Pillow (bodybuilder)

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name = Pillow


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nickname = She-Beast
birthdate = birth date and age|1956|04|17
birthplace = USA
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bestwin = Gold's Classic
bestwinyear = 1983
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Pillow (formerly Theresa Jean Bell, also known as "The She-Beast") was a United States professional bodybuilder in the early 1980s.

Pillow was among the first really muscular female bodybuilders. She won the 1983 Gold's Classic as a heavyweight, beating lightweight winner Lori Okami, middleweight Alison Brundage and other weight class entrants Reggie Bennett and Sue Ann McKean.

Pillow appeared on the cover of Women's Physique Publication September-October 1983 issue [cite web |url=http://www.wpwmagazineonline.com/welcomefeb08.html |title=Women's Physique World Online Issue #15 |accessdate=2008-08-05] , and was featured in amongst others Muscle & Fitness (June 1982 and February 1984) and Flex (January and March 1984).

She was the subject of the GMV Productions DVD "Pillow, The She-Beast"; while competing in bodybuilding she was also an exotic dancer in Alaska [cite web |url=http://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=products&template=PRODUCTCAT&catid=31&prodid=1744&site=1 |title=Pillow - The She-Beast |accessdate=2008-08-05 |publisher=GMV Productions] .

Contest history

*1981 AFWB American Championships (HeavyWeight) - 4th
*1983 NPC Nationals (Heavyweight) - 5th
*1983 Gold's Classic - 1st

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