Bodybuilder Henry Downs with beauty queens

Jun 9, 1956 - London, England, United Kingdom - Amateur bodybuilder HENRY DOWNS, from London, shows off his muscles to AUDREY, 19, and BRENDA NEALE, 19. Downs, who was hoping to win the Mr Body Beautiful contest, was at the preliminaries held at the Scala Theatre. The women were entered in the Miss Figure and Beauty preliminaries. Downs won the Mr Universe title in 1960. First held in 1948, the Mr Universe contest was initially only for amateur male bodybuilders, but a separate contest for professionals was added in 1952. (Credit Image: (c) KEYSTONE Pictures/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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