00:0272-year-old Ning Suizhi is a grandmother to five and one of Taiwan's oldest active female bodybuilders.
00:09Last year, she won first place in the over 70 category at the 2025 President's Cup Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship.
00:31I'm 72 years old and I can stand on the stage to show my beauty and my beauty.
00:36Ling decided to take up bodybuilding a few years ago while she was working as a diabetes educator at a
00:43Taipei clinic.
00:45Training six days a week, she sets out to lead her patients by example.
00:50Now she's at the forefront of the female bodybuilding movement in Taiwan,
00:55and she's redefining beauty standards for women around the country.
01:00When you have a bodybuilding, you'll feel the beauty of beauty.
01:06Usually, when you have a bodybuilding, you'll have confidence.
01:10So I think that beauty is from your heart.
01:13Because you have faith in yourself.
01:15You have dignity.
01:16That beauty is not the same.
01:18It's a healthy beauty.
01:19However, many women still face pushback.
01:22There is constant pressure to conform to societal norms around fitness and femininity.
01:27Despite the challenges, Ling keeps pushing forward.
01:32And in addition to women, she also hopes to inspire a town's rapidly aging population.
01:37I think that age is not a problem.
01:40It's not a problem.
01:41It's your soi-même想要.
01:42It's your first step to her.
01:47It's not an ideal person on my body.
01:48It's just not an ideal person on my body.
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