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How to Choose a Wellness Competition Suit (NPC & IFBB)

Choose a wellness competition suit by NPC rules: two-piece, V-front, no thongs or T-backs, high heels. Coverage for a larger lower body, crystals allowed, then order against your show date.

How to Choose a Figure Competition Suit (NPC & IFBB)

Choose a figure competition suit by NPC rules: two-piece, V-bottom, no thongs, high heels. Coverage, quarter-turn stability, tan-safe color, then order against your show date.

What NPC Bikini Judges Look for in a Suit

NPC Bikini judges are not scoring your brand. They are scoring a physique and an overall look—hair, makeup, suit, and tan—against the other women in the class. The suit can cost you a placing if it...

How to Measure for a Custom Competition Suit

A custom competition suit is built to numbers, not to a letter on a hangtag. Guessing from street clothes, or sending last year’s off-season size, is how bottoms slide and tops gape on show day. We...

Competition Bikini Coverage: Rio, Moderate, and Pro Cuts

Coverage is the first thing a head judge can fail you on. The catalog names—Rio, moderate, pro cut, micro, classic—are manufacturer language, not NPC or IFBB rulebook terms. NPC, NPC Worldwide, and...

How to Choose a Competition Bikini (NPC & IFBB)

A competition bikini is stage equipment. The wrong division cut, the wrong coverage, or a color that dies under lights will not be saved by posing. Choose in this order: division, coverage, color a...

How to Wear Your Fit Model Bikini Properly

NPC Fit Model launched in 2025. The class is a balanced, athletic, naturally feminine physique — toned and shapely, closer to a fitness-magazine cover than the extreme leanness required in Bikini. ...

Fit Model Suit Mistakes That Get You Flagged at Check-In

NPC Fit Model is a growing class with some of the strictest suit rules in the sport. A balanced, athletic physique does not give you a free pass on fabric, coverage, or hardware. If you are coming ...

Molded Cups for Fit Model Bikinis

When you step on stage in NPC or IFBB Fit Model, the suit cannot have crystals, connectors, or embellishments. Construction does the work a crystal layout would do in Bikini — including how the top...

NPC Fit Model Division Suit Rules (NPC & IFBB)

Fit Model Division Rules

Fit Model vs. Bikini Division: Which Is Right for You?

NPC launched Fit Model in 2025. The question we hear most: what is the difference between Fit Model and Bikini, and which class do you actually walk? SY Competition Suits has been helping competito...

What Color Suit Should You Wear for Fit Model?

Color is not a minor detail in Fit Model. Under white lights, with a row of athletes in plain two-pieces, fabric color is what the table sees besides the physique. There are no crystals to rescue a...