Helle Trevino

Helle Trevino (formerly Nielsen) is a Danish/American professional female bodybuilder and the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Champion.

Helle Trevino[1]
Bodybuilder
Helle Trevino posing at the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships
Personal info
NicknameBeastqueen
BornSønderborg, Denmark[2]
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
WeightIn Season: 198.3 lb (89.9 kg)
Off-Season: 230 lb (100 kg)[2]
Professional career
Pro-debut
Best win
PredecessorMargie Marvelous
Alina Popa
SuccessorAlina Popa
Andrea Shaw
ActiveSince 1992[2]

Early life and education

Helle Trevino (born Helle Nielsen) was born and raised in rural Sønderborg, Denmark. She grew up on a farm. She majored in English and German in college. After that she continued her way into the fitness industry where she took a number of exams within the nutrition & training field.[3][2]

Bodybuilding career

Amateur

Trevino was a gymnast from the age of 3 and competed in various other sports, including ballroom dancing, swimming, track and field, shot put, martial arts, horse-riding, boxing, biking, ballet and yoga.. When Trevino was 17 she joined a gym and started training seven days a week. When she started she had weighed 128 lb (58 kg) and within a year of training she had added 29 lb (13 kg). She said on her Web site that she quickly realized she had great genetics for bodybuilding.[3][2]

She later started competing. She attended the Danish Championships in Herning. At the age of 22 she won in the heavyweight and overall categories at the Danish Nationals in 1998, her first show. She also won the overall and heavyweight title at the Scandinavian Championships in the same year. In 1999 she competed at the World Championships in Australia.[3][2]

2003-2010

Trevino became the first professional female bodybuilder from Denmark since Lisser Frost-Larsen, who had last competed in 1984. In her pro debut, she won the heavyweight and overall at the Jan Tana Classic. A few months later, she placed fifth in the heavyweights at the Ms. Olympia.[3][5]

From 2011

After spending a few years building up her personal training business, Trevino in 2011 won the FIBO pro show and placed 11th at the 2011 Ms. Olympia. The following year she placed 12th in the Ms. Olympia competition, where. In 2012, she moved from Denmark to California, to train at the Gold's Gym in Venice.[3][4]

Contest history

Personal life

As of 2014, Trevino lived in Los Angeles, California and worked as a personal trainer in Venice, California. She speaks Danish, English, and German. She worked as a caretaker of disabled people for 15 years. In 2008, she became the CEO & Founder of the company Team Evolution.[1][3]

See also

References
  1. Trevino's personal Facebook page
  2. Helle Nielsen autobiographical comments on AMG Lite
  3. "Helle Nielsen Web site: About Helle". Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  4. Musclememory Helle Nielsen
  5. Lisser Frost-Larsen
  6. "World Amateur Championships (Women's) Bodybuilding Contest Results". www.getbig.com.
  7. "2011 FIBO Power Pro Championships Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  8. "2011 Olympia Scorecards 1 - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  9. "2012 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  10. "2012 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro Am Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  11. "2012 IFBB Olympia Scorecards 1 - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  12. "2013 PBW Championships Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". www.ifbbpro.com.
  13. Helle Nielsen - the Greatest Dane - Wins FIBO Power Pro!
  14. "IFBB Omaha Pro Womens Bodybuilding Results". www.getbig.com.
  15. "2015 Wings of Strength Chicago Pro Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". www.ifbbpro.com.
  16. "2015 Wings of Strength Texas Pro Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  17. "2017 Rising Phoenix and Arizona Pro Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  18. "2019 Tampa Pro Scorecards - IFBB Professional League". ifbbpro.com.
  19. "2019 Rising Phoenix World Championship & Arizona Women's Pro Scorecards - IFBB PRO". ifbbpro.com.
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