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Campus Page 2 The Battalion No pain, no gain Men’s bodybuilding winner enjoys entertaining crowd Meml Class By Paul Neale The Battalion Photos By Kyle Burnett/77ie Battalion Chris Webster, a senior nutrition major, was named overall champion in the Mr. Texas A&M Bodybuilding Contest last month. Two weeks before the Mr. and Ms. Texas A&M Bodybuilding Contest, senior nutrition major Chris Webster thought he’d enter the competition to get some practice and pal around with fel low bodybuilders. It probably irritated the com petition that trained and dieted for months when Webster was named overall champion in the men’s competition. Webster said that beyond practicing his poses and dehy drating, which allows for the muscle to be more visible, he didn’t do much preparation. “It allowed me to go into the competition feeling bold and feeling happy,” he said. Webster began lifting weights about seven years ago to train for his high school football team. In December 1991, he began body building for Texas A&M’s first bodybuilding contest. Webster said he enjoys enter taining the crowd during compe titions. “I may not be the biggest and I may not be the leanest, but I want to give them a show,” Web ster said. “I want to be an enter tainer, and this is one of my ways of doing it.” For an hour, six times a week, Webster can be found at Gold’s Gym where he works out with his fiancee, whom he credits for some of his success. “Basically, we started out as workout partners,” he said. “If it weren’t for her, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today because she pushes me when I need it.” Webster said being a nutrition major complements his body building. “Bodybuilding has helped me gain knowledge about nutrition, and nutrition has helped me with bodybuilding,” he said. Weighing in at 175 pounds recen this n The Ms. Texas A&M Bodybuilding title was the first for Paris Kharbat. Women s winner retains femininity By Paul Neale The Battalion See Webster/Page 5 Paris Kharbat won her first — and last — bodybuilding competition at the third annual Mr. and Ms. Texas A&M Bodybuilding Contest last month. Kharbat, 22, received a degree in biology from Texas A&M and will at tend medical school this August in Fort Worth. She began bodybuilding a year and a half ago, inspired by her friends and actress Linda Hamilton from the movie “Terminator 2.” “She (Hamilton) was totally ripped, but still looked feminine,” Kharbat said. At 134 pounds, Kharbat said her participation in the bodybuilding competition fulfilled a personal aspi ration. “It was just one of those personal goals. I don’t aspire to be Ms. Olympia or be as big as a house,” she said. 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