Many of the old school, classic women (like Cory) had the feminine/muscle combo. It wasn’t until the 2000s that I started to notice masculinity creeping into FBB features. I guess the classic women were also using PEDs but probably milder ones and lower doses.
It was there in the 90's but far less obvious and much less talked about. Your premise is correct about the milder ped stacks and lower doses with shorter cycles. The HGH and other mixes that were discovered in more popular pro sports went right to bodybuilding of course. That led to the hearings in baseball and players like ARod and Barry Bonds still not in the HOF in spite of stats that blow away many guys who are. The world learned that 80 or 90% of MLB players were cheating in some form. That went to congress and of course was the end of female bodybuilding as we knew it.
The 20% rule came right away telling all fbbs to lose 20% of their muscle. That was the new standard and fans were long gone as were sponsors. They were already in slight decline, but that was the dagger in the USA and affected the whole sport. The women were hit worse than the men in bodybuilding because the drugs are male hormones and looked at differently if men used. You were still considered a cheat in any major sport though. Men's bodybuilding is bigger than women's with prize money and sponsors, but not a major sport at all. Most people (including me) would not know Mr Olympia if he was in the same room.
Cory Everson wow! She is probably the one fbb who perfected the mix of femininty and muscle. The face of an angel and the body a god (if that makes any sense).
In her prime she looked like the perfect woman.
Do you guys have any fbbs that you feel like perfected the mix of muscle and femininty?