Gladys Portugues (born 1957) is an American former professional female bodybuilder and actress who placed twice in the top ten at the Ms. Olympia. Born to Puerto Rican parents, she has said she was inspired to start her own bodybuilding and weight training while attending Marymount Manhattan College, when she watched Rachel McLish win the Ms. Olympia title on television. In 1987, at 30, she married the Belgian martial artist and actor Jean-Claude Van Damme, born Jean-Claude van Varenberg. The couple divorced in 1992 and remarried in 1999, and they have two children, Kristopher, born in 1987, and Bianca Brigitte, born in 1990. She is also the author of the fitness books Hard Bodies and Hard Bodies Express, with Vedral on the first.
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Born of Puerto Rican parents, Gladys has said that she was inspired to start her own bodybuilding and weight training regimen
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Gladys Portugues (born September 30, 1957)
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As a bodybuilder, Gladys placed twice in the top 10 in the Ms. Olympia contest.
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