Helle Trevino

Helle Trevino[1]

Bodybuilder

Trevino discusses Ms. Olympia in 2020

Personal info
Nickname| Beastqueen
Born| Sønderborg, Denmark[2]
Height| 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
Weight| In Season: 165.3 lb (75.0 kg)
Off-Season: 180 lb (82 kg)[2]
Professional career
Pro-debut|

* IFBB Jan Tana Classic[4]
* 2003[4]

Best win|

* Rising Phoenix World Championships, 2017, 2019

Predecessor| Margie Marvelous
Alina Popa
Successor| Alina Popa
Andrea Shaw
Active| Since 1992[2]

Helle Trevino (née Nielsen) is a Danish–American professional female bodybuilder and the title winner of the 2017 and the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships.

## Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

### Amateur[edit]

Helle 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.[citation needed]. When she 17, she attended a powerlifting competition at a gym for the first time and joined a gym. She started training seven days a week. The gym she attended was small town gym with a few powerlifters. She meet one bodybuilder at her gym and he agreed to make a diet for her. 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]

### Professional[edit]

#### 2003-2010[edit]

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[edit]

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] In 2015, Helle won her third pro show, the 2015 Chicago Pro and qualified for the 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships. At the 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships, she came in 2nd to Margie Martin. At the 2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships, with Margie not attending, both Helle and Sheila Bleck were both tied and the tie was broken by the final round due to Helle receiving a score of 4 and Sheila receiving a score of 5. Thus Helle won her 1st Ms. Rising Phoenix title. At the 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Helle was dethroned by Alina Popa and placed 5th.

At the 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Helle won her 2nd Ms. Rising Phoenix title. At the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships, she was dethroned a second time, this time by Andrea Shaw. At the 2020 Ms. Olympia, Helle would place 3rd. At the 2021 Rising Phoenix World Championships, she would place 2nd. At the 2021 Ms. Olympia, she would place 2nd, her best showing at a Ms. Olympia to date. Due to an injury, she could not attend the 2022 Rising Phoenix World Championships, the first Rising Phoenix World Championships she would not attend. At the 2022 Ms. Olympia, she would place 3rd. She would take the year of 2023 off and plans competing again in 2024. Her coaches have been bodybuilders David Kalick, Chris Aceto and Charles Glass, along with her training partner Luca Pennazzato, a professional bodybuilder.[6][7][8][9]

### Contest history[edit]

* 1998 Danish Championships – 1st (HW and overall)
* 1998 Scandinavian Championships – 1st (HW and overall)
* 1999 World Amateur Championships – 10st (HW)
* 2003 IFBB Jan Tana Classic – 1st (HW and overall)
* 2003 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 5th (HW)
* 2011 IFBB FIBO Power Pro Germany – 1st
* 2011 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 14th
* 2012 IFBB Europa Battle of Champions Hartford – 9th
* 2012 IFBB WOS Chicago Pro-Am Extravaganza – 2nd
* 2012 IFBB Ms. Olympia –12th
* 2013 IFBB PBW Tampa Pro – 5th
* 2014 IFBB Omaha Pro – 7th
* 2015 IFBB WOS Chicago Pro – 1st
* 2015 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding – 2nd
* 2016 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding – 4th
* 2017 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding – 1st
* 2018 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding – 5th
* 2019 Tampa Pro – 1st
* 2019 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding – 1st
* 2020 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding \- 2nd
* 2020 IFBB WOS Ms. Olympia \- 3rd
* 2021 IFBB Pro League WOS Rising Phoenix Pro Women's Bodybuilding - 2nd
* 2021 IFBB WOS Ms. Olympia \- 2nd
* 2022 Ms. Olympia \- 3rd[10][4][11][12]

### Best statistics[edit]

* Back-width - 45.3 inches (115 cm)[13]
* Biceps:
* Left bicep - 16.25 inches (41.3 cm)[14]
* Right bicep - 16 inches (41 cm)[14]
* Calves \- 17.75 inches (45.1 cm)[13][14]
* Forearms \- 12.5 inches (32 cm)[13][14]
* Height \- 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[14]
* On season weight:
* 165 lb (75 kg) (2005)[13]
* 178 lb (81 kg) (2 July 2016)[15]
* 170 lb (77 kg) (2016 Rising Phoenix World Championships)[16]
* 157 lb (71 kg) (2017 Rising Phoenix World Championships)[16]
* 180 lb (82 kg) (31 July 2023)[14]
* Quads \- 27.5 inches (70 cm)[13][14]
* Shoulder-width - 52.3 inches (133 cm)[13]

## Personal life[edit]

As of 2014[update], 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[edit]

* Female bodybuilding
* List of female professional bodybuilders

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Helle Trevino Ifbb Pro". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Helle Nielsen - AMG Lite version 3.3". www.amg-lite.net. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
3. ^ a b c d e f g "Helle Nielsen Web site: About Helle". Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
4. ^ a b c d "Musclememory Helle Nielsen". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
5. ^ "Lisser Frost-Larsen". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
6. ^ Helle Trevino: Iris Kyle’s Return At The Ms. Olympia Is Motivating Me To Be My Best (EXCLUSIVE)
7. ^ My coach David Kalick & I in Gold's Gym setting up a strategy plan for the year :)
8. ^ Back attack with @thecharlesglass
9. ^ Helle Trevino – Diary of a Female Bodybuilder (Pt. 2)
10. ^ "Helle Trevino". Wings of Strength (Article.). Wings of Strength. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
11. ^ Grech, Kevin (December 6, 2020) [First published December 5, 2020]. "RESULTS: 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships and Arizona Pro". Evolutionofbodybuilding.net (Article.). Evolutionofbodybuilding.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
12. ^ Lockridge, Roger (September 12, 2021) [First published September 12th, 2021]. "Andrea Shaw Wins 2021 Rising Phoenix Women's Bodybuilding Show". BarBend (Article.). BarBend. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
13. ^ a b c d e f HELLE NIELSEN
14. ^ a b c d e f g Size Mismatch!, Helle Trevino
15. ^ Helle Trevino – Diary of a Female Bodybuilder (Pt. 1)
16. ^ a b HELLE’S DREAM COME TRUE

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Ms. Rising Phoenix champions

* Martin
* 2015
* 2016
* Trevino (2017)
* Popa (2018)
* Trevino (2019)
* Shaw
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

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