1. Iris Floyd Kyle was born on Mildred Carter; August 22,1974 and is an American professional female bodybuilder.
38 Facts About Iris Kyle
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Iris Kyle is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.
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Iris Kyle has a total of twenty professional bodybuilding titles, with ten overall and two heavyweight Ms.
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Iris Floyd Kyle was born on August 22,1974 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the fifth of six children.
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Iris Kyle was an All-American in basketball, and received a number of athletic scholarship offers.
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Iris Kyle walked into Bally Total Fitness and took out a membership.
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Iris Kyle's model for her physique was a combination of Lenda Murray and Bev Francis.
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Iris Kyle won the contest, the 1994 Long Beach Muscle Classic.
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In 1996, NPC USA Championships, Iris Kyle came in second to Heather Foster in the heavyweight category.
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Iris Kyle began to distance herself from friends and family and to become very isolated, stating that she found this the best way to make gains.
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Internationals, Iris Kyle has always placed in the top six in every IFBB pro bodybuilding competition in which she competed.
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At the 2000 Ms International, Tazzie Colomb and Iris Kyle were both disqualified for diuretic use.
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Iris Kyle won her first professional contest at the 2001 Ms.
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Olympia title in 2002 and 2003, with Iris Kyle coming in second both times behind her idol.
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In 2004, Iris Kyle won both the overall and heavyweight titles of Ms.
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Iris Kyle stated that the bumps won't even have been an issue if she had been a male and thought she should have been placed 1st.
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Later in that same episode, according to head IFBB judge, Sandy Ranalli, she stated that Iris Kyle was placed 7th due to "distortions" in her shoulders and glutes that the other competitors didn't have.
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Olympia title, Iris Kyle stated that she was retiring from bodybuilding.
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On September 25,2015, in an interview with Dave Palumbo, Iris Kyle announced she will be coming out of retirement to compete at the 2016 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.
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Iris Kyle was later granted a special invite to the 2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships.
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Iris Kyle said that she was offered to do some work with them that she doesn't "agree with", but declined the offer.
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In September 2016, in an interview with Nevada Public Radio, Iris Kyle agreed with Jeff O'Connell's, editor of bodybuilding.
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In July 2020, Iris Kyle announced she was compete at the 2020 Ms.
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Iris Kyle is currently the most successful, female or male, professional bodybuilder ever.
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Iris Kyle has a total of twenty professional bodybuilding titles, with ten overall and two heavyweight Ms.
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Iris Kyle said she would like a different method of judging bodybuilding contests, with judges removed and giving the audience the ability to decide instead.
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Iris Kyle had previously been training partners with John Sherman and, since 2012, is currently training partners with Hidetada Yamagishi.
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On September 9,2008, Iris Kyle made an appearance on episode 9, "The Special Episode", of season 1 of Wipeout.
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Iris Kyle was constantly referred to as "he" by one of the show's hosts.
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Iris Kyle appeared in the trailer for the unfinished film A:B - We are Sisyphos and was supposed to play the character "Dina" in the film.
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Iris Kyle appeared in the 2017 music video by Katy Perry titled Katy Perry Feat.
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Since July 1998, Iris Kyle has been an advanced personal trainer who runs her own online training and nutritional business, Healthier by Choice.
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Iris Kyle is sponsored by PNP Perfect Nutrition and Urban Ice Botanicals and brand ambassador of Gaspari Nutrition.
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Iris Kyle has previously been a resident of Cypress, Texas; Glen Flora, Texas; Fullerton, California; Huntington Beach, California ; Henderson, Nevada; Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Tustin, California, and Westminster, California.
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Iris Kyle is a Baptist and routinely thanks God after winning competitions.
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Iris Kyle always starts her day off with a prayer and a reading from the Bible.
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Iris Kyle' current boyfriend is Marc Goldstein who is a finance executive.
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Iris Kyle had previously been in a 7-year relationship with her training and business partner Hidetada Yamagishi, along with previously dating bodybuilder John J Sherman.