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When did “guest posing” become accepted and institutionalized? In the 1990's? I can remember a time when a show was a show and that was it. There was no guest poser; no one had the expectation for one and no one felt deprived if there wasn’t one. Now, it seems guest posers are the norm. So much so that they are paid to be there and crowds expect and want to see them—even when they are off season or out of shape. What’s up with that? How much are guest posers typically paid?
I suppose it is a nice way for a pro (do non pros ever guest pose?) to make some money, but something is wrong when a guest poser is more of a draw than the contestants on stage. :-\
Who is the first guest poser you ever saw at a show?
Who is the worst guest poser you ever saw at a show?
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When did “guest posing” become accepted and institutionalized? In the 1990's? I can remember a time when a show was a show and that was it. There was no guest poser; no one had the expectation for one and no one felt deprived if there wasn’t one. Now, it seems guest posers are the norm. So much so that they are paid to be there and crowds expect and want to see them—even when they are off season or out of shape. What’s up with that? How much are guest posers typically paid?
I suppose it is a nice way for a pro (do non pros ever guest pose?) to make some money, but something is wrong when a guest poser is more of a draw than the contestants on stage. :-\
Who is the first guest poser you ever saw at a show?
Who is the worst guest poser you ever saw at a show?
Chris Cook has got to be up there.
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Chris Cook has got to be up there.
Kamali too
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i may not be correct but usually at t he nationals and the southern states, the winner from the previous year comes back the next year to pose. in the case of the nationals that person is now a pro.
89 nationals, Mike Quinn guest posed. not sure he won it the year before (i think he was a usa guy).
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this may be stupid
but haven't pictures been posted before of Arnold guest posing somewhere? ???
Those colored sergio pictures of him in Japan, wasn't that a guest posing?
I can't remember
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When did “guest posing” become accepted and institutionalized? In the 1990's? I can remember a time when a show was a show and that was it. There was no guest poser; no one had the expectation for one and no one felt deprived if there wasn’t one. Now, it seems guest posers are the norm. So much so that they are paid to be there and crowds expect and want to see them—even when they are off season or out of shape. What’s up with that? How much are guest posers typically paid?
I suppose it is a nice way for a pro (do non pros ever guest pose?) to make some money, but something is wrong when a guest poser is more of a draw than the contestants on stage. :-\
Who is the first guest poser you ever saw at a show?
Who is the worst guest poser you ever saw at a show?
Ever since I can remember. I remember seeing Zane and Sergio Oliva guest pose in the late 70's at shows down in San Diego.
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There has been guest posing since the very early days of bodybuilding.
End of thread.
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There has been guest posing since the very early days of bodybuilding.
End of thread.
Were they paid back then?
How high do guest posing "fees" go these days?
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I get asked to guest pose all the time.
.....but I only do it for broads.
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I remember Guest Posers showing up in 1979. Tony Pearson. I would guess they paid for his flight, gave him 2 nights in a hotel and $500. If I see him, I'll ask him.
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I bet Ronnie and Jay cashed out pretty well on guest posing 8)
And Jay of course still does.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=370645.0;attach=407315;image)
What a fucking walking heartattack. ::)
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I went to a hotel and posed as a guest. That lobster thermidor ain't cheap at those Hyatt chow halls.
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Were they paid back then?
How high do guest posing "fees" go these days?
Back in the 70`s I swa Lou,Arnold,Franco,and Katz at various times guest posing at contests at Mt. Park Amusement Park (mentioned in the book "Pumping Iron").
I have no clue if they got paid but I`m sure at least there hotels,food,and flights were paid for.
Ed Jubinville ran the contests at the park and those guys were all friends of Eds as he was an IFBB official.
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Were they paid back then?
How high do guest posing "fees" go these days?
Mid-2000's top tier was getting $3000-$5000 plus all expenses.
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I remember 240 noting his local Florida contest got Palumbo as a guest poser. BOOOOM!
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=370645.0;attach=407315;image)
Is it hardcore ot be on the brink of having a stroke? Seriously, how retarded are these people?
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there was a post which stated ronnie coleman's most was 8k. if you rememer, dex refused 5k because he thought he should get what ronnie was getting. jay and ronnie at his height are probably the top dogs. there was a later post which had jay dropping off excess 4-5k jobs to his boy phil.
it seems like a lot. i couldnt see paying more than 3k plus expenses for 3 mins on stage if i was a promotor. they make the difference with photo signings and sales and that's all cash.
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In 2009 Trey Brewer guest posed like this:
(http://s2.postimage.org/400yn1wzv/DSC_9678_FUCWDGZUUX.jpg)
(http://s1.postimage.org/1jio7xgr/DSC_9682_RXRJLRJTSM.jpg)
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All those drugs, for those arms...rough.
Juicing since 15.
I'm convinced, there is little correlation between death and steroids.
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Mid-2000's top tier was getting $3000-$5000 plus all expenses.
Ronnie wouldn't have bothered to yell "light weight babeeeee" for that ::) ::)
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He has a point in my opinion. I would rather pose nude on webcam than work in mcdonalds.
Working as a guest poser would appear to be a nice compromise. :)
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Never been to a show
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First show i attended in 79 had a guest poser,he was paid £100,a Mr Universe winner i used to train with in the 80s got between £350-500.i promoted a seminar and guest posing spot for Shawn Ray in 1990 and he was paid £1,000,not sure what that works out to in dollars.
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Shawn Ray was the first guest poser that I ever saw.....He was there posing two weeks after the 93 Olympia....He looked unreal.
220 and tight as a drum.....he was signing autographs and taking pictures....looked sharp in his street clothes.....you couldn't really tell what kind of shape he was in with his clothing on.
When he stepped on stage.....totally different ball game......WORLD FUCKING CLASS!!!!!!!!!!
imho.....guest posers add a little flavor to a local show.....it is exciting to see a top level dude right there in front of you. Ray made an incredible living doing seminars and exhibitions during the 90s. He and Labrada and Yates handled their money properly......some others....not so much.
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Are shows worth it? Did you enjoy going or did any of you say "never again". ?
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=370645.0;attach=407315;image)
What a fucking walking heartattack. ::)
The 100$ question here is: will the blood pressure be relieved by his bald head exploding, his chest opening wide, his eyeballs popping out or his asshole tearing apart?
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:P
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I read somewhere there's gonna be a masters this year with guest posing by Dorian.
He wouldn't be so stupid to do that, right ?
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Are shows worth it? Did you enjoy going or did any of you say "never again". ?
I'd say it depends on the person and the show. Only show I've ever seen in my life was the post-Olympia GP show in NZ back in 2001 - I went just to see Ronnie.
I wouldn't go again. I can watch the webcast of the Olympia and AC online, but that's about as much as bodybuilding interests me nowadays.
I will go see the Olympia and AC in person sometime in the next 3-4 years, but just for the experience and to check out the expo.
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I just can't...
He just needs so much help- getting out of the business.
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I'd say it depends on the person and the show. Only show I've ever seen in my life was the post-Olympia GP show in NZ back in 2001 - I went just to see Ronnie.
I wouldn't go again. I can watch the webcast of the Olympia and AC online, but that's about as much as bodybuilding interests me nowadays.
I will go see the Olympia and AC in person sometime in the next 3-4 years, but just for the experience and to check out the expo.
Good answer. Ta Oracle.
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That filthy man is sticking out his tongue!
Plus I think he takes drugs.
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I can recall some guest posers from the early seventies, like Arnold, Franco or Pearl. Dave Draper too. I'm reasonably certain guest posing was part of some shows as far back as the sixties and late fifties. I haven't attended a bodybuilding competition since the mid eighties because what's up on the stage shouldn't be there.
Shit. Branch looks like Gollum if he got the One Ring back. Fuck that noise.
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A guest poser at a contest should be better than the level of that contest. So it's a joke for most IFPP pro shows. Unless it's just for laughs.
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:P
Easy there Rainbow Brite. ::)
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The first show I attended in the late 90's had Craig Titus guest posing. I had never seen gh/roid/insulin/whatever gut before that. He looked like he was about to give birth to twins on stage that night.
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I read somewhere there's gonna be a masters this year with guest posing by Dorian.
He wouldn't be so stupid to do that, right ?
guy still looks great, still got great abbs calves and forearms
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Big muscle but so watery as to be doughy. Who wants to see this kind of guest poser? :(
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In 92 at the Jr USA we had Victoria Sims (small blond 1990 National lwt winner) Laura Beaudry and the proud owner of Gaspari Nutrition guest pose. VS posed to Janet music with a chair of course...something about Janet Jackson and chairs !!!!! Beaudry who no one really knew or followed....did ok but no one knew her...then my idol Rich posed to THE UNFORGIVEN! I think he did great but some bitch writer for MD criticized his condition!!!!! He posed great and fuck how he looked, he ItS RICH FUKKN GASPARI near retirement. I felt like Kobe watching Jordan! The Unforgiven is on my ipod and i think of RG every time I hear it! AND of course he ended his routine with his patented Gaspari Thinker Pose!
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The guys get paid big time money to guest pose...........its an EXHIBITION to meet and greet with fans around the world and to promote what ever products they are sponsored by and sell their own fotos and other stuff . No they won't be in killer condition ...its not worth it! But true fans are happy to see them anyway! Guys like Mike Matarazzo and jay made/ make big bucks and the fans beg for them to come back! Guest posing is more friendly to the big guys Matarazo's Dilletts, Nassers more....and not much so for the Shawn Rays and Darrems Charles's.
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I saw Palumbo guest posing at a local show in 97. That dude was monster back then. (no homo)
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Super!
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Super!
looks awesome..
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I remember 240 noting his local Florida contest got Palumbo as a guest poser. BOOOOM!
Jumbo, Vic Martinez, Shannon Dey, and a few smaller names I didn't know. A few female BBers as well.
The year before, they had no power due to hurricane, so darrem charles did the guest pose on picnic benches outside the N Ft Myers HS cafeteria.
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guy still looks great, still got great abbs calves and forearms
Still it would be unwise. He's got nothing to gain and a reputation to lose.
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So much cheering... so many men. :D
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Super!
Good old Lee. Hows he doing? Ive read he tore a tendon on his delt or something.
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Check out the comments on this video of Evan Centopani and a "very offseason " PJ Braun guestposing.
"Yeah, this is how I like `em BIG, beefy + full of heavy muscle ; Centopani`s quads are so big, so muscular, so shapely Love his glutes easily showing `cuz hs got sensible as-tiny-as possible posers on ; PJ also looking very eye-catching with that visible bulge in his skimpy posers; guys are in a league all their own !!!"
"Off season - my favorite season. Beautiful and handsome, that's what they are."
"PJ is hot, a real man. Would not kick him out of the shower...WOOF!"
"If only they were rough pro tag team champs....woof"
"Gotta love PJ's big low mouth wide open Most Muscular!" :-X
"2 hot offseason studs.. wonder what the weights are here???"
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Check out the comments on this video of Evan Centopani and a "very offseason " PJ Braun guestposing.
"Yeah, this is how I like `em BIG, beefy + full of heavy muscle ; Centopani`s quads are so big, so muscular, so shapely Love his glutes easily showing `cuz hs got sensible as-tiny-as possible posers on ; PJ also looking very eye-catching with that visible bulge in his skimpy posers; guys are in a league all their own !!!"
"Off season - my favorite season. Beautiful and handsome, that's what they are."
"PJ is hot, a real man. Would not kick him out of the shower...WOOF!"
"If only they were rough pro tag team champs....woof"
"Gotta love PJ's big low mouth wide open Most Muscular!" :-X
"2 hot offseason studs.. wonder what the weights are here???"
Bodybuilding gay? ;D