Cory Everson

Corinna Cory Everson, born on 4 January 1958 in Racine, Wisconsin, is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress, widely regarded as the first superstar of female bodybuilding. She was a multi-sport standout at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in gymnastics, track and field and badminton, and began serious bodybuilding training after graduating. She won the Ms. Olympia contest at her first attempt and stayed undefeated from 1984 to 1989, six years in a row, before retiring from competition. She was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999 and later received the Arnold Classic Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the International Sports Hall of Fame. After competing she acted, notably in Double Impact in 1991, played Atalanta on Hercules, and hosted the fitness shows BodyShaping and Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat.