BEST BOBY EVER
May 12, 2021
4 minutes
BY KEVIN GRAY AND ALYSSA SHAFFER
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
PER BERNAL
ERIN STERN MISSED qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics high jump by three centimeters. Undeterred, she channeled her athleticism into bodybuilding, winning her first show and starting down a path that led to two Ms. Figure Olympia titles. Now, after four years away from the IFBB Professional League stage, she’s back.
“I left competition for a few years because figure was evolving into something more muscular,” Stern says. “It’s very difficult being a lifetime natural athlete in figure, so I decided that if I can’t do it naturally, I’m not going to try.” Then, in late 2017, the IFBB Professional League
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