Bodybuilding Grand Prix in China
'Bikini fitness' competitors stand on the podium during a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. More than 20 professionals -- including a dozen from China -- were competing in the Bodybuilding Grand Prix in the central Chinese city for a top prize worth 80,000 yuan (13,000 USD). They were joined by scores of amateurs from across the country, in what event organisers said was a sign of the increasing popularity of muscle building in China. Bodybuilding has at least a century of history in China, but fell out of favor following the Communist revolution in 1949, when competitions were sometimes banned and the sport condemned as western and bourgeois. But it has since enjoyed a resurgence and competitors say the growing number of competitions are boosting the ranks of local professionals. (Photo: AFP)
'Bikini fitness' competitor Svetlana Borushko (L) of Russia walks backstage before taking part in a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
A competitor (C) prepares backstage before taking part in a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
An amateur 'body fitness' competitor from China practices her moves before competing in a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
Amateur 'body fitness' competitors from China prepare to enter the stage during a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
Hostesses wait to greet spectators prior to a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
A professional bodybuilder from China (R) is covered in bronze paint prior to competing in a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
People (R) watch offstage as 'bikini fitness' competitors pose during a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
''Bikini fitness' competitors pose on stage during a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo: AFP)
Competitors prepare backstage before taking part in a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province.
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