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Wed 12 Dec 2010'Children think I'm a superhero'
They rise in the small hours, eat up to 12 meals a day, and can spend €20,000 per year on physical excellence. Alison O’Riordanmeets some of the top competitors in the Irish women’s bodybuilding business
IN THE world of female body-building, the soft, feline woman is not considered beautiful. Rather, its practitioners are after larger-than-life muscles and taut ligaments. “Everyone has a different opinion of what women find attractive. Some like it, some hate it, so it’s impossible to judge. It depends on the person in question,” says bodybuilder Justina Galvanauskaite.
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