Corinna Everson

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Corinna "Cory" Everson (née Kneuer; born January 4, 1958) is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Everson won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.<ref name="Ravo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EducationEdit

Corinna Kneuer was born in Racine, Wisconsin and attended high school in Deerfield, Illinois. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was a multi-sport standout (gymnastics, track & field and badminton).<ref name="Bodies">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early careerEdit

While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she met Jeff Everson, a competitive bodybuilder who worked there as a strength coach. They married in 1982. While they were married, the Eversons built a successful mail-order clothing business called Sampson and Delilah.<ref name="Herman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bodybuilding careerEdit

Everson began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress. In the early years, she and her husband trained at Ernie's Gym on Sherman Avenue in Madison. She won the Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contest at her first participation and remained undefeated from 1984 to 1989 when she retired from competition.<ref name="ifbb" />

Contest historyEdit

1980 Ms. Mid America - 1st (tall and overall)
1980 American Couples - 3rd (with Jeff Everson)
1981 Ms. Midwest Open - 1st (tall & overall)
1981 Ms. Central USA - 1st (HW and overall)
1981 Couples America - 1st (with Jeff Everson)
1981 American Championships - 11th (MW)
1982 Ms. East Coast - 1st (MW)
1982 Bodybuilding Expo III - 2nd (MW)
1982 Bodybuilding Expo Couples - 2nd (with Jeff Everson)
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 (with Jeff Everson)
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)<ref name="ifbb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />
1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />
1986 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />
1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />
1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />
1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st<ref name="Ravo" />

Awards and honorsEdit

In January 1999, Everson was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame, as part of the inaugural group.<ref name="IFBB2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5, 2005. At the 2007 Arnold Classic she became the first woman to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2008 was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame.<ref name="skrabacz">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name="ISHoF fellows">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film and television careerEdit

After retiring from competition, Everson turned to acting with her first major movie appearance being Double Impact (1991) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme.<ref name="Harrington">Template:Cite news</ref> She took a minor role in Natural Born Killers (1994). Then in Ballistic (1995), she reprised the evil musclewoman role, losing the final fight to Marjean Holden playing an undercover cop. Everson has made a number of guest appearances in television series, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She appeared in two episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with her sister, Cameo Kneuer. In 1991, Everson appeared on To Tell The Truth game show. Everson was the original host of the fitness show BodyShaping,<ref name="Rushin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which she also produced. She also hosted her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat,<ref name="Stevens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for seven years.

FilmEdit

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Morning After	Miss Olympia
1989	The Girl from Outer Space	Lab Guard #1
1991	Double Impact<ref name="Harrington" />	Kara
1994	Natural Born Killers	TV Mallory Knox
1995	Ballistic	Claudia
1996	Felony	Sondra
1997	Sacred Trust	Grace Larson
1999	My Favorite Martian	SETI Guard	Uncredited

TelevisionEdit

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

Personal lifeEdit

She married Jeff Everson in 1982. They divorced in 1996; however, she continues to use Everson as her stage name. In 1998, she married Dr. Steve Donia, a dentist; they have two children whom they adopted from Russia. She became active with Nightlight Christian Adoptions, an adoption agency that brings orphans from Russia and Belarus to the US to stay with families looking to adopt a child.<ref name="Stiefel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Everson's sister, Cameo Kneuer, is a two-time Ms. National Fitness champion and a mainstay of the TV game series Knights and Warriors

Books authoredEdit

Strength Training for Beauty Volume 3 - Number 1Runner's World Magazine Company (1986)
Superflex: Ms. Olympia's Guide to Building a Strong & Sexy Body Contemporary Books (1987) Template:ISBN with Jeff Everson
Back in Shape Houghton Mifflin Company (1991) Template:ISBN with Stephen Hochschuler
Cory Everson's Workout Perigee Trade (1991) Template:ISBN with Jeff Everson
Cory Everson's Fat-Free & Fit Perigee Trade (1994) Template:ISBN with Carole Jacobs
Cory Everson's Lifebalance Perigee Trade (1998) Template:ISBN

ReferencesEdit

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Cory Everson fitness filmography at Rotten Tomatoes

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