Cory Everson

She appeared on nine FLEX covers. She won a record-shattering six consecutive Ms. Olympias and went undefeated on pro stages. But if you’ve never heard of her, that’s because she may have retired before you were born. Cory Everson last competed in 1989. In the ’80s, she was something of a one-woman revolution, carrying female muscle into the mainstream and creating a hard-yet-feminine paradigm that remains the ideal for figure and physique competitors today. After excelling at