Lisa Lyon

Lisa Robin Lyon (May 13, 1953 – September 8, 2023) was an American female bodybuilder and photo model who is regarded as one of female bodybuilding's pioneers.

Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, on May 13, 1953,

Lyon entered and won the first International Federation of BodyBuilders Women's World Pro Bodybuilding Championship in Los Angeles on June 16, 1979. This was the only bodybuilding competition of her career. She appeared in many magazines and on television talk shows, promoting bodybuilding for women. She also wrote a book on weight training for women titled Lisa Lyon's Body Magic , which was published in 1981. bust 37A, waist 24", hips 35", height 5' 4", weight 120 lbs, hair color brunette. At the time, she could deadlift 225 pounds, bench press 120 pounds, and squat 265 pounds.

Although Lyon is often cited as the first female bodybuilder to appear in Playboy (in October 1980),

Lyon modeled for Helmut Newton, American fine art photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, and American fine art photographer and boyfriend Robert Mapplethorpe (between 1980 and 1983, Mapplethorpe created over 150 photographs of her, resulting in the 1983 book Lady: Lisa Lyon), Lyon's work with Mapplethorpe was notable owing to Mapplethorpe's depiction of her body as simultaneously traditionally feminine and strong in a conventionally masculine sense.

Lyon was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2000 for being "... a one-woman media-relations activist on behalf of the sport... and Elevating bodybuilding to the level of fine art. " She played Mathilde in Three Crowns of the Sailor, 1982; Pilar Jones in the bodybuilding movie Getting Physical,''' 1984; and Cimmaron in Vamp'', a low-budget 1986 film starring Grace Jones.

In creating the Marvel Comics character Elektra, Frank Miller initially used Lyon as a basis for the character's appearance.

Lisa Lyon died from stomach cancer at her home in Westlake Village, California on September 8, 2023, at the age of 70.

Personal life She was married to French singer Bernard Lavilliers from 1982 to 1983.