Thursday, October 13, 2011

Top Strong Woman - Teagan Clive, American writer, bodybuilder and actress

Teagan Clive (born c. 1959) is an American writer, bodybuilder and actress.

Clive appeared in the music video "California Girls" with David Lee Roth which debuted on MTV at 9 PM Pacific Time, New Year's Eve, December 31, 1984. Subsequently she appeared in various roles in movies and on television.

Clive writes articles for periodicals, including Iron Man Magazine and the Weider magazine Muscle & Fitness, and has since the 1980s. She wrote screenplays which were produced for the television series Conan the Adventurer and Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Clive was abandoned as a child, and was cared for by a series of institutions and foster homes. In public school and college she pursued athletic curricula including baseball and varsity volleyball.

In 1983, Clive began training with Don Ross at the Olympic Health Club in Oakland, California, where she told him, "I want to be the Arnold Schwarzenegger of female bodybuilding."