Helle Trevino

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.

Helle Trevino[1]
Bodybuilder
Trevino discusses Ms. Olympia in 2020
Personal info
NicknameBeastqueen
BornSønderborg, Denmark[2]
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
WeightIn Season: 165.3 lb (75.0 kg)
Off-Season: 180 lb (82 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. "Helle Trevino Ifbb Pro". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. "Helle Nielsen - AMG Lite version 3.3". www.amg-lite.net. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  3. "Helle Nielsen Web site: About Helle". Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  4. "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". Wings of Strength (Article.). Wings of Strength. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
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