Trinidad and Tobago IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Candice Carr-Archer is set to ignite the National Cultural Centre stage when she makes a guest appearance at the Second Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship. The event, which is sanctioned by the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation, is set for May 2. Carr-Archer, who is a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, is the current reigning Central American and Caribbean 55kg Champion. She is also the Overall Champion in the Masters Category, a title she won last year in Grenada. She was also the 1st runner-up at the 2009 T&T National Body Building Championships.
She participated at the World Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships in Santa Susanna, Spain in 2007 after capturing respective first places at the national level and the Eastern Caribbean Championships which were also held in T&T.
Carr-Archer also won Eastern Caribbean titles in 2006 (Anguilla) and 2003 (T&T). She was among the top ten finalists nominated for the National Sports Award in 2003 and placed first among the juniors at the National Body Building Championships in 1999.
Carr-Archer is also the holder of a Black Belt (Shotokan)in karate and has competed across the globe in her 12-year career.
The second HRC Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships is anticipated to be bigger and more competitive than the first with over 40 athletes fine tuning preparations for the event.
Tickets for the event are currently on sale at the National Cultural Centre.