Denise Masino

Denise Masino is an American professional female bodybuilder and model. Born in Brooklyn, New York, of Puerto Rican descent, she stands 5 feet 2 inches and won her pro card by taking the lightweight class at the 1995 NPC Nationals. She competed as a professional through 2007 and was the 2003 Night of Champions winner. Her contest record includes repeated appearances at the IFBB Ms. International through 2007, with a second place in the lightweight class in 2003, and two starts at the Ms. Olympia, third in the lightweight class in 2003 and second in 2004. From early 1996 she was featured in prominent fitness and bodybuilding magazines, and in 1997 she co-founded the magazine Muscle Elegance with her then husband and trainer Robert Masino, where she appears as the main model. She had a feature film debut in a vampire film that premiered at festivals in 2005, and appears in the documentary Adventures of Miss Fit. She lives in Fort Myers, Florida.