Well, this is news to me…
Well known female bodybuilder Lauren Powers placed first at The Emerald Ball Dance competition in Los Angeles, in the samba, rumba, cha cha and paso doble divisions.
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A couple years ago, Lauren was watching TV and saw “Dancing with the Stars.” The glamour, the glittery costumes; she fell for it hard. Lauren had never danced a step in her life, but she knew she was about to reinvent herself yet again.
Lauren walked into Londance studio in Laguna Niguel. Owner Patricia West remembers the day.
“I actually got a shock when I saw her,” she says. “I had never seen a woman so big. My mind was trying to figure it out.” Lauren told her she wanted to be a ballroom dancer. “I was like ‘No way,’” Patricia thought. “I didn’t tell her that, though.”
A year later, at the age of 47, Lauren has lost 30 pounds of muscle, ditched weight lifting for yoga and is cleaning up at major dance competitions.
Last month, Lauren placed first in the 30-50 amateurs division in the samba, rumba, cha cha and paso doble at the Emerald Ball in Los Angeles, one of the largest competitions in the country.