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Sep 14, 2023 · Lisa Lyon, a bodybuilding pioneer, performance artist and one-time muse of Robert Mapplethorpe, died on Friday at her home in Westlake Village, Calif. She was 70. Jay Schwartz,...
Lisa Robin Lyon (May 13, 1953 – September 8, 2023) was an American female bodybuilder and photo model who is regarded as one of female bodybuilding's pioneers.
- 1979
- May 13, 1953, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- 1979 AAU Junior Ms. America, 1979
- September 8, 2023 (aged 70), Westlake Village, California, U.S.
Sep 12, 2023 · The IFBB Hall of Fame member and women’s bodybuilding pioneer Lisa Lyon passed away on Sept. 8, 2023, in her California home after a battle with cancer. She was a pioneer for women’s fitness and a pioneer for women’s fitness. She won the 1979 IFBB Women’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championships and was best known for her iconic black and white photos by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Sep 15, 2023 · Lisa Lyon was a bodybuilding pioneer, a onetime dancer and competitive sword-fighter who, at 26, became the first winner of the Women’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championship.
Sep 11, 2023 · Lisa Lyon was an early icon of women's bodybuilding and a pioneer of femininity. She won the first IFBB women's bodybuilding contest in 1979 and became a muse for artists such as Mapplethorpe and Miller. She died of cancer at age 70 in 2023.
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Sep 9, 2023 · Lisa Lyon was the first and only Women's World Bodybuilding Champion in 1979, and a trailblazer for female muscle in the mainstream and art worlds. She died of cancer at 70 in 2023, leaving a legacy of body conditioning, performance art, and media activism.
Oct 7, 2023 · Lisa Lyon, who has died of cancer aged 70, was a model and pioneering bodybuilder who became the muse and girlfriend of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, with whom she set about redefining ...
