CORY EVERSON

'Corinna Kneuer' (born January 4 1959), best known by her stage name 'Cory Everson', is an American female bodybuilder and actress, born in Racine, Wisconsin. She won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row between 1984 and 1989.

Contents

Education

Bodybuilding career

Contest history

Film and television career

Filmography

Television work

Family

Awards and honors

Books authored

Reference

External links

Education

Corinna Kneuer attended Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois, where she was a four sport star (gymnastics, track & field, badminton, and swimming). She majored in interior design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also won four Big Ten pentathlon championships.
While attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she met Jeff Everson, a competitive bodybuilder who worked there as a strength coach. They were married in 1982.

Bodybuilding career

Cory Everson began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress.

Contest history

★ 1980 Ms. Mid America - 1st (Tall and Overall)

★ 1980 American Couples - 3rd

★ 1981 Ms. Midwest Open - 1st (Tall & Overall)

★ 1981 Ms. Central USA - 1st (HW and Overall)

★ 1981 Couples America - 1st

★ 1981 American Championships - 11th (MW)

★ 1982 Ms. East Coast - 1st (MW)

★ 1982 Bodybuilding Expo III - 2nd (MW)

★ 1982 Bodybuilding Expo Couples - 2nd

★ 1982 AFWB American Championships - 5th (HW)

★ 1982 IFBB North American - 1st (MW and Overall)

★ 1982 IFBB North American Mixed Pairs - 1st

★ 1983 Bodybuilding Expo IV - 1st (MW and Overall)

★ 1983 Bodybuilding Expo Mixed Pairs - 1st

★ 1983 U.S. Bodybuilding Championships Couples - 1st

★ 1983 AFWB American Championships - 8th (HW)

★ 1983 NPC Nationals - 2nd (HW)

★ 1984 American Women's Championships - 1st (HW and Overall)

★ 1984 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW and Overall)

★ 1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

★ 1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

★ 1986 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

★ 1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

★ 1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st

★ 1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
Aside from her six consecutive Ms. Olympia titles, Everson holds the distinction of being the only woman with an undefeated record in professional bodybuilding competition.

Film and television career

After retiring from competition, Everson entered acting. Her movie credits include ''Double Impact'' (1991), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), and ''Ballistic'' (1995).
Everson has made a number of TV guest appearances, most notably playing Atalanta on ''.
Everson was the original host of the fitness show ''BodyShaping'', which she also produced. She also hosted her own exercise show on ESPN, ''Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat'', for seven years.

Filmography

'Year'	'Title'	'Role'	'Other notes'
1996	''Felony''	Sondra
1995	''Ballistic''	Claudia
1994	''Natural Born Killers''	TV Mallory
1991	''Double Impact''	Kara
1986	''The Morning After''	Miss Olympia

Television work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	''Charmed''	Hulk Paige	Episode: "Hulkus Pocus" as Corey Everson
1998	''	Atalanta	Episode: "If I Had a Hammer"
1997	''Home Improvement''	Herself	Episode: "Pump You Up"
1996	''	Atalanta	Episode: "Let the Games Begin"
	''Goode Behavior''		Episode: "Goode Sport"
	''	Mara	Episodes: "Tarzan's Return: Part 1" and "Part 2"
	''Strange Luck''	Physik Receptionist	Episode: "Wrong Number"
1995	''	Atalanta	Episode: "Ares"
1994	''Renegade''	Aurora	Episode: "Muscle Beach"
	''	Amazon Woman #1	Episode: "Wall of Sound"
1993	''The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.''	Katrina Schwenke	Episodes: "No Man's Land" and "Steel Horses"

Family

Cory and Jeff Everson divorced in 1996. Everson kept the name "Cory Everson" for screen appearances. She married Dr. Steve Donia, a cosmetic dentist, in 1998; they have two children that they adopted from Russia. Everson's sister, Cameo Kneuer, is a two-time ''Ms. National Fitness'' champion.

Awards and honors

In January 1999, aged 40, Everson was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5 2005.
At the 2007 Arnold Classic Cory Everson was awarded with the Life Time Achievement Award. She is the first woman to have earned this prestigious award.

Books authored

★ ''Superflex: Ms. Olympia's Guide to Building a Strong & Sexy Body'' Contemporary Books (1987) ISBN 0809248654 with Jeff Everson

★ ''Back in Shape'' Houghton Mifflin Company (1991) ISBN 0395562724 with Stephen Hochschuler

★ ''Cory Everson's Workout'' Perigee Trade (1991) ISBN 0399516840 with Jeff Everson

★ ''Cory Everson's Fat-Free & Fit'' Perigee Trade (1994) ISBN 0399518584 with Carole Jacobs

★ ''Cory Everson's Lifebalance'' Perigee Trade (1998) ISBN 0399524444

Reference

★ Todd, Jan, "Cory Everson", ''St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture'', Gale Group, 1999



★ Alan, Paul. '' '88 MS. OLYMPIA ''. Ronkonkoma: Muscular Development, March 1989. ISSN 004/-8415. (Ronkonkoma, NY: Advance Research Press, 1989. Features: pages 40-51 cover the 1988 Ms. Olympia competition.

External links

★ CoryEverson.com Official Cory Everson Fan Club site

★ IFBB Hall of Fame profile

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★ Cory Everson fitness filmography at Rotten Tomatoes
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