Forget your ordinary beauty pageants where only slim, tall, under 24-year-old models with near perfect dental formulae and flawless skin strut the runway with fake smiles to impress the judges.

Those contests are usually about the tiaras, crowns, bouquets and the prize money coupled with the pride and consequent fame. They will never let you participate if you are or have been married, got tattoos and traditional marking or scars. Being taller than 168cm and bearing a bust size of 32 inches, waist 28 inches and hips 32 inches can be such an art.

They might not be screaming loud about it but the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) has been running a wellness, beauty and fitness sport, an annual pageant of sorts intended for women with slightly bigger body mass in the hips, buttocks and thighs area. Come with your husband and kids if you want. And don’t starve yourself to death to attain that javelin perfection. Hit the gym and flex those muscles like the designate queen to the throne.