Damn. Not being funny but you feel a certain way towards someone you've seen porn of.
Seemed like a nice girl. Hope she pulls through.
I actually knew her from some casual interaction at the Houma gym.
She was an aspiring , natural BB back then and was a cute young lady.
Like most pro BB wannabees , she quickly learned that wasn't a viable career path.
The gym owner , Larry Blanchard* made her aware of "other options".
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https://www.houmatimes.com/news/body-builder-kills-self-after-shooting-wife/He ended up being a total psycho and led Melissa down a bad lifestyle path.
I've been around bodybuilding for 45 years and it's always had a large "seedy side".
Drug dealing often involves more then steroids to make bigger $$.
Schmoes and paid sexual "favors" are lot more common then most casual trainers realize.
I wasn't anything too great as a BB. I ended my own pro dreams to avoid that "lifestyle".
My path involved finishing college, getting a conventional career and competing without any more "vit S".
It was sensible , BUT, it sentences you to bodybuilding obscurity. Some , like Melissa can't accept that fate.
Like other attractive young females, Melissa just got caught up in the existing hardcore BB culture.
I'm not excusing or defending this lifestyle, but, it's VERY common for those trying to make it in contests.
Eventually Melissa's contest advancement stalled and she veered into making $$ in the sex film industry.
As you get more into the hardcore BB culture, you get more removed from "normal" society and values.
Eventually, she likely found this lifestyle lacking and left it. How or exactly why , I wouldn't know.
Obviously, she had problems in her married life with her hubby doc is in jail for "something"

I sincerely hope raising her child provided her some lasting love and joy. Melissia really is a sweet spirit.
I'm very sorry to see her bald on chemo, fighting cancer now. She's had a life filled with short lasting happiness.
Many of her problems were "self imposed" by making bad, long term choices.
She always took great care to look good and it's sad to see her situation now.
Obviously , I didn't keep up with her and wasn't a close friend when I did know her, years ago.
I'll always prefer to think of her as the cute, aspiring "muscle doll", I knew from the past .
