Marianna Komlos

Marianna Komlos was born in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada. She was a Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model and Valet. Before she started bodybuilding, Komlos weighed as much as 197 pounds (89 kg). Komlos started competing in provincial contests in 1993, and eventually won the middleweight class at the British Columbia Championships in 1997. Jerry Kindela, editor-in-chief of Flex, said, "Marianna's one of the most beautiful bodybuilders I've ever seen." (Wennerstrom, 2004) Komlos appeared on the covers of many fitness magazines including Muscle & Fitness (September, 1997), Flex (November, 1997), Women's Physique World (December, 1997), and Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness. In 2004, she married Paul Lazenby shortly before dying from breast cancer on September 26, 2004 at the age of 35.