Which Body Do You Want? Nicole Wilkins or Nicole Nagrani?

Anyone attending a physique contest of late undoubtedly will have noticed that the contest-ready female form now comes in more diverse body styles than a pre-bankruptcy GM assembly line. Female bodybuilders welcomed their smaller, acrobatic fitness counterparts more than a decade ago, to be followed more recently by softer figure competitors; and now bikini bodies, with even less muscle, but, some would say, shapelier curves still. Enter Nicole Wilkins and Nicole Nagrani.

Regardless of your desired body style, we’ve got you covered. After the 2011 Figure International and Bikini International contests were over, we approached the two winners for their training, diet, and supplement programs. The following is what Nicole Wilkins and Nicole Nagrani had to share.

Nicole Nagrani: 2011 Bikini International Winner

At the tender age of 19, Nicole Nagrani isn’t your normal girl next door. That is, unless the girl living next door to you has a stunning body with hairpin curves and carries a 4.0 in her second year of an exclusive accelerated pre-med program.

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Nicole’s parents have been taking her to the gym with them as far back as she can remember. She did her first physique at 14 (no, that’s not a typo), winning both the overall teen figure and the short class open fitness. She took a few years off from physique shows to compete in high school sports but resumed them in college. She quickly scored a pro card in bikini.

Now she’s at the top of the sport having won the best-of-breed Bikini International title. Nicole Nagrani went for broke at this contest, training so hard and pushing herself through tough times because she didn’t want to have regrets.

Think you can keep up with Nicole Nagrani? She trains with weights five days a week and does cardio six times during that same span. Cardio sessions last from one to two hours a day, depending on how far out she is from a show.

Nicole Wilkins: 2011 Figure International Winner

Back in 2002, Nicole was competing during the Arnold Classic weekend… as a gymnast. While there, she and her teammates went to the finals of the pro fitness contest. She was inspired by the muscle on display and knew she could do the routine portion.

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Fast forward to 2003: Nicole entered her first competition. She continued to compete in both fitness and figure until 2009, when she won the Figure Olympia. This became the chosen path for the remainder of her career. She has since won two Figure Internationals so far.

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No risk of her resting on her laurels, though. For the 2011 Figure International, Nicole claims to have been more focused and motivated than before, hell-bent on proving that her success was no fluke. Losing the 2010 Olympia by three points added fuel to the fire. 

So she ramped up the intensity of her cardio earlier in the process. She ate a ton of white fish. She rested more than she had in the past, receiving weekly massages during the last six weeks, really listened to her body. She came into the show very relaxed and calm, knowing that she put in everything she had.

The rest was up to the judges, who delivered their verdict: Nicole Wilkins is 2011’s Ms. Figure International. Want to look like two-time Figure International winner, Nicole Wilkins? Read on!

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