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Dossiers & Investigations
Every investigation is a numbered issue: accountability with receipts, built on the public record of female bodybuilding. Data, sources, and zero affiliations.
Betty Pariso — The Kid Who Turned Pro at 40
SteelQueens Issue #002: a pro card at 40, eight Ms. Olympias after 45, and a pro title at 53, won in the open class against the best, never as a Masters.
Anatole Kutischev — One to Watch
SteelQueens Issue #001 — a first show, a first title, an Arnold champion in her corner, and a promise to leave a dent in bodybuilding history.
The Comeback: How Women’s Bodybuilding Refused to Disappear
The Ms. Olympia was discontinued after 2014. Five years later it returned — and a new dynasty, led by six-time champion Andrea Shaw, rebuilt the sport the industry tried to retire.
Michaela Aycock — The Inaugural Dossier
SteelQueens Issue #000 — how a teenage Women's Physique prodigy rebuilt herself into an Olympia bodybuilder.
Who Judges Ms Olympia? A Public Record Compiled from 2020–2025
The IFBB Pro League does not publish Ms Olympia judging panels. This dossier compiles what is public from 2020 through 2025.
Ms Olympia 2014–2019: The Discontinuation, Rising Phoenix, and What It Cost
A data-backed retrospective on the 2014 Ms Olympia discontinuation, the Rising Phoenix parallel era, and the unresolved succession question.
Why No Bodybuilding Federation Publishes Anthropometric Data — A Reference
A reference guide to what every major bodybuilding federation does and doesn't publish about measurements, scorecards, and appeals in women's divisions.