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This section features international as well as Australian bodybuilding magazine covers that feature Australian bodybuilders, fitness and figure competitors spanning over 40 years.

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A 2 minute clip of Australian bodybuilders spanning over 30 years who were featured on international magazine covers. Includes Bev Francis, Lee Priest, Sonny Schmidt, John Terilli, Paul Graham, Frank Columbera and Roger Walker.

Lee Priest has been featured on countless magazine covers; both Australian and international bodybuilding magazines, and has been featured on more international magazine covers than any other Australian bodybuilder in history. These covers include Flex, Ironman, Planet Muscle, MuscleMag International and Muscular Development. He has been on over 25 covers, spanning an impressive 15 year period from 1993 to 2008.

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1995 Masters Olympia champion Sonny Schmidt received extensive media coverage throughout his impressive career and was featured on various international bodybuilding magazines covers.

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Bev Francis, one of the most successful Australian bodybuilders in history, is one of the few female bodybuilders to have been featured on numerous magazine covers. This selection below is not representative of all her covers, as many are over 20 years old and not available.

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IFBB figure pro Rosa-Maria Romero is arguably the most successful Australian fitness model at present. This selection below is not representative of all the magazine covers she has been featured on.

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John Terilli was featured on numerous bodybuilding magazine covers throughout his career; both Australian and international including American, Russian and Asian publications.

All from left to right:

• 1st Row: Ironman in August 1989 [USA version], October 1988 Musclemag [US version], Sept 1988 Muscle Training & Australasian Muscle & Fitness with Erika Geisen,  
• 2nd row: Muscle Australia 1983, MuscleBuilder Dec 1988, Ironman 1984, Flex Aug 1993, 
• 3rd row: Australasian Muscle, Fitness and Health, Japanese magazine 1990, Russian magazine, Reps Bodybuilding Australia 

A former NABBA and IFBB Mr Australia winner in the 1960’s, Les Spendlove competed with famed Arnold Schwarzenegger and appeared on covers including Muscular Development, Health and Strength and Man’s World.

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Frank Columbera is a former NABBA Mr Australia winner, and these are vintage covers, some being over 40 years old.

     

Paul Graham, better known in present day for being a promoter and the President of the Australian division of the IFBB, was a very successful bodybuilder in his competive day.

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