Monday, December 26, 2011

Muscular Woman - Susie Curry, professional fitness competitor from the United States

Susie Curry is a retired professional fitness competitor from the United States. To date she is the most successful fitness competitor in the world, having won four Miss Fitness International titles, and four consecutive Miss Fitness Olympia titles.

Susan Flora Curry was born on November 22, 1972 in Santa Barbara, California 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 an 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 work Curry and her family constantly traveling and living in places such as Germany, New York, Korea, and North Carolina. When she and her family settled in Carolina, Susie developed a passion for gymnastics in high school. She excelled in this discipline so much that a gymnastics coach of the North Carolina State University at Raleigh 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 biological sciences.