I was getting more defined.įLEX: What was it that caused you to retire from competitive bodybuilding?Ĭory: That year had been kind of controversial with some of the girls getting really muscular. I really couldnÂt put on any more muscle. I created the appearance of it by telling the media that ihad these major changes in my legs or my arms or something when it was more of a game I was playing. When I competed in 1984 I was 145 pounds, and every single year I competed I was between 145 and 147. In all honesty I didnÂt gain massive amounts of muscle. But there were more and more girls becoming very, very muscular and I hadnÂt changed much in the years I was competing. And Bev Francis who is probably my best friend in bodybuilding and remains my best friend.įLEX: Which was your most difficult Olympia win?Ĭory: I quit in 1989 and Sandy Ridell  and I would have never expected her to be close competition for me because she didnÂt have the same type of lines and proportions so it was comparing two different body styles. And Marjo Selin also had beautiful lines. I loved Carla Dunlap, I loved her personality. I loved Gladys Portugues, and she would have had a lot of potential had she stayed in it as well. I had the broader shoulders type of swimmer-look body. There was Rachel who wasnÂt my body type at all. Having a real athletic look but not overly done.įLEX: When you got into the sport who were some of the competitors you looked up to and you patterened yourself after?Ĭory: I really didnÂt pattern myself after anybody. But thank goodness for my luck they were looking more towards the bone structure and the body proportion was. I always say there were a lot of girls more muscular than me, there were a lot of girls more ripped than me. Important in that you had to have good balance and good proportion but the lines were number one. At the time I was competing the judges and the spot were really looking at the body symmetry and the lines number one and the amount of muscle mass as not as important a thing. What made you so successful?Ĭory: I think a couple of things. So they were both vicious competitors.įLEX: You never lost a competition. I would consider her the top of her body-looking style and Anja Langer the top of her body looking style. Bev Francis of course was always major competition. That would be more like comparing apples to apples in that sense. She was a little bit more on my physique lines and look, so in my eyes she would be more competition for me. Today, at 50 years old, Everson lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Steve, who she married in 1998, and her two adopted children, Boris and Nina, both of whom are 10 years old.Ĭheck back Tuesday, April 22 for our second Where Are They Now, featuring Rachel McLish.įLEX: Who was the competitor you remember having the most trouble with?Ĭory Everson: Probably Anja Langer. Simply put she was, and is, what the sport should be. Which is why, when putting together our 25th Anniversary issue, we had to catch up with one of the athletes that defined not only an era of FLEX, but the sport in general. In addition to appearing in several television shows and movies, Everson landed her own workout show on ESPN  twice  with Bodyshaping in the late 1980s and Cory EversonÂs Gotta Sweat in the mid-to-late 1990s.Īs far as the sport of bodybuilding during her era, you couldnÂt miss her  Everson was everywhere.
CORY EVERSON IMAGES GIRLS WITH MUSCLE PROFESSIONAL
Not only did she dominate the competitive scene for most of the 1980s  Everson was six-for-six on the Olympia stage, winning six titles from 1984-1989, but also never lost a competition on the amateur or professional level  she was a crossover star. GO HERE TO SEE CORY EVERSON’S PHOTO GALLERYĪside from Arnold Schwarzenegger, there may be no more recognizable face in bodybuilding than Cory Everson.
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