are referred to as "nubile."
1.(of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable. 2. (of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive:
Once you pass that youth, you lose that marriageable attractiveness. You have to use things like character, brains, energy, diligence, humor, etc. to be attractive then. Used to be called "old maids" when no longer "nubile." Not a mystery. But sad in a way. And good in other ways.
The growth of her jaw could have been steroid use too? So I heard it happens to everyone who uses it but you can correct me if I'm wrong
BBLVRBIBOY.
I want to eat denise's s groceries before downfall
how in any way at all did she look like a man with a wig on, with a face like that? Fitttttt. Obviously not anymore but still
Wow...i would have never thought that pic was her...she has a beard and looks really bad
Wow this woman got more beard than me btw im 43 years old.
lmfao
You can't treat "crazy" with male growth hormones
You gotta be kidding me. I remember her back in the 90's ...WOW !
Wow, this is SO sad... I used to do the Arnold fitness expo with my Manta Ray device and she stopped by my booth several times. I'm glad you showed the good pics too. Of course she did drugs to get that physique, but everyone did back then (and now). Look at bone growth on Dorian Yates, but he's a really good person and has a balanced life now...
See photos of her from 1990, when she was lifting but not on roids: absolutely beautiful. So sad.
Omg poor lady! I hope she gets help. I love her legs in her old photos. I admire body builders. So sad.
One of the best looking female body builders is Christi Wolfe. She was also a WCW wrestler. Christi is 5-4 and competed at 140-150lbs. She was also an Army Sargent. When I first saw her in 1998 in a gym I belong to, it was surreal how much muscle she had. She deserves a look and a video.....
Rich Brake what about Penny Price she is my favorite
4:04 damn, ok
Lol
She can crack walnuts with her eyelids👏👏👏👏🏋️♀️
Making all kindz of methhead gainz, ALL KINDZ.
dhns555
All kinds of meth abuse and facial hair gains, all kinds!
dhns555 Hodge twins squad everywhere lol
dhns555 I'm trying to keep a straight face but can't after Hodgetwins comment! 😂😂😅
Tony S,mmmnl
Bussin all types of nuts !
This is stunning and very painful. I knew a lot of female bodybuilders in that golden era and never got to meet her.
2:57 bruh that’s a man
In some pictures she looked like He-Man.
My prayers are with her. I hope that she can turn her life around. God bless her
You people need to stop with the jokes
Maybe she is a he
It’s so sad! God bless her soul and protect her.
Holy shit batman.
She has a manly face.
Manly face?? She's got a fuckin beard Cheri.
Alien 😂😂
john ryley ,be nice.
Side effect from steroides, and its wors if you also have pcos.
And......
Really hope she is a live and getting the help that she needs. Thanks for posting.
There’s no way you can convince me that the mugshot photo is of Denise. The real Denise has brown eyes and a wider nose. That mugshot photo is of a person with blue eyes and a skinny nose. They’re clearly different people. My guess is that it’s a different Denise that happens to have the same name.
Eyes look hazel brown to me in mugshot
Sucks because she was so beautiful