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Wellington bodybuilding champions, 2012

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Wellington bodybuilding champions, 2012

These are some of the winners in the 2012 New Zealand International Federation of Bodybuilding competition for the Wellington region. They are, from left to right, Fawad Ahadi (men's physique up to 174 centimetres), Kimberley Cousins (women's figure, tall), Joe Ulberg (men's open, 90–100 kilograms), Lou MacDonald (bikini, short) and Paula Signall (women's physique).

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Peter Clayworth, Bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting – Bodybuilding, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40879/wellington-bodybuilding-champions-2012 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 19 February 2013, updated 27 January 2015.