And then Alan Stephan is a treat in himself! The whole project of cataloguing the men who became Mr. America suggests that in the early days the contest was as much a beauty pageant as a bodybuilding showcase: Jules Bacon, Stephan, Steve Reeves, Jack Delinger, Dick Du Bois, etc.! They were beautifully made men, so handsome that someone like Ed Fury was an also-ran…
At that time the point system used by the judges to evaluate the Mr America contest was : Muscular development- 5 points Proportions and symmetry- 5 points Posing- 3 points Appearance- 2 points Overall aesthetics and stage presence was emphasized and each contestant was given 20 seconds each for a front pose and a back pose, and 1 minute for their full posing routine. -Rj
Exzellent Körperbau. …litauischer Abstammung. Es hat den Anschein, als hätten die Bodybuilder der Vergangenheit über eine hervorragende Genetik verfügt. Damals legten die Organisatoren des „Mr America“ -Wettbewerbs Wert auf die Ästhetik des Körperbaus der Bodybuilder. (vVs)
Interesting ephemere, gor an Iron Man Magazine ad.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of the Webster Studio before, always finding new info.
-Rj
And then Alan Stephan is a treat in himself! The whole project of cataloguing the men who became Mr. America suggests that in the early days the contest was as much a beauty pageant as a bodybuilding showcase: Jules Bacon, Stephan, Steve Reeves, Jack Delinger, Dick Du Bois, etc.! They were beautifully made men, so handsome that someone like Ed Fury was an also-ran…
DeleteAt that time the point system used by the judges to evaluate the Mr America contest was :
DeleteMuscular development- 5 points
Proportions and symmetry-
5 points
Posing- 3 points
Appearance- 2 points
Overall aesthetics and stage presence was emphasized and each contestant was given 20 seconds each for a front pose and a back pose, and 1 minute for their full posing routine.
-Rj
Exzellent Körperbau.
ReplyDelete…litauischer Abstammung.
Es hat den Anschein, als hätten die Bodybuilder der Vergangenheit über eine hervorragende Genetik verfügt.
Damals legten die Organisatoren des „Mr America“ -Wettbewerbs Wert auf die Ästhetik des Körperbaus der Bodybuilder.
(vVs)