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Recently on stage at Korea at the 2013 NABBA/WFF Korea Championship… tanned, toned and oiled goddesses flowed across the stage, flexing their sinuous musculature to compete for the Bikini and Sports Model categories. One would be chosen as their queen, but who would it be?

These images combine superhuman abs and rockhard thighs with other areas of alluring softness. Like fine bronze sculptures, these women (and men!) have made their bodies their art.

Founded in 1950 in the UK, NABBA is the original National Amateur Body-Builders’ Association, who began the Mr Universe contest won four times by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now there are NABBA organizations in a number of other countries, including Korea.

The 2013 NABBA/WFF Korea Championship featured not only the quest for the biggest muscles, but also the smokin’ hot Bikini and Sports Model categories.

Bodybuilders train hard, eat vast amounts of protein, slather themselves in fake tan and many dehydrate before competitions to achieve that extra-cut look (which can also make them extra shaky when posing). Be that as it may, let these stunning results speak for themselves!

▼Ladies, care to scrub these washboard abs?

▼Even super-toned sports models tend to favor the Arm-Triangle of Insecurity when posing for photos…

▼Hard bodies, lace and short shorts were the winners on the day.

▼Classic muscle-man bicep pose.

▼Show us your definition of muscle.

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▼Dude on the right may have seen a ghost. And how do any of these guys find pants that fit??

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▼What a knockout. Putting the Model in Sports!

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▼Bikini challengers front up

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▼Pumping iron at the gym, it’s much more difficult to see your shapely back view.body12

▼Competition is fierce

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▼Strong and sexy

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▼Sculpted obliques

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▼Bikini models tend to look softer and healthy, as opposed to a dramatic, sharply-defined ripped look.

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▼Who will be the winner???

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▼Here she is! The incredible Baek Minyoung (백민영) takes the Bikini crown.

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▼Lovely and long-legged, she makes these socks look good.

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▼The Chinese characters tattooed down her left side, 紛骨砕身, probably express her level of dedication—to work like a Trojan to achieve her goal!

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▼A sporting chance?

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These sizzling shots send me sprinting back to my local gym to jump on the Chest Press and Leg Adduction machines. Anyone else fancy a workout now?

Images via Kaola