Carla Dunlap – Ms. Olympia champion is 1983 – is the only female bodybuilder to have competed in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
She started her competitive carreer in 1979, entering the “Best in the World” bodybuilding contest where she placed fifth among 45 entrants. She won the NPC Nationals in 1981, 1982 before embarking on her pro career. In January, 1999, Dunlap was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.
Away from the contest stage, Carla appeared in the bodybuilding documentaries Women Of Iron and Pumping Iron II: The Women, was a regular on ESPN’s BodyShaping series and along with Rachel McLish and Cory Everson, was the first female inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame.
