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fitness. She is the most decorated fitness champion in the sport. In 2004, she switched to figure competition citing the overall demand on gymnastics and the stress this had on her joints, her last fitness competition was the GNC Show of
Strength. She ended her competitive career by placing third in the Figure International.
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as the second oldest of three siblings. She was born to a mixed Irish-Indian-Italian father who met her
Vietnamese mother while working as a U.S. Army warrant during the Vietnam war. By the time of her birth, her father was already working in the military in the United States, but due to his military
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where she co-owns a gyms and trains clients. Curry has a rose tattoo in her lower abdomen, in the
October 1999 edition of Muscle and Fitness magazine, she explained that in college her roommate's mother died and both of them got identical rose tattoos, in remembrance of her. She hopes to one day be
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She started competing in fitness contests in 1996, and turned professional in 1997. She is one of the most successful competitors in the history of women's fitness, with four titles at both the
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Curry first began weight training in college, she was introduced to it by her coach in order to improve her performance. When she retired from competitive gymnastics, Curry became more serious about weight training when she noticed that her body was rapidly changing due to her lack of activity,
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When you stop doing gymnastics, your body changes quite rapidly. You don't realize how much all that training really develops your physique. When you stop, you need something else to keep it in shape.
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took notice and offered her a scholarship to attend the university. She was unable to fulfill her potential at the collegiate level due to injuries, but was able to graduate with a degree in
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