2016 NPC Arctic Muscle Fest
Bodybuilding, Physique, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships
(Anchorage, Alaska - June, 11, 2016)
Held in conjunction with the Inaugural IFBB Arctic Pro show, the main impetus for this reporter to head way up north, the amateur
portion of this event did not dissapoint. Promoters Shawn and Cinzia Clapp of Alaska Muscle
took on the challenge to combine these events and came through with flying colors. Starting with our Figure Overall winner Shonita Wade who
seemingly came out of nowhere, nice lines and muscle size to dominate this division. Of note were runner up in her height class, Deniqwia Tucker
with symmetry perfect to basically pick her path and excel (she also won a very tough bikini class) and Allison Hendrickson one year post
giving birth and looking fantastic!
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Sporting some serious muscle to go along with a curvy shape was Overall Bikini winner Kayla Price. As usual, this division is the most popular and
competitive, some real standouts throughout. Just in the 'B' Class was the aforementioned Deniqwia Taylor, the always stunning Brittany Blake and
a star in the making in Loreanne Matias, nice lines, muscle size and terrific stage presence...she's just getting started! Oh, and there was
Sarah Johnson taking 4th in this same class, another head turner...she also took first place in Masters Bikini.
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Women's Physique and Fitness featured some Nationals bound talent with teammates Sharlin Maldonado and Ashley Straw winning A and B respectively
in Physique. Sharlin also won Open Fitness, lots of options to consider for the next level, great improvements since we first met her at the
Tanji Johnson Classic in 2015! A sincere thank you to the promoters, athletes, officials, crew and volunteers who made covering this show such
a pleasure from start to finish!
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(Please notify me of any placing or name spelling errors, thanks.)
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