Iris Kyle

Iris Floyd Kyle, born Mildred Carter on August 22, 1974 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, is an American professional female bodybuilder and the most successful in the history of the sport. She holds twenty professional titles, among them ten overall and two heavyweight Ms. Olympia titles and seven overall and one heavyweight Ms. International titles. Before bodybuilding she played basketball, softball and volleyball, and she attended Alcorn State University on a basketball scholarship. She won the 1994 Long Beach Muscle Classic, took the heavyweight and overall titles at the 1998 NPC USA Championships to earn her professional card, and made her professional debut at the 1999 Ms. International, placing 15th. Her first professional win came in the heavyweight class at the 2001 Ms. Olympia.