She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’ll punch you in the face. With nearly half a million followers on Instagram, it comes as no surprise that MMA fighter Felice Herrig is on this list. She has one of the best bodies in the business and isn’t shy about showing it off either. With her beautiful small features, it’s surprising to discover all the muscle on this woman!
The kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist competes in the UFC strawweight division. Herrig is a playable figure in the video game Supremacy MMA for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and in 2015 appeared in “American Ninja Warrior.”
Jessica “Evil” Eye
With cheekbones like Jessica's, it's hard not to envy her. Jessica "Evil" Eye was born in Akron, Ohio. She credits the car accident she was in when she was 16 with creating her drive toward success in mixed martial arts. Eye modeled for "Cosmopolitan" and discussed how her upbringing led her to become a fighter.
Eye has made her way into popular culture multiple times; she was referenced in a re-mixed version of the song "Till I Die" By Machine Gun Kelly and was featured in "Pressure Life." She has a strong social media presence with 164K followers on Instagram.
Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. In 2019, Mitchell became the first WNBA player to win the Most Improved Player award for the second time.
In 2018, Leilani's partner, WNBL basketball player Mikaela Dombkins, gave birth to the couple's son, Kash Maxwell, and in 2022, the couple welcomed a baby daughter named Elle into this world. We wonder if the kids will grow up to play basketball as well. When both parents do it professionally it seems like the kids have to at least give it a shot. (No pun intended.)
Voula Papachristou
The gorgeous Greek triple jumper and long jumper was sure to make our list of beautiful athletes. Sure, the expression on her face in this picture is not a good example, but you can see what we're talking about. Also, you try looking attractive while pushing your body to its limit and then some. Yeah, thought so.
Papachristou represented Greece at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Unfortunately, she was removed from the Greek team for the 2012 Olympics after making an insensitive comment online a year earlier. That being said, she participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics final in Rio de Janeiro, taking 8th place.
Nichelle Prince
With a Jamaican father and an American mother, it's surprising that Nichelle would grow up in Canada, of all places. The Canadian soccer player currently plays for the Houston Dash and the Canadian national team. Apart from her born talent in the field, Prince enjoys writing, reading, and doing yoga in her free time, which no doubt helps her performance on the field as well.
Though she has built herself a solid fanbase, she is still somewhat of a fangirl herself. Some of her favorites are soccer player Lionel Messi and hurdlers Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Perdita Felicien, who are also fellow Canadians.