Linda Young, from Glasgow, is soon to be 70 but her flat stomach, muscly arms and toned legs see her regularly mistaken for her early 50s. The mum-of-two entered the competition and began a seven-week training camp
A 68-year-old bodybuilding mum says she's more ripped and in better shape than most women half her age.
But after consulting her family and friends Linda decided to give it a go and began her seven-week training camp. She also had to buy a diamanté bikini and five-inch heels, as well as needing three layers of fake tan - to be performance ready. Mum-of-two, Linda, a pilates teacher, said: "When my PT suggested it I fell about laughing - I thought it was a joke.
"My husband would come home from work and I'd be strutting up and down the hall practicing in a pair of four or five-inch heels. "My family were amazing and my son, who lives and works in London secretly flew up saying: 'You don't think I'm going to miss this. You look amazing.'"The judge commented on stage that I was the oldest competitor they'd had."You come on, you do a T-walk and they call out your number and you strut down the centre of the stage with a permanent smile.
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